Marlin leverguns are the only centerfire I've ever hunted with and the only thing I've owned. 336C .35, 1895G, 39-A Mountie, 336SS, and coming in 08 308MX, 1894 .44, and probably a 336W. I refuse to hunt with anything other than a lever. I am considering a Browning BLR in .300WSM right now but I havent really set my mind on it.