I'm not totaly with Pavomasa but sorta , I do have bears and big cats in my back yard . I like the pump idea . Have an action plan for the end of socity and the colapse of civilation . It includes a lever 357 and a 22 pump . The lever is is as relible as any pump and almost as fast and has about 9 moving parts and 7 of them can be reproduceced with a file . the 357 carbineis more than enough for cats and california browns at save the larder ranges . At even 20 yrds a man ina bullet vest is going to be damaged to some degree . I have moulds for the 357 and if it came down to a complete forever apoclipse the case is big enough to use (god forbid) home grown primers andblack powder . This is a NO frills rifle Iron sights click elevation at the rear ,ranger 5/50 cord sling , 1o + 1 , wash the mud out in the lake/creek animal fat lubed5 lb.survival tool . The 357 works with my side arms too .