Originally Posted by
Champlain Islander
My only comment would be IMO a bolt would be a better fit safety wise than a lever gun for a younger hunter.
???? Care to explain why you think that CI? With a Bolt gun all you have is the safety. With a lever gun, well MOST lever guns, you can rack in a round then safely drop the hammer until you are ready to fire. And most of them also have a cross bolt safety as well nowadays. So which would you deem safer, a rifle with the hammer cocked and only a safety or a rifle with the hammer decocked as well as a safety? In my unworthy opinion, the lever gun is about the safest rifle configuration out there as far as carrying a loaded and chambered weapon with the only one beating it out is a break open action carried open or closed with the hammer dropped.