My first lever at about 12 was a winchester 30-30 cross bolt safety. I liked it. No real issues.
Marlin stainless .44 mag about 15 years ago iirc. I liked it a lot.
Winchester 94 20" canadian centennial.
I dont have those anymore and regret letting the Marlin go.
I do still have a 16" puma 92 in .45 colt and i just picked up a 20" rossi in .357.
The .45 has killed a lot of deer. I have a ton of ammo through it. Lots of 250gr swc over 18gr 2400 and a lot of 335gr wn-fp at max loads. Iirc its like 1600fps.
I also have a bunch of 250gr xtps over 2400 as well. Shoots to the same poi. Just in case.
Ive got xs front stripe sights on them. Awesome sights.
My .357 will shoot 158gr jsp AE factory loads, 158gr swc over 13.5 2400, 140gr xtps over 9gr unique, 130gr jsp over 9 gr unique all in the same 3x5 index card at 50 yards. I was excited at the consistency.
The m92s are significantly better handling than any of the more modern guns imo.