Reload Times/Lever Action
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: Lever actions are as fast (rate of fire) as a semi-automatic, but more compact/reliable, with just a little skill.
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| <html><iframe width="</html>320px<html>" height="240" align="right" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/</html>89n-51foFqI<html>" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></html> This NSSF video shows the incredible cycle speed of a lever-action, and a +1 top load at the end. But you can keep loading rounds through the side port as you go.. More at Lever Action |
Lever action is popular in older style western rifles, but they exist in shotgun and even pistol forms. The reason it was popular for so long, was because it was so effective. Not only can people fire nearly as fast as a semi-automatic, but fixed magazine weapons like this, allow load-as-you-go. You can fire and add rounds in while walking, and never run out of ammo.
The same rules as apply to other guns: you can carry more than one. While rifles (and lever actions) are rarely used by mass shooters, that's just because they don't need the size/range advantages that a longer barrel has. The point is if you took away other kinds of weapons, you could still mow down dozens of people with one of these, no problem. Add in a couple spare guns as backup -- and they can do horrendous amounts of damage. This is why many massacres happened with this kind of weapon in the past. Though, most of those were done by the government using them against Native Americans.
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