[@Monochromatic Rainbow], the later repeating firearms of the 1870's onward are very fine weapons and the lever action firearm [specifying Winchester here] is a favorite of mine due to historic nostalgia, but there's a certain rustic charm about revolver carbines and muzzle loaded rifles that make things very.. Gritty and deliberate to me. It really is a toss-up as to what is cooler, really.

And if you ask me basically every other day you'll get a different answer as to what my favorite _______ is xD

With this taking place in '65, ol' Spencer and Henry rifles are rather the top dogs in the repeating rifle field, with muzzle-loaders still being widely used- and even revolver carbines being more prevalent in comparison to the lever-action rifles.