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I have both a Henry and a Marlin in 30-30. I love the Henry, but the loading method was enough for me to also pull the trigger on a Marlin. To me, it isn't about speed as much as safety. I usually shoot at a public range, and it is difficult to pull the plunger all the way out and then to reinsert it while keeping my hand completely behind the firing line, and keeping the gun pointed down range, as opposed to up.

Even ignoring the public range issue, any loading design that requires my hand to go anywhere beyond the end of the barrel just feels very uncomfortable to me.