Inspired by the thread where we where talking about the British replacing the Lee-Enfield.
I know the Russians, in limited quanitites employed the 1895 winchester lever action rifle
but could it have seen more widespread use, particularly on the western front
the 30-30 round whilst slightly larger than a contemporary "intermediate" round, is still smaller and lighter than the big boy rifle cartridges employed during the conflict... plus lever actions where traditionally shorter and more manueverable for fighting through broken country (an ideal for trench warfare)
the one main disadvantage is that its akward to shoot prone, but given that prone shooting wasn't particularly common, i assume some of its pluses could make this a worthy debate