I have a 44 mag levergun. Winchester Trapper/Scout. ..... never thought of it as a HD thing , but I brought it to camp for a few years until I got an AR15 ; an M4 style carbine with an Aimpoint.
... which has become my " everything gun " , for a long arm. I don't hunt , but it goes to the range every week , an Appleseed shoot in a few weeks , goes to camp in Maine , is easy to move around indoors , and will likely be hell on the zombies if they come around here.
It'll do most things any gun'll do , and more than a lot. I have never been attacked by a bear , so I am not too concerned with lack of big game stopping power.