I think it would be good for a laugh to bring this gun to the deer hunt camp. All the old timers with there 40 year old lever guns would be at a loss of words if this gun showed up.
Maybe it will be adopted as a cqb rifle, with a acog and lazer on it, and shoot 30/30 tracer rounds.
This gun may look silly, but when the first tactical black shotgun, with rails came out, all of the traditional wood stocked shotgun owners probably had similar feelings.
If this gun was really light, and accurate, it could be usefull deer hunting in thick bush, with its short barrel and OAL....however, if it costs as much as something like a ruger mini-30, then I really don't see someone buying the lever gun over a semi-auto.