My brother has one and its a pretty good gun except the magazine spring is weak on his and you never want to ever get sand in it because his locked up but other than that it is a great gun
I own a mossberg 100 and its a good little gun for the money. I would assume the levers are built to the same standards. But you know what they say about assuming.
Oh great you can test it! Thats perfect. Test a markin 336 if you can if you like lever guns a marlin would suit you well i think.