A pump can be as fast as a semi-auto but it takes a real expert to do that. I once saw a guy (he was a Texas Ranger) fire a model 870 so fast that it might have been faster than most full autos.
A model 92 or 94 would make a pretty decent rural guerrilla weapon. It is not that fast but can be kept stoked from loose ammo carried in pockets.
Shoot one, load one.
The 1873 and 1892 are pretty speedy. I live about 6 miles from the Single Action Shooting Society Founders Ranch and these folks could have laid out all the “fast guns” of the west with no problem.
This yahoo probably was slow, but a lever gun is fast in the hands of an expert.
Wouldn’t be my first choice but I wouldn’t feel unarmed if that’s what I had.