Greetings Gents
You need to go on over tho Leverguns.com site and see the post by Jim Taylor and Buck Elliott about this topic.
http://leverguns.sixgunner.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2060

If the link dosen't take you there, go to the General Discussion and then to page two. The topic title is Strongest Lever Action. I must read.

30-30 Man