BTW, what I found when running numbers just now, a 357 from a rifle, has the SAME energy remaining at 200 yards, as a handgun does at the muzzle! SO, 1282 fps/576 lbs at 200 yds, when started at 2,000 mv in a rifle.....
Yes, a 30/30 has higher velocity and energy, but I am confident the 357 in a rifle will give very good results in ballistic media and on game at typical ranges lever actions are used. Both are likely under rated and overlooked when compared to today's rifles, but they have and will take alot of game at woods ranges. Seriously, if you put a 357 handgun round point blank into a deer or other animal, thru vitals, I doubt it's going far and a rifle's accuracy and shootability will allow easier shot placement, and further, as well as higher energies.
It's no 308, but it's not a popgun either. Ask the deer I shot last Friday afternoon. DRT, as in DROPPED RIGHT THERE and never left tracks. 75 yds.
