wfw: while you can certainly optimize ammunition for a rifle, especially if you reload, most lever-action rifles will shoot just fine with standard .357 ammunition, and many will also take .38 Special as well. The concept of common ammunition in a rifle and pistol is hardly a new one--for instance the Winchester 1873 in .44 WCF (.44-40) which was also used in the Colt Single Action Army revolver, as were other calibers of similar size and power. There are exceptions, but usually they involve pistol ammo that will not work well in rifles--typically things like wadcutter bullets that don't feed well through a lever-action's mechanism. Still, the vast majority of commonly-available pistol ammunition will work just fine in a lever-action rifle--it's just a matter of doing a bit of research and experimentation on what works well with the specific model you have. Another thought is a new-ish offering from Ruger--a model of their long-proven M77 bolt-action rifle made specifically for the .357. Video below is from Hickok45, who I consider to be one of the better Youtube shooting channels, and with over 2 million subscribers he has a considerable following. The .357 magnum makes for a very nice short-range light-recoiling cartridge that, in my opinion, would make a dandy gun for young or slender shooters while still having enough power to humanely kill deer-sized game with proper bullet placement, and several states have recently made it a legal caliber in areas that used to be shotgun-only.
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