I'd love to shoot rifle calibers in lever guns, but I don't get to a range that allows that very much, and I don't reload, so...
I'd be happy with any of the Henry Big Boy models: brass receiver, steel receiver, aluminum-bronze receiver, carbine or standard, etc. I'm especially fond of the 44 magnum carbine with brass receiver.
I like my Rossi 92 Trapper, but I had to do a lot of work to it before I could say that. The wood felt like holding a chalkboard, and the color wasn't great, so refinished it. I didn't install a spring kit, but I polished up the action, replaced the plastic magazine follower with a stainless steel one, shortened the magazine spring, installed a peep sight where the stupid flip safety goes in the bolt, made the front sight narrower, and squared off the brass bead for a better sight picture with the peep sight. Seems to me that 357 brass bulges a little. I guess the chamber is a little bit conical towards the back (maybe why it cycles 38 specials so well). Oh, and one more thing. After I broke it down for the first time and reassembled it, the bolt wouldn't move. That was because the screw that covers access to the pin that connects the lever to the bolt was a little too long (or threads in too deeply) and would pinch the bolt. Of course the gun arrived with that screw loose. I'm not surprised to get this from Rossi, but OTOH, where are you going to get a solid 1892 lever action for under $600 except with Rossi? Maybe you'll get lucky, but I consider them "kits".
