Dogfish

For the 30-30 it would probably be a Winchester. Why not go with the original? Don't know the maker's name for Dave's .45 but it is designed, i believe, to work in the Cowboy Action Shooting. It has a bright brass-colored receiver.

While I like how it looks, and it apparently shoots well, I was concerned that there just wasn't enough power to cleanly put down a deer at 75-100 yds with a lung shot.

I have seen a nice (Browning) lever-action in .243-which I know works on deer there (2 for 2) but what I am looking for is the old-school lever action. Possibly stubborn.