Doodlebugger45
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I would suggest the 30-30 because that is what Gus McCrae used I think.
And a friend of mine has an old 30-30 Winchester that is just as solid as it ever was. Of course I am probably the least experienced hunter on the board.
I am a big fan of 30-30, but to be nitpicking about it, Gus McCrae would have never heard of a 30-30, had he actually existed. The 30-30 was one of the very first cartridges designed for smokeless powder and that was in the early 1890's, long after Lonesome Dove was supposedly set. In the 1860's, I would think that 44-40 black powder ammo was what most lever actions shot.