[MikeG]

I vote for the 180gr. WFN with the gas check, as that is what I shoot in my .357's.  Load development was a snap - 16.0 gr. WW296/H110.

 

[MikeG]

I haven't tried it at lower velocities, sorry.  

Don't have a lever .357 (kind of tragic, hope to remedy at the next gun show), but my .357 Blackhawk will put 5 of them in 2" at 50 yards.

So I think it would be reasonable to improve on that with a rifle.