Something to consider; Can the Stevens handle the pressures from the 360 Buckhammer?

Keep on hav'n fun!
MikeT

Thanks for your thoughtful consideration for the next owner.

The Stevens 44 1/2 action has been chambered for high-pressure cartridges and held. CPA offers their action in .225 Winchester that is a 50,000 pounds factory cartridge.

The problem is quicker wear, and tear, on the action.

For me, the answer would be NO! The Buckhammer case is only 1.8" long.

2 things:
I'm sure you could get at least 100 fps more, out of the 35-30/30 or the same with less pressure.

I think you could probably shoot the Buckhammer cartridge in the 35-30/30 chamber,since it should head space on the rim, unless they made the rim much thicker, to keep that from happening.

Its not that I am looking for high velocity hunting performance .  I am only looking to restore the accuracy of my rifle.
I would be loading only cast bullets from a velocity of about 1300 fps on the high end to subsonic on the low end. 
Perhaps it would be better/safer for a future owner if I went with the 35/30-30.  So stamped the barrel would indicate hand loading only.  If some future inquisitive owner would care to try a 360 Buckhamer in a wildcat chamber that would be entirely up to them. On the other hand if the barrel is stamped 360 Buckhammer it would invite the use of high pressure factory ammo.  I think the 360 Buckhammer is out and either the 35/30-30 or the 38-55 is in.   Thanks to all.

I have an H&R handi rifle that I rechambered from .357 magnum to .360 buckhammer.  I've only test fired a few rounds in it so far until I put a scope on it. You could certainly load down the .360 buckhammer, and mark the barrel .35 1.8.
Here's a pic of a .360 buckhammer cartridge next to a .30-30 cartridge.

The one issue I have with 38-55 is brass availability.  I am thinking that if I go to 37/38 caliber in a factory chambering I might prefer the 375 Win. With that I can make brass from 30-30 which is quite easy to find.
The pressure issue does come up again though but not as much as with the 360 Buckhammer.
I assume that since the 375 Win is chambered in conventional lever actions that its pressures run in the neighborhood of 40,000 psi which is 10,000 psi lower than the 360 BH.

those Winchester rifles were NOT the 'conventional' guns the .30-30 used. The ones that Marlin made were stronger than a Stevens rifle too. Maybe keep it to the .38-55 and stop the silliness of looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.