My "Social Levergun" class has been around since 2014 or so. I've seen plenty of leverguns on the range. Chris Baker attended the class several years ago, and I concur with everything he says in the following video. The one thing that I would add is that they heat up extremely quickly.
I have a recent production 336 youth model with a 16" barrel and 5-round mag tube. Five rounds fired in quick tempo is enough to make it uncomfortable to touch. 10-rounds and it is hot enough to burn. Obviously, you won't experience this in a deer/hog stand, but it must be taken into account for any sort of "social" context.
Forget about matching a pistol caliber levergun up with a wheelgun and running the same ammo. Simply put the notion out of your mind. It is nigh on to impossible to find a round that perform as desired in both firearms ballistically, and the PCC leverguns are finicky as to OAL of the cartridge and the shape of the bullet. I have an 1894 that will feed flat point .357s, but it will not feed round nose .38s, and for flat point .38s, you have to have it up in a level firing position.