If you want a 7-08 in a lever look at the Browning BLR or Model 81. These rifles use a box magazine and eliminate the problems of pointed bullets in a tubular magazine. The Browning has recently " retro-styled" their lever to the old Model 81 style. Actually it is quite good looking if levers appeal to you. (They have also reintroduced the .358 Winchester and I am thinking that I will have to avail myself of one of those.)

If you have a lever gun with a tubular magazine and want to use pointed bullets....do what Frizzellr said. Load them one in the chamber....and one in the magazine....making your rifle a two shot. Which is really all most situations call for anyway! (Just make sure that the longer spitzer bullet is not seated too far out, making the overall length of the cartridge too long to function reliably in the action. A cartridge that is too long can jam up a lever action so tightly that you have to tear the action apart to clear the jam. NOT a good thing to do during a hunt!

Good luck with your decision!