I shoot lead cast bullets only in the 44 mag pistol and used both the 240 and 310 gr. I still have my Ruger Deerslayer auto 44 mag rifle and would use it in a minute.
I mainly shoot 38 Special and 45 Colt having the rifles for them. I have needed the 44 rifle a few times before getting my 45 Colt JM Marlin Cowboy. One of my backup sets is actually 44 Magnum, using cowboy loads in the Marlin rifle and cowboy 44 Special in the pistols, but that is only because I already owned the guns before coming to SASS. 22 Hornet, it's only good for a target of "opportunity". Bullet placement is paramount! I've been close enough to a lot of deer that a. 44 mag, insofar as a self-defense round, is obviously the most powerful round you have listed, yet is generally rated lower than the.