Here's my 3 amigo's with a 58 on it's way. My favorite "Do All" round. Next to my .45 Colt Commander I trust my 3" 657 as a carry/SD weapon more than any other round. Know what it will do to a deer and have 100% faith in it's takedown power. A 210 gr. Speer Gold Dot is devestating in this caliber. A LSWC at 800 fps is a fun plinking round and a hard cast LSWC at 1100 fps will blow through just about anything, making it a great hunting, large critter killer.
I no longer own any .44 mags as the .41 mag can do everthing the .44 can with a little less recoil. Been shooting this caliber for 33 years and it's my favorite! Bought the 6" 57 as a grad present to myself in 77 cheap as the .44 mag was Dirty Harry priced and I got it for 225.00 with the box and fixins IMS. Bailed alot of hay and milked many a cow for it! It's seen 6 years of constant carry in Alaska as my last ditch bear gun and has 37 deer to it's credit. All short shots and very impressive results.
