For overall plinking in just about every .44 caliber handgun I own I use 200 gr. plated bullets, no muss...no fuss. I've cast bullets for .44's and will continue to do so, I just like the plated bullets. I do have one pet bullet that I had made up after shooting a few of my buddy's. I took an older Lyman 429421 single mold I had laying around and sent it off to have it converted to a hollow point. I really like it and cast it up 20:1 for excellent accuracy and assumed energy potential on the intended target. They weigh all of 225gr. and I use 7.5gr. of Unique.