I went with the Talo 3'' and can't say one bad thing about it.
The grips were way too small so I put this set of Eagles on it.

Try 8.5grns. of Unique over a 240gr. semi wadcutter in a magnum case. You will be able to shoot this all day at paper and use it for just about anything else that walks, if need be.

Try 11.0grns of Power Pistol over the same bullet if you want to throw some serious flame at sunset out of that 3'' barrel .

I too reload mostly for .44 Mag.
If I throw out the initial investment price of brass (95.00 for 500 pieces of Starline) I can reload a box of .44 mag for $7.35 using the Unique load I mentioned above.