Hot 44spl loads flat out put the smack on anything they get a hold of. In short bbl'd firearms you have to get into the 10mm range of cartridges to either equal or exceed them.

Myself I like bullets in the 200gr to 220gr weight range in the snubnosed 44spl's. I do testing with different bullets in a 2 1/2" bbl'd ca bulldog every couple of years. This was my last tests shot over a chronograph into wetpack.


The next bullets I'll be testing. left, 200gr hp & 220gr cupped hp in the 2 1/2" bbl'd bulldog. right, 250gr hp in a 4" bbl'd s&w 29.