I've had two .44s, one of the 20", and another in 16". I didn't like the shorty much, too muzzle light for me, but the 20" was the cat's azz. It would only shoot about a 4" group at 100 yards with 240 XTPs, but that's good enough for a deer. The rifle packed light and handy, and feed well, AS LONG AS YOU KEPT THE BULLET PROFILE SIMILAR TO THE XTP. Those round flatnose bullets you see for cowboy shooting worked well enough.
You COULD shoot SWC bullets, from Special cases, but they were too long for the Magnum cases.
Some lowlife SOBs stole mine, or I'd still have it. FUN with a capital "F" describes them well. I did have to shim the magazine tube into the receiver, as it would slide out from recoil without the shims (I used duct tape d:^) ) Great little guns, as long as you don't expect them to shoot like a benchrest rifle.
