The 44 bores definitely kill better than the 357 bores.
But if a 357 is all you got, to me the only real debate is between a bonded 158 and a soft 180. I lean soft 180 but it's sort of what your gun likes.
There's also the debate between soft nose and hardcast but having whacked a few deers with hardcast 357 at pistol velocity, it ain't real impressive and they went a long way and they also didn't react much to the shot and then taking them apart it looked like they got poked with a hole punch. Damage was exactly caliber sized damage. That was with 180gr hardcast from a 4" barrel at 1150 fps. I think it might be different with a .429 or .452 diameter bullet that is driven fast but not in the ole 36 bore. In a 36 bore go expanding.
