Either will be fine.I have my Grandfather's 1894 long barrel 38-55 and want to wack a moose with it for nostalgic purposes.My Grandpa on my mother's side owned a .32 Special short saddle ring carbine as his only big game rifle and a distant Uncle was one of the first settlers in Peace River [Northern Alberta]ran a trapline and carried a .32 Special.Shot one grizzly with it that was hanging around the cabin and it pretty much died on the 6th shot with it's head between his boots so that turned him off shooting grizzlies.Probably needed clean underwear after that experience!.......Harold