I've had 41's and always went back toa 44 , to hunt. I believe the 44 cal. has much more stopping power . I hand load with 200 gr. bullets for flatter trajectory. I have shot Deer at close to 100 yds with stock sights .
I use a old Dan Wesson44, w/ 8 " heavy lugged , ported bbl., very stable platform to shoot with and I can even change it to the 6 " bbl . If I want or need to .