GOOD GRIEF that's a long nose... I have a 10.5" in the safe, been years since I took it out. Mine's sporting the factory grips and no scope, my 7.5" gets most of the hunting work.
I've been trying to fall in love with the right lead pill in 44mag for a long time, just can't quite get there. I shot a boatload of Cast Performance 300, 310, and 320grn LFP's in the past, all performed well, just never made me grin like the 300grn copper jackets. Maybe it's just the extra speed I can put behind a slippery jacketed bullet. 300grn XTP's are my fodder these days, although I was quite pleased with the flat shooting 225grn FTX for a few years.