In .44mag, I prefer 300grn XTP's for most of my work these days, but not all rifles like them. A close second place is the 240grn XTP. As I mentioned above, 240grn Win JSP's and PMC 240grn TCSP's kill well also. I'm not as big of fan of them as I once was, simply due to their dishonest marketing (lower BC's than other bullets in their class), but the 225grn FTX Leverevolution bullets do well on game also - huge expansion, so I don't push them too fast in hand loads. I never have found 180grn bullets of any flavor to shoot as well as the 240's, nor kill as well.