RE: .44mag vs. .30-30
Nomercy, I know you a young smart engineering guy full of pi$$ and vinagar and but I think you need to rerun your numbers. A 30-30 shooting a 150gr bullet Sierra FP at 2300fps (nothing uncommon has a BC of .224. At 100 yards, has energy of around 1244 ft/lbs at 1933fps.
A .44mag shot thru a rifle, 240gr Sierra FP, with a BC of .185 and at 1800fps (HOT), and flattens primers when I try it with 24.5gr of H110 has 1090ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards and 1431fps when calculating manually. With Infinity, and varible BC depending on velocity, still only 1143ft/lb. still not being more stout.
I know how bad you want the .44 mag to be more stout but the numbers you have don't jive, unless you are pushing the .44mag at 2000fps at the muzzle. And if so, thats the fastest .44 I have ever seen. And at 200 yards, the wheels comes off the cart due to the extremely high BC on that bullet.