Hi Comanche180, in your opening post you say you plan on hunting deer in Michigan, thats great! I'm sure you will love it, but check the handgun regs. I think you have to use straight wall cartriges of .38 cal. or larger. I picked up a T/C Encore in .460 S&W Mag. last year for handgun hunting and am fairly pleased with it. Think either of the calibers you mention above would be great fun to shoot. I live/hunt in the thumb of lower MI. also go to the U.P. for bear and deer, but more for bear. The deer are pretty scarce up there. What part of MI. do you live/hunt in? Just throwing in my 2 cents.