All jokes aside, we have de-railed, and hi-jacked this thread just a fuzz. My apologies to the OP. As to " how powerful is a 44 mag?"- it has, over its lifetime, been used to take nearly every game imaginable. There are newer, faster, and bigger rounds that may "do it better", but even yall that tote them pocket howitzers, have to admit, that the 44 has done it all. Was it the best? Maybe not. But it did it.