Make no mistake, I'm not a novice. I've had 44 mag rifles. That's how I have the info I speak about. The thing the Ruger 44 mag carbine did with regularity was break it's aluminum trigger housing. If it had been steel, no problem.
The cartridge works OK out to 100 and then the drop after that is shocking. Up to that it's about 3"...depends on your zero. And I reload for everything I shoot, specially .44. Too expensive to buy...