Ranger J, sorry you haven't received many replies. I have an 1894 CB II in .44 mag and love it. It is my main bump around the woods gun and I have taken one whitetail and a number of feral hogs with it, plus one large Jacobs ram. I use the original iron sights and after a lttle work moving the front sight over, it shoots quite accurately out to a little over 50yds. I have other guns for longer distances. I use factory ammo, both the plain white box Winchester 240grSP and the PMC SP. I have loaded some 300 gr SP, but mainly use the PMC on feral hogs... Hope that helps some.