Actually, a .44 mag would turn a squirrel into a red cloud of fine mist. For CCW, it weighs far too much, doesn't recover as fast as a .357, and frankly doesn't have the stopping power of a 125-gr JHP .357 against humans. (A .357 125-gr JHP will tend to stay in the body, releasing all of its energy. A .44 mag slug, on the other hand, tends to wildly overpenetrate, wasting precious energy.)cp1969 said:I can't think of anything that a .357 can do that a .44 can't.
There are really two choices here:all-time CCW, Home protection, and hunting critters as small as red squirrels and as large as deer 24 hours/7 days a week.