I reload 12 and 20. Easy peasey. Shotguns are more to my aged eyes liking. of course, a twenty gage slug is equivalent to TWO 44 magnums.
Heckuvalot more likely to hit your target with a shotgun than a hand cannon too. If you look beyond the gun slingers of the old west, it was the trusty shotgun that the settlers and farmers used for self-defense and food procurement.