In terms of being underwhelmed by 'necking down a cartridge to a bullet one size below it,' then I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've been looking for "the right cartridge" for deer for many years. I've been through about a dozen cartridges, but hadn't ever found "the answer" to my nagging question. Whitetails are rather fragile creatures that don't require 300grn pills to anchor, and anything flat shooting in a revolver tends to be pretty brutal on recoil. I played with light 44mag bullets, moderate to light 41mag, 445 super mag, 454, 475L, 480, 357max, 45-70, super hot 357mags, but I just never quite got where I wanted. The big bore stuff with light bullets never had accuracy worth a hoot, and there just wasn't enough case volume in the smaller stuff. I was very close with a 357/44 Bobcat magnum about 10yrs ago, but the stupid plastic collars that only survived a shot or two at best left a sour taste in my mouth - let alone when they started jamming up my revolver as shards fell out of the cylinder.
For whatever reason, I had overlooked the 357/44 Bain & Davis for all of those years. I've been looking for a 158-180grn bullet around 1,800-2,000fps for a long time, and now I'm throwing them just under 2,200fps! So, necking down the 44mag to 357mag bullets landed me with the "Ideal Whitetail Revolver" - for me.
I suppose it's worth pointing out, since some folks seem so deterred by Gary's engravings - engraving work is always optional. That scrollwork with the goldwire inlays generally runs around $800 per revolver, so a $2,000-3,000 make-over is really only paying for $1,200-2,200. If you consider that most of the top guys charge around $750 for their "standard action job" these days, you're only leaving around $500-1,000 to do any 'extra work' like rechambering, cutting a new cylinder, replacing the barrel, etc. Custom "looks" always seem to add a lot of dollars, whether they add any significant function or not (often not).
Easiest answer is this - if ya don't like redheads, don't ask one to dance. Let them be, 'cuz there's plenty of fellas out there that do like 'em.