Hmmmmm. I'd not really thought about the 200 gr designs hitting low. I was just after something that didn't torque up and to the left (right? I forget) as much when you touch off the 421 with a healthy dose of Unique behind it. IIRC my BD, if I'm having a good day, will put 5 in 2" or so at 25 yards, but about 2" to the left of the bull. I really wish I could come up with an easy to install adjustable sight for the BD. It's a superb field gun.
Actually, I think I have a Lyman 44 wadcutter here someplace. Going to have to look around in the records and see if I ever loaded any up. Knowing my memory there may well be 100 loaded rounds sitting in a dusty box in a forgotten corner!
Yes! An excellent field gun. A gunsmith friend installed a S&W M60 adjustable sight for me on a 3" SP101 in 357 Mag and it was a treat. I was always nervous about removing any of the top strap on a fixed-sight Bulldog, even though my Target models have them. I've also thought about screwing a 3" Bulldog barrel onto a Target model, but Charter's adjustable sights are something short of amazing. Taller front sight are obviously in order but easy enough to do.
The lower POI with the lighter bullets isn't isn't much of an issue, just something to be aware of.
For the reduction of torque - the 200 (or so) grain bullets pushed at 750 to 800 fps make a difference alright. Load data tends to pump the lighter bullets' powder charges and velocities up a bit. Finding a powder which burns efficiently with the low pressure, without sooting everything up is key. I'd guess Bullseye would work, but before I started consolidating powders, Red Dot worked well in this application - very well.
I wasn't ignoring the OP - the only RNs I ever shot out of the 44 Special was one box of 50 factory Winchester 146 grain RNs I had to buy in 1982 because I was stationed 2+k miles away from dad's reloading bench. They soaked me for $13 for that box of cartridges.