Have had my .44 for less than a year now. I put about 200 rounds a month through it mostly with 240 gr. Hornady xtp's sitting on 20 grains of 2400. I noticed when I first bought it that the forcing cones on these guns all seem to have a rather rough finish but recently it seems like the minor imperfections in the forcing cone seem to be growing. I have noticed that whenever I fire jacketed bullets regardless of the powder I will get a pretty significant amount of flame from between the cylinder and the forcing cone. I don't really have a way to cast my own bullets because a steady lead supply is too hard to come by. I have tried some commercial .429 swcbb and even though they help a lot with the flames coming from the forcing cone they also leave me with more lead in the barrel than down range. I have tried both 2400 and Unique in various charge weights and have concluded as have most sbh shooters that this gun just needs a bigger boolit. So on to the questions, is the erosion normal for jacketed ammo? Also, is there a good commercial bullet I can get that may help with this. As much as I love full house .44 mag loads I really love this gun so I don't mind lowering the power if it will save the gun. I have access to pretty much all jacketed .44 bullets as well as laser cast, and Barnes plated bullets. I do have a cabelas relatively close so most anything they carry is an option. Thanks for any suggestions.