Well I guess I am late to the party as usual.
I got my first around 84 or so, a Ruger 3 screw flat top. It was a decent find at a pawn shop. It was used but hadn't had enough use to even get a ring around the cylinder. I kept it for several years then traded it off on a Redhawk which was what I had wanted from the get go.
Since then I have shot bullets of every brand, shape size and weight, but overall settled on the Remington 200gr SJHP. Like was mentioned the 170gr was an awesome bullet.
Speaking of the Remington 170gr SJHP, for all the good it will do, I shot an email to Midway, asking them to try and get Remington to do another special run of them. I contacted Remington not too long ago and they said they could easily do it if I had the money. A run would be about two semi's full. So if you have a chance fire a note off to Larry Potterfield at Midway, maybe they will get Remington to do a run of them. Hey, it never hurts to ask, worst that could happen is nothing.
As for other loads, the 200gr has been my staple load for going on 20yrs. Loaded over 20.5grs of 296 it is a very pleasant hunting or practice load and very accurate from my Redhawk, my bud's S7W and several others that we have tried it in. In showing my bud the differences that a crimp makes I shot these two groups at 40yds offhand. The wind was gusting around the end of the barn and somewhat skewed my group a little on the right.
Overall I would not hesitate to haul mine out with this load hunting just about any ND game around. It simply shoots and with the mid range velocity running around 1300fps form my 7.5" barrel, the bullet doesn't blow up even when hitting the heavy shoulder on a big hog. They expand like you would want them to and drive on through.
You folks sure have some nice hardware posted up here. Almost makes me want to start shopping for another one. But I'm holding out for a 7.5" Redhawk in 45 Colt to complete my collection first.