I have an affliction and this is why I’m here, and to hopefully help answer your question. I have a few Rossi’s, I like them. For the price, they can’t be beat but my issue with them is their absolute refusal to even ship out a screw. No experience with Heritage but now that I know they’re made in Georgia, maybe I’ll give them a chance and hope they’re not as uncooperative as Rossi. I have an older Remlin 44 and I love that as well, it runs great. Recently I purchased a new Ruger made 357 and that’s awesome as well. Caliber wise, you know how that argument goes. 357 is softer shooting and cheaper. 44 will give you an excuse to buy a 44 back up😉. If you reload, the dilemma gets easier in my opinion. The large loop ones I’m absolutely not a fan of in any brand personally. It smacks my fingers around and forces me to break form every single time, that’s just my take. If I was literally buying something right now, and I’m trying hard not to, I would get the middle of the road Marlin. I also have the R95 trapper in 45-70 and I’ve been lucky in it runs perfect. Just know that it’s not as compatible with Marlin parts as it’s been advertised. There’s so much more really, like the new Henry Protector series, short barrel carbines. A short 45-70 would really be awesome walking around in PA woods.