ruger model 96, and have had others. I suspect the miroku/ Winchester might be the best overall. the rossi is very strong and reliable. the marlin [ pre Remington ] is very smooth, very accurate and will feed most ammo reliably. the ruger 96 is very finicky about which ammo it will feed. for looks and smoothness the uberti 73 is actually my favorite...I have it set up with a tang sight; it works well with most any standard factory loadsand is really accurate.
I have a custom made takedown trapper, made from an original model 92 Winchester- that is really smooth and accurate though it doesn't feed every type of ammo.

the marlin is so slick and accurate, that I would have to say you cant go wrong with it, as long as you look around and get an older one.....cant say about the newer ones.

Priced at $500 in pretty good condition. The deals are out there.

I've had several 44 carbines myself. For looking at, my Browning 92 wins, for shooting, the Rossi 92.

Ive owned several Marlin 44s, I guess I'm just unlucky, I never could get one of them to shoot very well. I'd take Marlins in 357, 44, 30-30, and 45-70 to the range and the 44s would invariably shoot lousy groups while all the rest did pretty well. I wish I could figure out the secret, the last I had ( a stainless 1894) went down the road a few years ago.

I have Browning 92s in 357 and 44. Again the357 shoots pretty well while the 44 shoots groups 2-3x bigger. I've messed with this one quite a bit, and am not going to sell it. I've decided the slow twist barrel, with an oversized Bore is the culprit. It might get rebarreled soon.

And finally I have a pair of Rossi trappers, stainless in 357 and 44. They both shoot nice little groups with iron sights at 50 yards, about as far as my 57 year old eyes work without optics. The Rossi 44 with iron sights would outshoot that stainless Marlin with a 4x scope.

I've also had a model 94 in 45 Colt, but much prefer the 92 for a handgun cartridge.

I would like to try a Chiappa, they sure are purdy.

Have picked up several pre-safety 44 magnum carbines over the years, Winchester 94s, Rossi's and Marlin 1894s. Of them, the Marlins were the most reliable without some tuning, the Rossi's were the most accurate with lead bullets, and the most versatile regarding bullet weights, the Win 94s were the best finished and shot fine once you found a load they liked. Have never owned a Browning or Winchester branded Miroku model 92, but they sure do look nice and have heard great things about them.

Depends on how traditional you want to be. If you want to scope it, Marlin all the way. If you don't, then it is hard to ignore the various Miroku iterations.

I have an 80s Browning/Miroku already. I wound up winning a more recent Winchester/Miroku (with tang safety) at an auction recently. Hopefully I'll have it in hand next week and can give some thoughts shortly thereafter.