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I shoot a lot of 44 mags in pistols. Ever since I got a 480 Ruger and a 454 Casull, I don't load up full-power loads in the 44 mags nearly as often as I used to. It is now relegated mostly to plinker duty, although I still like having the best accuracy I can get. For the lower powers, I like 231 powder the best. For cast bullets, I will load 6-7 grains of 231 and it works just fine. Occasionally I will still load up some higer power loads using the JHP bullets. In those cases I will use either H110 (W296) or else 4227, depending on what my supply of primers looks like that week. About 23 grains of either one of those powders gives a pretty hot load. The H110 needs a magnum primer whereas the 4227 takes a standard primer. But 23 gr of either powder gives a load somewhere around 1400 fps according to the books.
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