My go-to 44 mag load is 18.5grs of 2400 under an Oregon Trail 240gr cast lead semi wad cutter. They give over 1200fps from my 4-5/8 SBH with reasonable recoil, and better accuracy than I can usually take advantage of. The bullets are .431 dia..
I pulled my 2400 data from Lyman, started at 20gr and went to 22gr, later read Keith used 22.5gr... 22gr was getting rowdy.
