With a 200 gr. bullet in .44 Special 3.5 gr. of Bullseye is about as mild as it gets. Once acclimated to 3.5 gr. the load can be stepped up to 5.0 gr. of Bullseye. I've introduced lots of young shooters and ladies to big bore handguns with those two loads. When they've mastered the bullseye loads I often let them shoot 7.5 gr. of Unique. I've shot thousands of the 7.5 gr. Unique load with 200 gr. RNFP bullet, it's become my go to load in .44 Special.
