My moderate load for 44 spl , using a 245 gr swc , rnfp etc is 6.0 grs of IMR-700X . Red Dot works well too , same load . I got these loads from Mike Venturing in an article he wrote for Hand Loader magazine . If you find 6 grs too much , you can easily back it down to 5.0 for less recoil . Good Luck , Regards, Paul