Have been wanting to find a load that will duplicate the velocity and recoil of the Speer .44 Magnum 200 grain Gold Dot HP Short Barrel load at a listed velocity of 1080 fps. After reviewing several loading manuals I settled on two loads...10 grain of Winchester 231 or 11 grains of Unique with a 200 grain Berry's plated bullet.
Loaded up 50 of the 10 grains of 231 load last night and tried them out... At 10 yards DA from a S&W 629 Mountain Gun and a 629 5" Classic it was just a large ragged hole.
Recoil was modest with little muzzle flash, outdoors at least.
When I have the time will chronograph these and some of the Gold Got HPs to see if they are close... The GDHP should make a GREAT personal defense load as they use the 200 grain .44 Special DEEP HP bullet at a velocity that just about guaranties expansion without all the recoil of a full .44 Magnum loading.
Bob