As others have stated a short light 44 mag is going to be a handful with full power loads.

I can say that a 325 Night Guard in 45 ACP, is very controlable with full power 230gr loads...

So, with your short 44 Mag [very nice gun by the way], I would start with some good 44 Specials, and work up to the Speer 200gr short barrel load.
I use the Speer load in my 4" 44 Mag Mountain Gun for Urban Carry.

Main thing is, pick a load you can shoot good. As long as you load duplicates a 45 ACP, ie 185gr at 950fps, up to a 230gr at 830fps, you are good to go.

For field use in bear country I would stretch it to at least a 240gr hard cast SWC at around 1000 fps.