Good load for .44 Magnum?

[Cactusboy]

I 'd like to try silhouette with my scoped CVA Scout 2 single shot pistol, 14-inch barrel. Any advice on where to start -- with cast boolits?

[jmoore]

The best load I've used with 240 gr swaged lead bullets has been 22.3gr of IMR 1498 or the same volume of RL-7. Basically it fills the case to the base of the bullet. Super low ES velocity and SD in single digits over a chronograph. No leading over however long you care to not clean your barrel. Works with cast boolits, too.

Downsides? it's not super fast (~1000fps out of a 10" revolver barrel) and there's scads of unburnt powder. Which is important only with DA revolvers as the unburnt grains can get under the extractor star. And powder isn't so cheap anymore....