I load a lot of 44 Mag 240gr. lead bullets all with Unique . Lyman calls for a stating load of 10gr. Unique and Max load of 11.7gr again Unique . 7gr. is a hot 44 Special load .
I am just the opposite I load my 44 spl loads to the max load data, l've loaded my brass eight times before getting any splits I don't anneal my brass, but do trim and full length resize every time. I've culled less than 10% so far.