.44 mag

[Longcarbine]

Sorry for all the newbie questions, I shot flintlocks for 25 years but know nothing of BP cartridge. I just bought an 1885 low wall in .44magnum and was wondering about reloading for this with black powder. Would 2FF or 3FFF be best and how many grains would be a good starting load, I will be measuring by volume. In muzzleloading the ball sets right on top of the powder, for cartridge would I use a thin over powder card to compress or would the space left make it a dangerous load or simply use a large enough load so that the bullet itself compresses the powder. I'm not going to be doing any large volume reloading in fact I was thinking of getting one of those Lee single caliber reloaders for this, what do ya'll think...Thanks!