The .44 isnt bad to shoot at all, I have had my wife out on the range withthe .44and she does fine with it. It can get expensive to shoot depending on how much time your spending at the range. I own the S&W 629 Classic, its a sweet gun, I have shot the Ruger and thats a good gun as well. The reason I went with the S&W was I tripped on a deal to good to pass up in my .44 shopping. I was goingto purchase the Super Redhawk before I found the S&W.

I was originally worried about the .44 recoil toobut once I shot it realized it wasnt bad, big handguns are addictive....I'm looking at a S&W .500 now, that should be a handful.