If I remember right, back when we shot alot of bowling pin matches, I liked a friends 5.5 redhawk better than my 7.5 Redhawk. I think it felt better during rapid fire. I wonder how the even shorter barrel your looking at feels and if it has the same controllabilty the 5.5 did. The single actions, under the same conditions, turned in much slower times by the average shooters. The expert SA shooters could outdue most of the average shooters with anything they used except maybe .22's. BUT, I've only met a few I could say that about. Most people struggle with the SA on rapid fire for quite a while before gaining smoothness and confidence. One of my favorite pistols though, is a .45 blackhawk 4 5/8 that Bill Oglesby worked over and put a .44 hammer on. So smooth, and points so nice.