Great story TF!! I love the 44, I have owned and shot a few of them. The Ruger Superblack Hawk is WAY tougher than the Smith 29 but the Smith has it hands down on the ignition system. The Target hammer and trigger are sooooo Sweet. I went and loaded some 3/4 loads for my 29 after all this Magnum talk! I look forward to blasting some of my metal targets that I had made for just this type of occasion. "Do you feel lucky?"