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Going to start the paperwork on this S&W 329PD later today.
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Sweet looking gun, but I'd be stuffing it with .44 Special rounds. I'm not that old and frail, but when it comes to that .44 Magnum Airlite - I am. Or maybe I've just read too many of @The Heretic 's posts on that particular gun.
I picked it up on a Friday and got a chance to shoot it that afternoon. Not all went well as it has an issue with light primer strikes and only fired about 1/2 of the rounds we put into the gun. We (my grandson and I) put a few rounds of both 44 Mag and Special through it. The 44 Mag ammo was 240gr at 1180fps. No slouch, but not the hottest. I don't think it recoils any harder than the Model 69 I had, however I don't doubt @The Heretic 's comments about painful recoil with heavy loads. There's just not much mass to the gun.
I'm going to reserve judgement on grips, but I may change to round butt of similar construction.
Right now the gun is going back to S&W to deal with the ignition problem.