GF1. Max 41 loads may be similar in recoil as Max 44 loads. But for some shooters, the diff is between‘Tolerable and shootable’ and flinching.
This is how I see it. I can shoot full house loads in my .44 mags okay, but find the same level loads in my .41's (in essentially the same revolvers, N-frame Smiths) more enjoyable. The recoil is definitely different.
The one exception to the above is my 357 PD (scandium .41 mag.) With full house .41's that thing rivals my .500 S&W for unpleasantness.
