The bone at the base of my thumb just gets hammered under recoil with wood grips.
Me, too. My only current S&W .44 is a 329PD. Beats the CRAP out of me. It just is what it is. Reduced loads are not a viable option for me. Neither are rubber grips.
My S&W J frame .357 isn't much better. Maybe a little less bruising but bigger problems from the rubber grips even than the .44 with wood. I might swap those factory rubber grips for wood grips one of these days soon.
Tom
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