Got tried of lugging around my 50 + oz. 1006, so I sold it and bought a 329 Smith. Got to shoot it yesterday. Not new to the .44 Magnum. I still have the 4 inch 29 I bought in 1967. So, I loaded up some .44 Special ammo for the 329. Then loaded some more that went almost half way between the .44 Special and the full power ammo for the .44 Mag. Even with 200 gr. bullets and Ramshot's True Blue powder, which doesn't reach the Mag's full potential, I found out that light a gun is not much fun to shoot even at half way between the Special and the 44 Mag.
Ah, yes. Old age ? E