They still make the 329pd which is lighter, larger profile and has more recoil…. 🤷🏼♂️
Yep. Had one for years. After shooting full power loads, I consigned it to strictly being a .44 Special.
I figured the 329 was intended as an emergency hammer that was light enough to always have on you; and in the situations for which it would be employed, recoil would be way down the list of priorities.
I am pretty badly tempted these days by the short Model 69.