I've owned two. The only reason I still don't own one is it overlapped with my Mountain Gun and somewhat with my Flattop Blackhawk.

Both of mine were the longer barreled versions. IMO they don't recoil bad with factory powered 240 grains. I'm sure with anything more, recoil would get stiff quickly. They are excellent with Cowboy-type loads.

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