L frame Smith is more than sufficient, strength wise...........it's even chambered in 44 mag now.
So pick whichever gun you like the best & rock on.
Either way, it's really kind of pointless to shoot full house magnum loads all the time, just for the fun of it, anyway, so in reality 90% of the people don't, so IMO, more or less a moot point.
YMMV
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