...well, having not been there and done that with anything over a .454 with 300 grain full factory loads in a FAs 83 and a Super Redhawk I will have to defer to your experience.

As to "getting wrapped on the knuckles" by the squarebacked SBH gripframe, I kept wondering what people were talking about...now I realize that because of the length of my fingers the knuckle of my right hand never takes a bad rap like that because the knuckle is slightly beyond the rear of the triggerguard...

Roundbutt Frames...The one on my 97 is a round butt and the one on the 83 a square. I was at the SHOT Show in January and handled an 83 with a 6" barrel and round butt...it felt real nice. Mr. Baker was standing there and he said that he also liked them but didn't think it handled recoil as well with the real heavy kickers... I am thinking about sending mine in for the modification.

Bob