I am less recoil tolerant, somewhat nowdays than I used to be. One thing that is there, but doesn't
SEEM to be directly affecting this is a bony bump growing just behind the outboard bulge in the hand
bone if my trigger finger. Recoil loads are 90 degrees to this, and it never feels painful there, but I just feel
the hotter .44 Mag load in the Mtn Gun more these days.
My wife does pretty well, too.
Since the 329 (26 oz .44 mag) is a bear removal tool on our backpacking expeditions in griz
country, she MAY have to use it sometime in some sort of a rolling disaster of unforseeable
events. So, I wanted her to at least shoot a cylinder full of full power loads. Take my word
for it, this is not much fun. The instruction was to fire all six, double action as fast as
she could get a flash sight picture, as if it was a bear needing persuading. She did it
well, and took the gun out of her right hand with her left, looked at the red palm area,
and said, "Well, that isn't a lot of fun, but I can do it." Which is reassuring for emergency
equipment. She carries the large cannister of bear spray in a chest harness, and I carry the
329 in a crossdraw rig. We both really hope to never need to use either one.
Bill