That gun looks painful, OUCH!

A guy used it next to me the other day. It did not seem to be painful. Just he could not get on paper at 50 yards. Not sure that was normal. I could hit the target shooting 38 using a sp100.

 

Actually everyone I know who tried my buddy's 460 has agreed there wasn't much recoil, just a loud enough bang to create a good shockwave and a huge fireball.

 

I like the 5" model in the picture Tony posted. Anything longer is going to be barrel heavy. Good luck hitting anything past 15 yards without a rest.

 

Actually when I held it and sighted it up it wasn't that barrel heavy. If anything it felt pretty balanced.

I have one and only shoot it at Cherry Ridge during the week, less people, when I can. You kinda have to wear ear plugs and muffs together. It's a flamethrower for sure. You absolutely have to keep hands away from the front of the cylinder beside the gap, the hot gases escaping to the sides is very intense. I scoped mine with a long-eye relief vari. Nikon. BTW, the factory rubber grips for the X-frames will fit the N-frames and give you a complete wraparound grip with no exposed backstrap. Changed mine, you can order direct from S&W.