Welp I put a few rounds through her lastnite and she is most definately a hand cannon. The recoils wasnt as bad as I thought it would be as a matter of fact it's not as bad as my 629. The first couple times I fired her it was to see what the trigger and recoils was like. The trigger will be reworked for sure, it's not really bad but I like a lite trigger. The recoil wasnt nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It had a little muzzle rize but nothing that cant be handled. I thought once the trigger was pulled it would kick like a Bull , NOT. Hell the muzzle flash was worse than the recoil ( Purdy). Now to the next stage , Im wanting a SS fluted 15" 243 barrel, Packy grips to put a sling on it cause shes got some weight to her, a 2.5 to 3lbs trigger and either a Burris or Nikon silver scope. I bought a TC base yesterday to put a scope on her to get a fill for that too but Im not sure if I wanna stick with that style of base. Im wanting low rise rings but that all comes in when I make up my mind on the scope too. I do know Im wanna go with the 3 rings deal . That'll add a little bling when that buck feels the sting. Then to the range once I find a load for it . Im gonna also pick up a ML barrel and scope combo for ML season. I'll be the next Jim Shockey / Larry Wiseman in 2010! Happy New Years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!