RDCL
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I've had many years shooting my model 29 Smiths.
My first time shooting a 44 mag. at an indoor range...the blast & kick was a bit of a shock to me but I got used to it really quick. I mention indoor range because the little cubicle walls you are standing in makes the cuncussion, fireball & blast seem MUCH worse than outdoors.....even with earmuffs on.
The talk of injured wrist and hammers in foreheads is just myth. Anyone whom would actually let a handgun hit them in the forehead needs to find a different hobby.
....BUT....injuries due to recoil of a smith model 29 ARE possible! Many times in the early days I've had my thumb knuckle gouged & bloodied from the cylinder release latch digging in! In later years I learned how to hold the gun in such a way that I no longer went home with a bloody thumb.
Russ
My first time shooting a 44 mag. at an indoor range...the blast & kick was a bit of a shock to me but I got used to it really quick. I mention indoor range because the little cubicle walls you are standing in makes the cuncussion, fireball & blast seem MUCH worse than outdoors.....even with earmuffs on.
The talk of injured wrist and hammers in foreheads is just myth. Anyone whom would actually let a handgun hit them in the forehead needs to find a different hobby.
....BUT....injuries due to recoil of a smith model 29 ARE possible! Many times in the early days I've had my thumb knuckle gouged & bloodied from the cylinder release latch digging in! In later years I learned how to hold the gun in such a way that I no longer went home with a bloody thumb.
Russ