BCRider
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If you haven't hefted one of those Remigtons for balance maybe you should. I always liked them to, but the balance of a Colt SAA/copy is superior.
I'd say this is definetly a personal choice and one that many happy SAA owners obviously share. However having handled the SAA's a few rounds as well as my crop of S&W modern wheel guns I actually found that I liked the balance of the long barrel Remingtons. Yes they are a trifle barrel heavy but the heft they have as a result seems to make for a more positive and deliberate aim. By contrast the SAA feel, as I recall, was light and quick thanks to the 4 5/8 inch barrels on the ones I tried. Equally nice but in a totally different way. The SAA's actually felt lighter and quicker to move and aim than my S&W 19 in fact. It's easy to understand why the dozen or so quick draw competitors I've seen so far all have the short barrel version of the SAA. It's that sort of gun.
PS- And let's not forget the effect of a long barrel with a BIG hole in the end of it on anyone foolish enough to do something that earns the need to so display these charactaristics. Of course the effect would likely be wasted on a pesky barn rat or rampaging coyote in the hen house....