MCGunner, you touched on something I've long said, three-inch guns are a lot easier to shoot well than 2-inchers. I can't shoot a 2-incher to save my keister, but I can shoot most 3-inch guns as well as a 4-inch or longer gun. The extra inch of barrel only matters if you use pocket carry, in any kind of holster it makes no difference. Big butts are hard to conceal, another inch of barrel is of no consequence.
As I type this I'm wearing my Rossi 3-inch 44 Spl in a nice DeSantis IWB, and I can barely tell I have it on. There's a speedloader in my pocket that is a lot more noticeable, I wish they made speed-strips in 44, but they're a lot slower to use than ANY speedloader. I feel very well armed, and I have complete faith in this gun. The trigger job just made a good gun better.
Papajohn