dont personally care for .44 mags bought one...... was a ruger vaquero..... 5 inch barrel blued and case hardened.......... guy bought it to carry horseback in the mountains, had a trigger job done on it then when he holstered it he rubbed a slight bit of the blueing off the front sight.......... so that simply wouldnt do......... took it back and traded it in for a stainless model............. i bought it........... didnt even look like it had been shot...... for 230.............. got a box of ammo and proceeded to punish myself with that stupid gun.
had to have hearing protection, and it bucked so bad it wasnt fun to shoot............ so three months later my guy got a trade in................ stainless steel blackhawk...... same barrel same calibur......... except it was quite a bit heavier. got a guy to do some reloads for me.................. i could shoot the tame ones lol.
had a 7 1/2 inch stainless vaquero in .45 colt............ shot like a 38 special ........... loved that one