I recently purchased a 28-2 to take some burden off my ruger ss security six. I have a nickel model 19 in a display gun cabinet and it only gets used maybe 4 to 6 times a year with mostly 38 spl being shot from it. Every week shooting full house mag loads from ruger, I know it can digest many of them. Now the hwy patrolman can help shoulder some of the load. If possible buy them both, but if you can only afford 1 get the 28. Beefy N frames were made for mag loads. It won't even break a sweat on 357mags. Just think same frames used for 44 mag!!