As much as I have wanted to like my two month "old", 2.75" bbl. model 69...I never warmed up to it, and once I bought a 329PD the 69 hasn't come out of the safe. I offered it to a friend yesterday who was in the market for a snubby .44 magnum. I'm not saying there was anything wrong with it..it's just that some guns don't instill a sense of comfort for me,and I move them along.