I will concede to your judgement. I'm fairly new to learning the intricacies of these old Smiths. It looks much wider than the 4" but it does taper in.

I do prefer the feel of the RB grips. But that 4" barrel sure feels good. I'm loading up some SWC loads on Sunday (back to work tomorrow) and going out Monday to try them out. I am thinking that snub might have been waiting a real long time to be fed