Many years ago when I decided to become well regulated with handguns you could buy buckets of once fired 38 brass cheaply. I suppose this led to my affinity for shooting 38s in 357 revolvers. It took many rounds of lightly loaded rounds before I could graduate beyond embarrassing territory. To this day, even though my skill level is reasonable, I don't shoot magnums nearly as well as 38s from my 19. This makes me believe that for many people, the L frame revolvers would make a better platform for shooting full power magnums.