I agree with the post above. An awful lot of guys can't/won't admit that the recoil from even the .357 is too much for them to shoot comfortably, especially if they have been practicing a lot more with less expensive .38 practice ammo. I guess they feel that it makes them less "manly" or something to admit it, especially publicly on a forum where everyone posts pictures of bigger guns yet. A lot of the guys who post pics of .44's also note in their posts that they normally shoot specials or special equivelent loads from those same .44's. The concussion from the .357 is distracting, and the .357 is well know for it's sharpness/loudness, and that certainly can cause one to flinch even with proper hearing protection on.

All that said, some guns just shoot better than others, and some just seem to shoot better than other for a given individual since they fit them better.