I've long been a Smith 44 fan and own and shoot several. A while back three other guys here at work found a great deal on the 4" Redhawks and all bought one. I ordered and installed Wolff springs in all three as the triggers were very unfriendly. I took the opportunity to shoot one of the three quite a bit. While it shot very nicely I could not get over the heavy uncomfortable feel in the hand.

So far this year I have found and purchased two M29's from the early 90's for my collection. A 5" Classic and a 6.5" Classic DX - even though they were more expensive I chose these over the Ruger. They don't need the new springs and such as they are great right out of the box! I can't say that one or the other is automatically the more accurate but I'll put my money into 29's or 629's.

I have to agree with Joni - Smith 44's from the early 90's are about as good as they get for standard production.

Ward