I bought my new 629-6 last summer during the transition from the Houge to the new style, mine has the new style and before firing it, I thought I'd replace them with the Houges since I get a much better DA grip and trigger reach with them.

After running 600+ rounds, and half of them being heavy loads, I'm now sticking with the new style for the time being.

Covering the backstrap makes trigger reach in DA more of a challenge for my small hands but I've learned to adapt, and I appreciate the recoil absorption of the new style with heavy loads.

In SA mode it's not an issue.

So for now the new style with a heavy load is a win for me.