O.K. Ladies,Let's get on the right track. Some of you boutique babies think the " look" is the deal. Well, whatever. We have a lot of pretenders and wanna be's on the net so, whatever puts your panties in a wad is O.K. by me.However, please remember Elmer Keith used carved ivories on his 4" .44Mags., that were ,for all intents and purposes, magna shaped grips.Now, I was never able to afford bulls head carved ivory grips, but I did go to magnas [actually N frame P.C.s] with a T-grip and found the recoil was not as bad or objectionable as previously experienced.So, maybe less is more,rather than more is better to cushion recoil.Weight and size is not necessarlly the answer. Maybe, the grip is the bottom line. Try it,you'll probably like the results.Nick