This is my first post and a good place for me to start even though I am a year behind I am a man of few words, and I do more listening than speaking. I bought my first S&W magnum in 1994 a 629-4 classic 8 3/8th inch. I live in PA, and I have taken several whitetail deer with this revolver using open sites. I have researched the development of the magnum cartridge with D.B. Wesson, Elmer Keith, Bill Jordan, Phillip Sarpe, and Skeeter Shelton. Certainly, an eventful cast of men. Since, 1994, I have acquired several more K,L.N frame frame 357mag, 41mag, and 44mag revolvers. In 2023, I got a C&R FFL03, and started collecting K22s and all N frame Magnums, pre model through -2s. As for the original post...... How bad does the sickness get?.... for me, all barrel lengths and 3Ts if made.... pretty bad!