I have one and like it very much (see my mods in tamu94's thread) but I bought it to carry a lot and shoot a little with .44 mag. It is more fun to shoot .44 specials out of for target practice than the magnums. Trust me, you will not be giggling when you shoot this gun. If you have large hands get the S&W X-frame grips from the S&W website and put them on the 329, they absorb the recoil better than the grips that come with the gun.
There is a lot of good information on the 329 NG here on this website and if you do a search you will find both good and bad reports about this firearm.