I really do love hunting with these two .44 Mags. I’ve owned and taken the 629 Classic to the whitetail woods since about 1994 and switched the stock grips out for these Hogues almost immediately. The red dot in the Leupold mount is so accurate that this rig truly makes one almost too confident; at least out to 150 yds. The Hogue grips fit my hands so much better and really make it a pleasure to shoot. The Ruger was a real surprise birthday gift from my wife and shoots as wonderful as it looks. As I’ve always loaded my own shells I shoot only mid-power loads; have no need to shake the guns (or my hands) apart, and nothing I’ve ever hunted and shot seemed to notice.