I have 3 of them, all in 44 S&W Russian. I shoot them quite frequently. I reload my own cartridges and use Trail Boss powder. I even fire the 44 Russian cartridges out of my Colt Anaconda 44 Magnum when I want to take it easy. Unfortunately I can’t get them to cycle through my 44 Mag lever guns, so I just load up some of the 44 Mags with Trail Boss and enjoy the sound of the big lead slugs banging the steel plates. Very satisfying.
Their price has been skyrocketing, but for a while, they were much cheaper than the S&W #3s. All of them were made before 1898, so they are all not "firearms" under the 1968 gun control act.
They are big, tough, strong revolvers with a solid frame.
Much slower to reload than a #3 S&W.