I can imagine, and I'll leave it to my imagination. The recoil on Little Smith was bad enough that my watch on my left hand (of course, I was shooting two-handed) tried to flip over 180 degrees while still strapped to my wrist. The edge of the watch case was digging into my wrist.
That was the other reason I said "enough", when I noticed I was bleeding.
My previous encounter with a .44Mag was with Big Smith almost thirty years ago. I had it Magnaported before shooting (handy when Magnaport is only 20 minutes away), and it had nowhere near the muzzle flip. However, after 50 rounds I noticed blood on my right hand, and on the grip. The recoil rubbed my index and middle finger together so hard it rubbed the skin off.
That didn't happen this time, and I attribute part of my success to the vastly improved shape of the Hogue grips. The factory "magna" grips from that era now seem incredibly clunky and user-unfriendly.
Dang.... thats no fun when yer loads are that hot.
I have some of garretts hammerheads that are pretty much the choice of dying from excessive recoil or the critter above ya on the food chain yer shooting at.
I got stupid in the 90’s an had a Ruger stainless Bisley converted to 500 Linebaugh. It was my fly fishing rig I carried in a tanker holster while fishing. Now that guns recoil is not as aggressive as a hot 44 mag IMO. Not sure why but the recoil is tolerable and manageable.
I like bigger handguns, thus my .50GI Glock conversion. My 460 Weatherby Mag build on a tropical ruger no 1 that was .458 Win mag originally . All fun to shoot and teach recoil management to novice shooters here in Texas.
When I tell em that a 30-06 has 16 pounds of felt recoil and the .460 Wthby Mag has 116 pounds of felt recoil you can see the “oh crap” wheel start to turn..... I give em three rounds and usually get a fired piece of brass back and two unfired rounds and lots of slanderous action verbs back..........:o)
All good safe fun......
Look at smooth grips for heavy recoil versus checkered or rubber. Lets the recoil roll in the hand versus take it with it.
Just what I do ..... Hope yer well !