........this is interesting. I spend a lot of my summers on the Yukon in the middle of the bears by myself and I carry the cousin of this right on my chest in a shoulder harness because it is heavy. It is a 50 cal Magnum S & W, 8 3/4 barrel, 5 shot.
I practice grabbing it our of it’s holster and aiming it. Sometimes I go ahead and shoot it but that is a real experience by itself and you must have ear protectors on.
I can usually grab it and aim it in 3-5 seconds. At night, I sleep with my hand on it. I’m a very light sleeper in the bush. But, in Alaska, it does not get very dark. That helps.
When I go to AK, I carry a .454 SRH w/7.5” bbl. Most of the time this gun is a hunter, as is yours. For woods protection with a handgun, I’d like as big, but shorter.