[Yo-Yo]

No, I did not. I always thought it was a Model 29 Combat Magnum. I am a wimp, therefore I own the Model 19 Combat Magnum with 4” bbl.

[Pistolshot]

The 19 is the K-frame. It was designed as a target gun for the 22/32/38 calibers, BUT the big complaint about the heavier N-Frame was the weight, so S&W included the 357 Mag into the k-Frame.

It is a good/bad thing. The guns are lighter, recoil needs more management and the guns will shoot themselves loose after a steady diet of magnum loads, Hence, the L-Frame was born, just for the 357.