Many years ago, I bought revolvers and shot revolvers. I have S&W, Ruger and Dan Wesson's in .22, .38 special, .357 magnum and .44 magnum.
If I want smooth/slick/accurate, I pick S&W. You don't understand smooth and slick till you handle/use a nice old M29 or M27 (don't own a M27).
If I want accurate and really tough, I pick Ruger. No way is a Ruger as slick/smooth as a S&W. But if I'm going to get out in the mud/crud/cold/wet I want my Ruger.
The Dan Wesson is just big and tough and accurate.
The first weekend I had my M29 we put 650 rounds through it. My right thumb knuckle swelled up (never sore) and took several weeks to go back down to normal. We stopped because the little T-nut in the frame that the elevation sight screws into stripped out. Took a week or so to find another one. Not a single issue with it after that. No I didn't box it up and send it back to S&W over a $0.35 piece.
Well, I did replace that grooved trigger with a smooth (combat) trigger. The grooved trigger was eating the skin off the front of my right trigger finger. The grooved trigger is still in the wood presentation box.