My S&W Model 329 Night Guard in .44 Mag is an attention getter at the range. It's actually nice to shoot .44 Special loads, but full magnum loads are a bit much. If the bullet doesn't get the bad guy, the muzzle flash will.
I have a nephew who shoots a lot and brags that recoil doesn't bother him. He'll shoot a Desert Eagle .50 cal one-handed. I let him shoot a cylinder of magnum loads through the Night Guard. After he was done, he handed it back to me, holding it like a dirty diaper, and said "That's messed up!" (He used a bit more colorful word than "messed", though.)