I`ve got a red Hawk ing .454 and it`s a handfull with the long barrel so I can imagine what the shot barrel would be like, but it sounds like it might be something that I might need for a CCW gun. Get some hot .45 loads and it should stop about anything I would need to stop. I`ve got a S&W 629 with a 4in barrel for CCW now but alittle bigger hole wouldn`t hurt.
AND Evan I think you need to start looking for a wife the way you like guns. You need to find an ugly woman with a whole lot of money, one that will do anything to keep you.

You could buy more guns if you could find a woman like that.