This is the best wheel gun I own and my favorite to shoot. Why? It shoots straight (it makes me a far better shooter), is manageable with recoil and with target wood grips, it looks like a man's gun. I don't care what anyone says, in revolvers there is Smith and Wesson, and then there is everyone else (Sorry Colt).

1) Accuracy is incredible. Standard fare is factory reload 158 grain semiwadcutters.
2) Easy to maintain. C'mon - it's a revolver. If I wanted to build a rocket, I would have bought a rocket.
3) Recoil is comfortable.
4) "Misfires, did you say misfires?" I don't think so (it is a revolver).
5) A Smith and Wesson trigger. One of the true engineering marvels.

The target grips on the 15-3 are perfect. They fit my hand like what my idea of a revolver is. Weight is well distributed and the gun is a natural pointer. The Smith trigger is smooth and steady in double action and nice and light in single action.

I didn't know when I picked this up for a shooter, that I was picking up a classic.