This is the worst purchase I've ever made

Reminder that .357 has almost double the penetration as .38. Be careful in a self-defense situation.

.44 magnum is probably the strongest caliber that most men can shoot. Not just 1-6 rounds to say you did it, but a box or more in a range trip.

I shoot .44 regularly and that is a fair assessment
But it's really not that bad at all
I think some people could manage .454 or .460 regularly

I don't shoot my .460 super often, but when I do I typically put 50-100 rounds through it
It's really not that bad. Gives a neat little adrenaline rush on each trigger pull too

Is that 4runner? Thought it looked like BIG BOI SEQUOI

>is it possible to become adept with such a weapon?
Absolutely.

>and how would one go about increasing it's manageability asides from shooting it alot and building grip strength?
Ammo. Start by shooting the right kind of ammo. Shoot light loads first like .500 Special instead of .500 Magnum. When you do get into .500 Magnum start with the lighter bullet weights and work your way up to the heavy stuff.

Agreed completely. It's all about how much shooting experience people have, and also about their ammo choice. I shoot a lot of big-bore handguns, and I find 500 mag to be not that big a deal to shoot--A lightweight .44 mag or the average .454 Casull is worse recoiling IMHO. The bad reputation for the .500 comes from when some fuckwit with little or no magnum handgun experience decides to shoot one with the hottest, heaviest, ammo he can find and then proceeds to whine about the recoil. Well, Bubba, if you weren't insisting on shooting 600 grain buffalo bore it wouldn't be so bad.

It's like people loading up 3" magnum slugs in a 12ga and then claiming it "kicks too hard", meanwhile they're totally ignoring the 3/4oz target load option.