Sounds like you had a good day! My wife doesn't like to shoot anything above a 22. I bought a early Ruger Super Bearcat and she tried that out . . . I decided to "make it her gun" if it would get her to shoot. She refers to it as her "put put" gun. Anything larger han that she doesn't like the noise or recoil.
if your 7 1/2 Cattleman shoots anything like mine it's a joy to shoot! I'm really enjoying it and as long as I do my job, it will do its job. I'm primarily using Red Dot and Unique but hope to get some BP loaded up early next week to try.
Glad you had a good day! Enjoy!