I'm with you 110%. The Ti-Scan Js are simply better done than the current plain-vanilla 642s/36s/whatever. Their problem is because they ARE so light weight they are simply painful- very painful- to shoot. That, and the communist lock, of course. I bought this 360PD with the lock in 2002. I have carried it almost every day since then. For the first few years, I shot it a lot too. Several thousand rounds; 15 full-patch .357s, the rest wadcutters or semi-wadcutter bullets; had it fail me once, because I had improperly de-activated the lock; fixed that with The Plug, and haven't looked back.
By whacking off the hammer spur, this piece actually "hides" a bit better in trouser pockets, because the Centennial-copy 340 frame is larger due to its covering the elliptical hammer in the Centennial Js.
The thing is, if you DO have to fire these little hogs for real, the pain/etc. ain't gonna be that bad... you'll be too worried/scared/whatever. Which is why I, and a lot of other folks, practice with an all-steel J frame; the one I use is a first-edition M-640, purchased in the early 90s.
This 360PD hasn't been shot in years... but I guarantee you it will, right now, if it must.