The 9mm LCR is painful for most people. It's an ultralight aluminum frame subcompact snub-nosed revolver. Many people think those are painful with .38 Special. The 9mm is almost twice the pressure. There are fair comparisons made with 357 Magnum if you stick with 124/125 grain bullets and a barrel less than 2". The 9mm and 357 have practically the same pressure level. The main difference in recoil is the 357's longer case is capable of holding a larger volume of powder and longer heavier bullets. Since it's not hard to load enough powder in a 9mm case to reach 35,000 psi, the 357's difference really comes down to the use of larger volumes of slower powders, and those make a much bigger difference in longer barrels.
Bottom line is 9mm in an LCR is almost as punishing as 357 in an LCR. I can't recommend it to someone who doesn't come across as a punk-drunk recoil junkie but is instead concerned about arthritis in their hands.
Now 9mm in a Super GP100 or a 986 is a very different experience. You didn't mention what you shoot for or a purpose for the gun, but going based on the prospect of use presently served by a 1911, then a K or L frame S&W or a GP100 seems to fit. I'm not making a cartridge suggestion since that's personal preference, but if you get one that requires moon clips, or you get one that allows moon clips, get twenty or more moon clips from TK Custom of the correct size for the brand of brass you use (they're different), and get a BMT mooner/demooner tool. If you get those things, you won't miss magazines at all.