Mine were all to hardtop
I learned in an Enstrom F28A, a great little machine to auto to touchdown. I didn't do any power recoveries except to prepare for the checkride. My instructor was a 4000 hour pilot, half in Nam, and he believed in shooting touchdowns to hardtop. Less friction, less likelyhood of it getting ugly and digging in in his opinion. We had carbides on the skids, and yes they wore out eventually, but I guess I saw them as expendables. Is it really hard on the machine to shoot to hardtop? Especially in a 300 with its great oleo gear.
-- IFMU