Hi all. I am looking for a revolver for my wife for personal protection/shooting some on the weekends. We are going to get our CCW permits together soon. I will need to get her something small, short barrell. I know .357 and .38 are both real popular, but she shot a ruger .357 and it was a little much for her as she is pretty small. She has also shot my .38 revolver and my .22 mag revolver and she liked the .22 because of the low recoil but it would be marginal at best is she ever needed it.

I have looked at several revolvers in the book at my local dealer but there aren't many places here that carry more than 1 or 2 revolvers.

Any recommendations on caliber and brand or model. I've always liked the S & W and Colt revolvers but the colt's will probably be outside of our price range.

Thanks.