ORIGINAL: hillbilly archer
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.
I would prefer the .22 Mag. over a STANDARD load in .38 Special. But if you used a +P in the .38, it would be too much lke a .357! Short barrels make all hot revolver cartridges pretty anemic! You might consider a small .44 Special-like the Charter Arms version. There are some good defensive loads available for that round. Yet again, any short barrel is giving up alot, in addition to the fact that a short sight radius makes hitting anything a real challenge!