One thing I need to point out: the approved roster list is
not a list of firearms legal to sell in MA. That list is basically the firearms approved to be...approved by the attorney general. There are many firearms on that list that are
not legal for sale because the AG says so.
For example, the Sig P226 DAK is not legal, but is on the approved roster list.
I don't like it, but I have to follow it.
Redneck, no hard feelings. More often than not, emotion is not conveyed well through just words. I have sense of your tone of "voice," so to speak, nor do I have any sense of your body language. We can agree to disagree.
And VA, thanks for the photo. It really helps to see them all lined up. It seems like the .3x calibers are all almost the exact same size, haha. Although, I've seen 9mm translated as .355 caliber, and when I did the math, I got .354, and you said it's .356. :O
It honestly sounds like a .357 revolver would be good, as I get the impression .38 special ammunition is rather cheap.
Just to gauge your guys' (and you girls, too) opinions on things:
S&W Model 60 vs. Ruger SP101 (.357 2")
Walther PPK/S vs. Sig P232 (.380 ACP)
Right now those are the four I'm looking the most at. Are there better choices for a S&W? I'm more attracted, I've found, to pistols that have a full-size grip but have a shorter barrel, rather than a shorter grip and a shorter barrel, so I tend to like the Model 60 over the other S&W revolvers I've been pointed to.