If you're strongly drawn to a revolver, then do that.
Otherwise, my standard suggestion for anyone who is going to buy their first handgun is to buy a target-oriented, full-sized, .22lr semi-automatic (e.g., a Ruger Mk___, a Browning Buckmark, etc.). Here is why:
- Learning to shoot a handgun well is not easy. Most people who buy a handgun never learn to shoot it well. It's not rocket science, but there are some counter-intuitive things about it, some obstacles to overcome, and a lot of reps required.
- There are some challenges that are common to all handgun shooting - such as learning sufficient muzzle discipline to avoid doing unsafe things, holding the pistol still enough to stay within whatever an acceptable hit zone is, learning to isolate the movement of your trigger finger from the other muscles of your strong hand, etc.
- Some guns add other challenges on top of these universal ones. Revolvers, for instance, add a long and comparatively heavy trigger pull (if shooting double-action). Service caliber guns add some recoil. Larger caliber guns add even more. And so on.
- Many things are best/fastest learned by stripping away as much extraneous stuff as possible and focusing on just the pure basics. A .22lr semi-auto does this. You can get a good (i.e., short-and-light) trigger. You don't have to deal with material amounts of recoil. You can also afford to shoot copious quantities, which is the real secret sauce of getting good.
- You can add other challenges later. But you will learn how to shoot handguns in general fastest and easiest by starting with a .22lr semi-auto with decent sights (or even a red-dot on top).
This approach is like learning to drive a car by taking a modestly-powered automatic-transmission car to an empty parking lot. There are other ways to learn to drive. But there's a lot to be said for starting at step 1 and then moving on from there.
ETA: I own both semi-autos and revolvers. I think learning to shoot a revolver DA is
very beneficial to all handgun shooting, and I think every serious shooter should acquire that skill and the benefits that come from it. I am not anti-revolver. I just think that the
easiest path is to learn the core stuff first, then add challenges.