Posted by Tallball: I have one in every common caliber except for 25.
It's just a hobby for me.
Posted by bannockburn: I love diversity, especially in my handguns, and steadfastly believe that variety is the spice of life.
The OP was about self defense, and self defense is not a hobby. "Boring" is not a valid consideration.
I can see a hobbyist pistoleer enjoying shooting a Colt SAA, a K-Krame revolver with target sights, and a Ruger Mark II. And maybe a Schofield. Whatever he or she likes.
But when it comes to training, practicing, and carrying for self defense, one's objectives are different. Absolutely automatic, rote response is essential, and consistency will help ensure that. There is no need for variety as the spice of life, As the movie quote goes, a gun is a tool, Marian (or Marion, depending on the source).
I had a couple of polymer carry guns, bought at different times. A training class earlier this year led me to acquire a different one, and I have divested the two others that I had--for the sake of uniformity.
And I have bought a second of the new model. Why a "clone"? Well, one of them may be in for gun-smithing.
I do have a steel single action Colt-Browning pattern pistol--officer grip frame, slightly shorter than a Commander. I may be wrong about this, but I
think that, if I had to draw it in the gravest extreme, the distinctly different feel, combined with experience from years and decades past, would evoke the muscle memory necessary to shoot it, clear,it, etc. without a hiccup.
But in reality, I do not strap it on anymore.
And again, I don't think that picking up a DA recover would slow anyone down. I like them for back-up.