CCW and revolvers
Unless they've changed it, in Texas if you test with a revolver, that is all you are legally able to carry concealed, while testing with an auto means you can carry any type of pistol ( really not sure why that is...has it changed?)
When my wife was looking into taking her course, she was a very new shooter and the instructor of the course that she thought of taking did everything but refuse to let her take it with a wheelie. DId everything to dissuade her. SO, we tried everything from Beretta to Browning to Glock and so on....hated them. Hated slides, hated the brass coming near her head in some instances (she's a southpaw), hated them. She now knows how to use everything in our safe, but hates them.
Picked up a rather clean, very clean Model 10 4" heavy barrel...she now has 4 revolvers that WILL go with her when either death or divorce do us part
(hope she's joking!) Took the course with another instructor, who was great with her and the other woman who took the course (if memory serves me, she used a Model 66).
She's told the other guy when she ran into him that she was only going to carry a revolver, so why take it with an auto?
That is just bad that instructors won't teach someone basic saftey like muzzle control, or badmouth someone's choice in pistolas. Little on the high horse from what it sounds, I guess. Shoot, anything in the pocket is better than a $1k custom in the safe!
Ken B