My own outdoor hiking 4" .357 is an older M66 six shot, works for me. They're very accurate weapons. the 66 in feel and look and everything external is a dead ringer for my old K frame M19 Smith and Wesson except it has an improvement I like, a round forcing cone (no flat spot at the bottom) and a little more space and beef in the frame there than the 19 had. That was a problem on the 19, forcing cones cracking at the flat part. I had it happen on me with a M10, only shooting .38 slightly +P! It had the pencil barrel and I got a 4" heavy barrel from gun parts inc and had a smith install it. It's been okay since. But, I've been leery of M19 forcing cones since that happened and I've read a lot more about 'em and the problems they had with police departments. The Taurus seems stronger in the forcing cone area, looks it anyway and doesn't have a rep for splitting forcing cones like the K frame Smiths did.
Of course, if I wanted strength in the gun, I'd get a Ruger. Had a Security Six for a good while. But, this danged Taurus is so bloomin' accurate, I'll not sell or trade it away. Accuracy trumps all else with me in an outdoor revolver.