I have been shooting since I was five, the old man has a couple of Smith revolvers a M29, M66, M642. Now i got the bug to finally get my own. right now i am leaning towards a M27 or 686. the gun needs to have a 5in-8in barrel and be .357. I have grown up with smiths my whole life those are the only ones i know. if you guys could enlighten me on what else i could look at that would be great. and money wise somethin under 1300. thanks for your help