Before we were married, I bought my girlfriend a Ruger Bearcat, for fun shooting. The grip was too small for me, so I had a hard time shooting it straight, but my wife really took to it and proved to be an excellent shot with that little revolver. She could hit 10 ounce soda cans about every shot at 20 yards or so, so I gave it to her. She kept it in her hairdressing station at the one-person beauty shop in Winslow, ME. There was a barber shop in the other portion of the little building, so lots of guys around and she got scared, especially when it got dark early in the colder months, because she worked late. The little Bearcat proved to be quite calming for her. She never had to pull it out, but opened the cupboard door a few times and had her hand on it a couple of times too.