Pocket/IWB snubnose .38 poll

[cluttonfred]

One final addendum to this thread.... I got my Taurus 856 (the all stainless, DA/SA model) and it seemed a bit bigger than what I really wanted and the DA trigger was uncomfortably heavy. Before I even had a chance to take it the range, a brand new S&W 642 Pro Series (moon clip model) caught my eye on sale at the local gun shop. That trigger was so much smoother and the gun so much handier that...I traded the Taurus, unfired, in partial payment for the 642. I haven't taken it to the range yet, but I can say that it's a pain in the @$$ to load that last round in the moon clips!

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

S&W Model 37 Airweight.

 

[RealGun]

My personal preference would be a run-of-the-mill S&W M36. Solid steel. Enough heft to help mitigate recoil, but still small enough to conceal and carry. Failing that, a S&W 442 Pro with Pachmayr Compacs.

My Interarms Rossi 88 is pretty much that gun, internally a precise copy of a S&W J-frame. It gives the impression of being heavy but shoots great. It weighs 25 1/8 oz. unloaded, while the S&W 637-2 on the other end of the scale weighs 14 and requires custom ammo to be fit to shoot. The +p rating is a joke to me. One must consider carrying a gun versus having to shoot it.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

My Interarms Rossi 88 is pretty much that gun, internally a precise copy of a S&W J-frame. It gives the impression of being heavy but shoots great. It weighs 25 1/8 oz. unloaded, while the S&W 637-2 on the other end of the scale weighs 14 and requires custom ammo to be fit to shoot. The +p rating is a joke to me. One must consider carrying a gun versus having to shoot it.

Ideally, the best of both worlds