its harder to shoot the concealed hammer varieties as well as the hammered versions can be shot single action, but with practice its pretty close really. I have both a Taurus 85 with the hammer and a 642 with concealed hammer. The 642 is nice in its way because it doesn't snag/hang up in a pocket, which the hammered versions can do. The trigger is pretty bad on it, but like I said with practice its possible to shoot well. I guess I'd say if you're just going to carry it on a belt like any other handgun, get a hammered version, if it might go in a pocket or something, consider a hammerless (well, concealed hammer) variant.