Bought my girlfriend a smith 442 air weight in 38 spl, a few weeks ago for her bedside and eventual ccw piece. Now I'm wanting a revolver for me, I own a few already, but nothing I really love. A few antique hand me downs, and then a beretta single action stampede in 44-40, and two Taurus revolvers, a 357 snub and a 6" 454 casull, raging bull.
I am looking at a either a 4" smith in 44mag, a 4-5" 7-8 shot smith in 357, also taking a look at a Chiappa rhino in 357. The rhino just kind of interested me after seeing a piece on it by jerry miculek.
This will be a range gun, but also might see some duty as a bear/cougar/moose/asshole gun on hikes and camping in the east/northeast. The one thing that turns me off on the 44 is having shot the 454 the recoil is unpleasant after 7-8 rounds not sure how close they are in that department. Also the rounds are more expensive, I do reload now though. But I worry the 357 will not be enough for larger animals, but I think some hard cast ammo might fix that.
The Chiappa seems to have good reviews, and I do like the low barrel design for less muzzle flip and quicker follow up shots, a few competition shooters have even said they would switch to it if it came in an eight round capacity. But they are pretty ugly, and holster selection is limited.
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