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Old 09-10-2010, 08:24 PM
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I have one and like it, but agree that stout loads are really unpleasant to shoot in a gun this light. I went to softer loads and put a steel cylinder in it to bump the weight about 10 percent, and that makes it bearable to shoot. I still think I may put Pachmayr grips on it someday. If I had a CCW permit, I would probably have this gun on my person all the time. But the light weight is not really necessary for a home defense revolver; a gun in a nightstand doesn't weigh anything until you pick it up.

High marks for coolness, and I am one of those people who like the humpback lines of the old Bodyguard models. So this one is right down my alley.

Prices were higher a year ago than they are right now. Popularity has fluctuated with time. They were expensive when new, and stocks were liquidated after a couple of years when S&W couldn't get anyone to buy them. Then they got popular and expensive again, and now prices are sliding a bit.
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