A fair number of 317s were sold as BUGs/carry guns when they first came out. I had one. Bought it used and unfired for all of 250 dollars. Hard trigger pull, but that came with better reliability for iffy rimfire ignition. (Rimfire ammo isn't as reliable as centerfire in terms of a means of priming and QC on .22LR isn't always the best.) Shot mine quite a bit, used it as an understudy to a 337. Eight rounds of .22LR... Eh, it'd do if someone was recoil sensitive and needed a light gun.
Otherwise I'd opt for a 30/31 or 432 loaded with .32 SW Long. Not very noisy, centerfire, low recoil, and pokes a nicer hole.
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