If you';re gonna shoot 38's, why not buy an airweight 442/642 or 637, or older 37? Only a couple ounces more than the unobtainium (or whatever) revolvers and much lower priced. My first real-life everyday carry gun was a Ruger LCP. Easy to pocket carry & unnoticable, but I decided after a while that it just wasn't much gun and wasn't esp easy to make good hits with. I bumped up to a 2" j-frame 38, which throws 75% more bullet (158 gr lead HP) at about the same velocity as the 380's 90 grainers. I like a vintage steel-framed model 36 (or stainless 60) carried A-IWB, but if I pocket-carried a vintage airweight model 37 (or modern 442) would get the nod.
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