I switched away from the small S&W revolvers because they are difficult to shoot. I hated my 442's. I tried the 640 PRO with 38 Special but the trigger needed work. I went to the Kahr CM9 with its revolver-like very smooth trigger and the Glock 43.


The good news is that I happened to really like the Ruger LCR's trigger. The sights are bad (only the 640 PRO had decent sights out of all these revolvers) but it is shootable. I got it in 9x19mm for ammo compatibility. The 9mm round performs between 38 Special and 357 Magnum. It is still a compromise on terminal ballistics, but Speer Gold Dot 124 grain JHP penetrates 18" of test media without expansion. The flat face yielded a straight wound channel.