When my dad's mom died, we were packing up her stuff. One of her books was oddly heavy. It was cut out, and contained a S&W .32 5 shot break top revolver. Dad said "I always wondered where that went". His dad was a sheriff, and had taken it off of someone and gave it to his wife for self defense at home while he was working. Her 1858 Remington .44 was a bit smokey and unwieldy. I have it too FWIW.