Originally Posted by M29since14

My most common woods-loafing guns before stainless handguns became readily available were S&W Models 34, 17, and 19, and I had a couple of Colt Commanders in Super .38 and .45 Auto. I only took the Commanders if I was not planning to shoot. Couldn’t afford to lose the brass. If planning to shoot, I always took one of the .22s. Later I had Models 63, 651, 66, 629, and eventually a 60-4 and 631.

The gun I used by far the most was an old Colt .45 Commander that I bought in parts and took home in a cigar box. Yeah, it was missing a few parts, but nothing major. Once I got it back together it shot very well, so I sent it away for some more highly-skilled work. I had it fitted with a government-model grip safety, King-Tappan sights, match bushing, trigger job, and the whole gun, except for the sights, hammer, and sear, was hard-chrome plated. The old King’s Gun Works company did the work. The plating job wasn’t perfect, but it was good enough.

As RPG said, it was/is a perfect gun to take along outdoors, or indoors, for that matter. Light, flat, sufficiently powerful and reliable, and with the hard-chrome it was maintenance-free for days at a time.

If I had to pick a revolver, these days I’d probably consider the 329PD. Wouldn’t be planning on shooting it much.