Personally, I think a steel J frame is better. But I don't own one, so.... LOL. I just think the extra weight is good for an already hard to shoot plaftorm. I didn't set out to by an airweight, it was more of a helping someone out thing. But I ended up shooting it well enough to be considered a carry gun and it is very easy to carry.

But my first pick would've been something like a 36/60/649/640. I almost bought an SP101 DAO but something was nagging at me to not. And then a month later My Mom offered me to buy this from her. She was in need of money.

But really from the first range session, I kind of fell in love with it. I definitely don't like hot loads in it. But it's way fun with just normal pressure .38. I say let them fix it and give it a chance.