I've always admired the Bodyguard humpback revolvers but never had even held one. I've owned a few of the Centennial revolvers and was never impressed. I do have an LCR 9mm. It's ok. I miss the single action option. So yesterday at my LGS I noticed they had a 638 for sale. They let me look it over (SWEET single action, double action is decent). So after some dickering I bought it. Now I'm doing the ten day wait. Looking forward to seeing what it'll do.