*Takes a looong breath in*
I have a long history with tiny revolvers, every time I get rid of them.
2004, Charter arms something or other. Bought from my dad...never really liked the thing:
Traded in 2006 on my first 637:
Tried to love it, I really did. I don't carry so it was a range gun only and honestly, 14.3oz is not all the much fun to shoot in such a tiny package (despise the stock grips, BTW. The one in the pic had some old ones my dad just gave to me). Either way, it was sold in 2007.
Moving on. 2010 I buy a Ruger Sp101:
Much better to shoot. At 26oz, I found it much easier to shoot, especially with anything in .38. .357 is a bit of a handful with stock grips, so I swapped them out for Hogue after taking that pic.
Sadly, I just couldn't grow to love that one either...so off it went in 2011.
You'd think the story would end there...but no, I'm an idiot and just cannot learn. later 2011, I get the "itch" again so I get a Bodyguard .38:
Again...at 14oz that thing can be a handful...especially with +P loads. Despising the grips was also a problem because there wasn't anything available on the market to replace them.
I did hold on to that one until 2015...then I traded it...on what you may ask? Yeah...another 637 (see a pattern forming here?)
Again, I tried to love it. (BTW, The fit/finish was just fine as it was with all of them), but the sucky grips got replaced...and just like the rest, I didn't like shooting it and had no plan to carry it.
So it was traded on a 627 back in Dec.
In the end...if I had it to do all over again and carry is NOT my goal. I guess I'd get a SP101. I guess I just don't like small revolvers.