What Gunny said about Rugers. If you don't care for the looks of the contemporary Ruger revolvers, think about the Security Six, Service Six or Speed Six, their immediate predecessors. Great guns, accurate, and, in my opinion, alot nicer looking than the GP100 or SP101, and very affordable. Too heavy a trigger out the box, but they are easy to work on (if I can do it...) A fair number of Smith collectors are fans of these older Rugers.