Moondawg and others, My thing with the M12 is it is a nice looking and feeling packing piece. I rarely shoot my everyday use guns, but practice, and recently started IDPA, with an all steel M19-4". It is the first K-frame alloy frame gun I ever bought. I carried many J-frame guns. I traded a M60-2.125"-.357 for this M12. The M60 was too heavy for a pocket gun and if I have to wear a holster, I am going to carry a bigger gun.
Yes, I know I should be practicing more with the carry gun - but I found I can still shoot pretty good with any S&W that fits the hand. After decades of Glock use I fell in love with revolver shooting, all over again. The round butt model I found at an area store is nice and I do have this thing about having one for show and one for go.
I enjoyed finding this old thread. Thanks for your input.