I picked up a used 317 snubby and called Smith to ask if it was ok to shoot stingers out of. (I didn't know about Velocitors at the time.) The lady said it was fine to shoot stingers with. And it was also ok to clean the cylinders with a bronze bristle bore brush.

Since then I have shot Stingers, Velocitors, Quik-Shok, and all the Aguila hypervelocity rounds with no problems.

It is very accurate. Way more accurate than me. Can hold nice small groups. But the POI seems to differ a little dependent on the load.

At 9.9 oz, it's a great sports gun. I use it for trail running, hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, x-country skiing etc.

The only things I don't like about it is the rough heavy trigger and the exposed hammer. Need a 43c I guess.