Hap this " dark enclosed space " scenario may or may not depict reality.
Many burglaries and home invasions occur in broad daylight and involve
multiple assailants. I live in the country and the people that have come
up my long driveway and given me cause for alarm in the twenty years
I have been here have all done so during the day except for one stupid
young punk that had the gall to come to my door at 10:30 at night
pretending to be lost and carrying a small gym bag. When moving around the house, garage and yard I always have a handgun close by,
often a small one. But if faced with a real home invasion and given
the time to grab any handgun it wouldn't be one of my 357s. I'll grab
my 5 1/2" Ruger Redhawk 44 magnum that stays loaded with the
same full power hand loads I use for deer hunting. I'll take too much
power over too little any day. Not worried about follow up shots.