I had a Rossi, first pistol I ever owned. I think it was the equivalent of a J frame in 38 special. I bought it shortly after I moved from the City of Los Angeles to Santa Fe, NM for college. I was not a gun nut then, I'd just always wanted a snubby 38.

It was used almost exclusivley for shooting beer cans and bottles. The ammo was whatever was the cheapest ammo money could buy, I wish I could remember the name but the box said somthing along the lines of "quality reloaded ammunition". I still remember how smokey it was.

What it did best was provide comfort to a (at the time) confirmed city boy. I'd never slept on the ground or under the open sky at that point in my life and I'd certainly NEVER heard coyotes howl at the moon. Scared the you know what out of me! That little snubby made me feel better about the night and critters that came with it back in those days.

I sure do miss those times.