I likes a gun wit a bit o'sordid hist'ry. Care to ante up, Giz?
Giz could tell ya, but then he might have tuh kill ya!
No bad choices have been mentioned. I like 'em all . . . but here's my "Huckleberry" . . .
.45ACP, chopped to 3 1/4", a double action trigger slicker 'n goose grease, narrowed and rounded trigger for fast double action use, and a tall and now filed down front partridge sight that is SHARP and will cut your attacker if he tries to grab it in the dark.
I've used this gun in a steel match against high cap bottom feeders to win the pot on a special steel match with 18 steel targets and poppers from 10-30 yards away . . . and a one manditory reload required! AND . . . the guns had to start UNLOADED. I waxed 'em good too . . . and had some real good laughs and ribbing for 'em all when it was over.
Needless to say, this gun is magic in my hands so it has to be my first choice . . .
Plus . . . BIG, CHUNKY WHEELGUN and BIG HOLES. Seein' them thar "Flyin' Ashtrays" should be a big deterrent to the average BG, hopefully!
If I don't have it on me, there's always the M37 as my BUG in my front pocket . . .
or an M65 3" (another GREAT choice, and #2 in my selection list as a main fighting revolver) . . .
or 2 1/2" M19 (#3) . . .
or an M36 . . .
Naturally the weather, season and other factors influence what I pull from the ol' safe and carry.
T.