I have carried a 38 cal Ruger lcr for several years. Mainly because it is light and I can hide it fairly well too. But I absolutely hate shooting it for target practice. With it being so light it has lots of recoil. I have a Ruger sp101 but have trouble hiding it on me. It prints and is a lot heavier. I can shoot it a lot though and still enjoy shooting it.
But I do want to be able to use an auto for edc. I have purchased a S&W Shield EZ in 9mm. For awhile, I will carry it with an empty chamber. Maybe later,,,,,, I will move to the loaded chamber. This auto stuff is a little bit of a learning curve with the thoughts of all that can happen with an auto compared to a simple revolver. I do shoot the auto better than the revolver because of the trigger I think. Anyway for now, empty chamber and later maybe loaded chamber. We'll see how it goes.