If a Cobra (or Detective Special) was good enough for all the guys on Barney Miller, they’re good enough for me. Except Fish, of course who carried what looked like a 4” Model 10. Which just happens to me my wife’s house gun we trust it so much.
I would absolutely carry it. I am not knowledgeable enough to tell you whether or not you can shoot +p ammo through it or not. Fortunately there are plenty of standard pressures options.
Bought my 2” Cobra in 1968 & still have it, just not carried much now. In the early ‘70s I was detailed to an old clothes squad and had the range guys bob the hammer. Aside from a Tyler grip adapter it is still stock.