Seems we all hear a lot about bad news with guns so I thought I'd mention it when I found something good.
Not long ago my lady friend, Joyce, decided she wanted to carry concealed. I've been doing so since a career with USFWS and it has come in handy on a few occasions. Thankfully, no one needed shooting. Sometimes just the presence of our weapon can deter the bad guys. Anyway, she works shifts at a hospital and not long ago they had a threat to the whole staff. Security was called. Then the local police. So it was then that she decided maybe I wasn't so far off by being prepared. She would feel safer going out to her car in the dark after a shift.
Since we've been keeping company she has been learning to shoot and doing very well at it. She's acquired various arms and is enjoying it immensely. She now does well at the matches and has even turned out to be a successful deer hunter. Now she was faced with the serious thought of arming herself with a real weapon for protection. A 1911 or my .44 mag wasn't the thing for her purse so we started looking at .38 Specials. Not the best by any means but enough to discourage anyone who might get shot with one.
I know I'm long-winded. I'll try to shorten this some. We got her a neat little stainless Taurus 85 snubby. I've been working up defensive loads with it and have found it to be a very nice little revolver. It points naturally, which would help in a defensive situation. It shoots way better than I thought it would. I like hard-hitting 158's in that caliber. But it likes 125's. They kick less, also. So that's a plus for Joyce.
Just thought I'd put in a good word for Taurus in case anyone is looking for a nice little defense gun. It's up to specs all the way around and is a good quality gun for a reasonable price, if there's such a thing in these inflated times. At defensive distances, ten yds. and less, it shoots its shots all in one hole. Plenty good for this kind of gun.