Top 13 Snub Nose Revolvers

[MR_22]

I think maybe the 380 is less common because you can get 38's and 357 near the same size and weight as the 380 just my thoughts.
After reading some of the reply's here I might start looking at the Taurus models. Well I have actually looked at them but kind think the SxW is a better gun, but you guys think their comparable. So I really have to get in the LGS get them in my hand and see how they all feel.Thanks for all the input    

Yeah, the .38-special revolvers aren't much bigger than the .380 revolver.

I like Taurus revolvers myself. I currently own 15 of them, which include quite a range of different-sized revolvers and calibers. I highly recommend them! Check 'em out!

[Bigbird48]

Yep Thanks I will check em out

I think maybe the 380 is less common because you can get 38's and 357 near the same size and weight as the 380 just my thoughts.
After reading some of the reply's here I might start looking at the Taurus models. Well I have actually looked at them but kind think the SxW is a better gun, but you guys think their comparable. So I really have to get in the LGS get them in my hand and see how they all feel.Thanks for all the input    

Yeah, the .38-special revolvers aren't much bigger than the .380 revolver.

I like Taurus revolvers myself. I currently own 15 of them, which include quite a range of different-sized revolvers and calibers. I highly recommend them! Check 'em out!

[Canoeal]

I'm on a budget

Yep, some of us are...No Smiths in mine. Charter? Maybe. NAA? I hope. One more...

[Uncle_Lee]

3 Taurus, 1 Rossi.

Uncle, out those grips, which do you like best and why?

For shooting:
The Rossi (bottom right).
I can get all three fingers around it.

For carry:
The top right Taurus.
That is the one that I am used to because I carry that one.

Thanks!  I forgot to also ask: are those all factory grips or Pachmyer/other?

All factory.
Comfortable and no need to change.

[JRobyn]

Much obliged.  One of my Smiths wears Pachmyers that look almost identical to your Rossi. I find them very secure and comfortable.

[RICKS PLACE]

I have carried some version of the S&W J Frame for some 55 years.  I now have 2 642s, one a performance center piece and a 642-1 that I just bought.   I think you will find a majority of over-the-hill retired LEO's do the same.  While I carry a NAA B-W most of the time, the J-Frames replace it when I travel, will be out late at night, and when I get a feeling of an impending whatever. Before we went to Simi autos all PPC was double action.  That's why I still prefer a hammer less J Frame.

[swolf]

I like Taurus revolvers myself. I currently own 15 of them, which include quite a range of different-sized revolvers and calibers. I highly recommend them! Check 'em out!


I'm a Taurus/Rossi guy too.  I said this a few years ago here, but I bought a Taurus .357 in South Africa (about '92) on the advice of a game ranger who said it would be a great gun for foot safaris or hunting as a short-range backup when trekking through lion territory.  I since picked up a .45/410 Judge which has dispached numerous grouse, squirrel, and other trespassing critters.  And I inherited a .357 snubbie (which I origionally bought for my dad) and now carry on occasion in place of my beloved Black Widow. In spite of all the haters, none of my Rossis have failed to fire even once, and they carry neatly in their inexpensive and readily available fanny packs, shoulder holsters, pancakes, IWBs, and belt holsters.

[Canoeal]

They sure do love some Charter Arms, don't they?

OTOH, they love some minis, too!

Yep. So do I.

[Canoeal]

I think maybe the 380 is less common because you can get 38's and 357 near the same size and weight as the 380 just my thoughts.
After reading some of the reply's here I might start looking at the Taurus models. Well I have actually looked at them but kind think the SxW is a better gun, but you guys think their comparable. So I really have to get in the LGS get them in my hand and see how they all feel.Thanks for all the input    

I wouldn’t say that the Taurus was as “good” as a S&W. If money was of no concern I would love to have a traditional Chiefs Special (model 36) Smith! But I do maintain that the Taurus 85 is a better over all compromise in the weight/cost/value/accuracy/durability equation. My Taurus 85 cost about 1/3 the cost of a new model 36, but weighs about the same, shoots just as accurately, and seems to be just as durable under normal circumstances. And mine has proven to be just as reliable. For me,?the Taurus was a better match. But, even though I like and own several Taurus firearms, I would have to admit that the S&W is a better product. Just not for me.

You could make exactly the same claims for the Charter Arms guns; the standard undercover or the DOA weigh in at 16 oz., the ultralight weighs in at 12 oz. American made decent quality good service. Not as pretty as the S&Ws, but for the price? You could almost buy two CAs for the price of an S&W...After all they are talking SD guns, not safe queens.

[Bigbird48]

Yea true but eye appeal plays a part for me also and that flared look of the CA doesn't do it for me oops my bad I was thinking of RIA has that  flared look the Charter Arms the grips are angled way back makes the over all length longer

[Canoeal]

Yea true but eye appeal plays a part for me also and that flared look of the CA doesn't do it for me oops my bad I was thinking of RIA has that  flared look the Charter Arms the grips are angled way back makes the over all length longer

You are correct the grips on the 'combat grips' do kind of angle back. I took those off because they felt like sand paper. I rounded the 'small grip' they sell, and put that on instead, it fits my hand now and is smaller to boot. Just that for me, I cannot afford the S&W (right now I can't afford anything), so I adjust what I have to work,it's best for me. Plain steel sights were another thing I would like to change, but white paint helps. A newer picture below.

[Clare44man]

Got one of the 'old's S&W lightest, model 37. (With the skinny sights) Love this gun!  I've also had a couple Charter 38s, and still have a 44.  I liked the Charters, but I love my old Smith.  It's my every day carry gun with my NAA.  When I had good eyes, that old Smith could ring the 12" gong at 100 yds regularly!  She's a keeper!!

[WECSOG]

A retired detective I used to know carried a Charter Undercover on duty, in an ankle holster. He told me that if you dropped a S&W revolver on a concrete floor you might as well leave it there, for all the good it would do you. But, he said, you could throw that Charter against a block wall and it would still work fine.