Don't take any one person's advice
, except mine. Just kidding. I don't have the experience most of these guys have. In fact, when purchasing my first handgun, I told the salesman " I have fired rifles and shotguns, but never have had a handgun in my hand. What handgun do I want to severely discourage a BG at the other end of my 20 yard long hallway?" He said, "No contest, a full size, all metal, 357 magnum, and I have just what you need." So, that was my first handgun, and it is still the smoothest one to fire that I have.