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...welcome and glad you're going for your CHL...the times demand it...
...I would like you to try a steel-frame 2" Jframe Smith&Wesson .38...the size hides well...with Pachmayr Compac grips available online you'll have a small but controllable grip...the smaller, slick grips are cute but hard to hold under recoil...the airweight/Ti models will smack you real hard and you might not shoot them as much or as well...you can use the best rounds in the steel-framed M60, M36, M649, etc and they're pleasant to practice with...I also advise a hammer model...they're not any harder to conceal and give you the option to cock the weapon for longer, more precise shots if necessary...the used market should yield a good one...check your larger pawnshops and gunstores...the new ones are way overpriced...