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I hear ya. My interest in revolvers has just started to grow. I have a Ruger Single Six .32 H&R magnum that was given to me as a gift years ago -- it was my first firearm. I didn't really appreciate it then. I bought several semi-autos since then. I bought a Ruger GP100 (6" bbl) about a year ago. That thing eats recoil. .357 magnum in the gp100 feels less than a .38 special in an airweight. But, I found that I do not like cleaning the stainless revolvers (well, or pistols for that matter). Black hides all manner of sins and sloppy cleanings.

What is the finish on the cobras that were posted? Is that "blueing" or something else? I imagined blue to be lighter in color (i've seen some that are what i would call a "gunmetal" color), but admittedly I don't know much about that. And what is the finish on those Uberti pistols advertised recently. Looks like case hardening? How do these different finishes hold up to abuse? Somebody mentioned that blued guns would only see occasional carry b/c of the abuse of the holster presumably.

Edited to add pictures of Uberti:

I've been following this thread for a few days and have been intrigued. Nice prize urnoodle. I think you did great.

I showed my wife (who is a somewhat reluctant shooter) and she was interested so I got excited. She's not much for pink grips, but she does like her stuff all dressed up (Old Gringo boots, etc). I looked around for grips on her behalf and stumbled on dajimgungrips and this is what I found for her:



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The last one was the first one I saw in a google search. It was so artfully done, I didn't realize it was skulls at first because I was just tuned in on the colors and variation in the MOP. I'm not crazy about skulls, but it is really artistic.

Anyway, the wife was so excited about this that we went to the range yesterday and rented the only small frame revolver that they had -- An SP-101. (I have a 6" GP-100 and she hates how heavy it is). Unfortunately she didn't like the SP-101 much. She's 5'-0", and 98 lbs with not a whole lot of hand strength. She does fine with a Ruger SR22 and does okay with her SA XDm 9mm. She had trouble with the DA pull AND complained about cocking the hammer. I'm wondering if LCR or Smiths (66, Ladysmith, 686, whatever) would have easier action for her or if we would have to do some smith work to make those springs easier to work.

Urnoodle (or others who have handled different ones), is the trigger pull softer on the Smiths?