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I am by no means a revolver expert...I do know that they work, and if handed the keys to one, I certainly would not turn that down...

That being said, I have owned one revolver, it was a Dan Wesson .357, and it was a sweet piece of machinery...I could not get it to screw up on me, but for some reason I had to sell it years ago, and I kick myself for doing so almost everyday...

But...My question is this...Is the weight of the revolver indicative of the problem...The DW I had was a pretty good sized firearm...The weight was comperable to most full size revolvers of the time, balance was excellent, and it shot very well...Plus I never had a problem with it as described by GB here...

Is the weight of the gun that critical to keep the inertial creep of the rounds in the cylinder from doing that???

I and the "Wife Unit" have been looking at these small frame revolvers for some time now, and this is the first potential negative we have ever heard of in the revolver genre...

From what I see here, it is not a common problem, and the quality of the ammunition seems to be a factor here...If we go with reloads, those could be crimped a little more than the usual load and still perform when needed...Some of those factory rounds are probably not manufactured to any specific frame size or weight of gun due to the market they support...

So if the majority of small "lightweight" framed revolvers are only used for self-defensive purposes, I would be mindful of this potential problem and either reload my own to solve this, or get a friend (if I didn't reload) to reload some specific ammunition every now and then to compensate for this issue...

Just my opinion on the matter...