New to Me Smith and Wesson Model 642-2

I shouldn't have walked into the LGS today, but I was driving right past it, went inside to say hello, one thing led to another...

It has holster wear on the side that's showing, but everything else looks good. The trigger is very nice. I have owned many other small snubbies, but this is my first real Smith and Wesson J-frame. It's very light and the grips fit my XXL hands pretty well. I gave $300 plus tax for it, which isn't a fantastic deal, but they did throw in a free holster. It's not one that I'll use, but it will keep it from getting beat up in the gun safe.

Any recommendations for carry holsters, or ammo in general? Carry methods? How good or bad of a deal would this have been in your neck of the woods?

After I've shot a couple hundred rounds through it, it will probably join my LCR and LCPII as one of my "regular" carry handguns. (I have some bigger ones for OWB when the weather is cold, but it's somewhere between warm and scorching hot around here for most of the year.)

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Thanks for the ammo advice in particular. I will get some and try it out. The 642 fits in the back pocket of my jeans very well.

Thanks for all of the kind comments. Apparently I could have gotten one from GB for as little as $225-$250 if I were very patient, but it would have been sigh unseen and I would have had to pay shipping and FFL, so $300 plus tax wasn't too bad.

I ordered a holster from Amazon and they sent the wrong one. Doh! I will ship it back tomorrow and hope they send the right one next time.

This is my last day of work for a couple of months, so I will take the 642 out to the range early next week and see how it does for me. I shoot snubbies pretty often, so I'm expecting it will be just fine. I'll let y'all know.

George P - Me too. I might get something else later, but I thought I would start out with a good ol' DeSantis like I've used with most of my other snubbies. Too bad they sent me the one that fits the NAA 22 mini revolver instead.