..I fired a beauty of a mid-60s Colt Detective Special yesterday while testing the velocity of some different vintage factory 38 Spl loads in my O.P....this snub is in the 32 N.P. and was a real pleasure to shoot...in fact the recoil reminded me more of shooting a 22 handgun than a centerfire gun....I think I am going to sell it off right away and buy a Colt Pocket Positive I am eyeballing..I have owned the Det. before and will probably look for another 38 spl later on...I do like shooting the 32 round though...very, very accurate and plain fun to fire!.might make an ideal pocket gun in my mind..