:roll: Don't ever try to out think a woman............I bought several guns "for my wife", she didn't like any of them. She came home one afternoon while we were living in Germany with a Mauser HSc 380. She packed that little gun in a Crown Royal bag in her purse for many years before concealed carry was even heard of in Texas.
Returning alone to West Texas from a business trip to Dallas, she had reason to pull her gun when a couple of drunks tried to run her off the road. (A truck driver took over, and handled the two drunks until DPS arrived.) When she got home, she told me about the problem and said "it has been years since I shot this gun, I want to take it out tomorrow and fire it." The following day we set up a target, she aimed and pulled the trigger, SNAP, I cleared the gun and tried it, SNAP. I took the gun to the shop and tore it down, what I found was cigarette tobacco packed in the action to the point it would not let the firing pin hit the primer. I cleaned her, we went back out and it never missed firing. Later that evening, she brought the gun to me and said " put it in the safe, and let me have the Lady Smith. She no longer smokes, and is still packing the Smith.
Point is, it's hard to beat the revolver when the chips are down. Especially when it may not get the frequent care required to properly mintain an auto.
