My son and I are pondering a swap thanks to this and other threads. My brother gave him a Dan Wesson .357 about 12 years ago, that he'd purchased new c. '78. He bought it with an 8-in. VH bbl. and added a 2.5-in. VH soon thereafter.
Unlike the DW I bought about the same time, my brother's didn't wear out the hand every 100 rounds or so and was quite accurate. Mine went down the road for beer money while I was in colletch after the service.
My son has fooled with it very little over the years, and felt it was too valuable to keep still a rental house, keeping an 870 for HD.
He's been reading a lot about handguns before picking one that'd be good for carry permit and outdoors use when he moves West.
He's decided my secondhand G29 might fill the bill. I like the pistol and carry it several days a month off duty. But with the G40 on the horizon, I'm willing to hook him up and maybe get him the aftermarket barrel over 4-in. long to be hunting legal here to boot.
We're both mulling, but I tipped way towards letting it rip when I found a 100-round box of Rem 125 gr. SJHP Magnums in my possibles cabinet.
I figure I'll have the near nuclear vehicle defense blaster I'm wanting and he'll have a pretty packable pistol for two roles.
Just can't remember if my DW took Python or L-frame speed loaders...