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All these guns have a place. The light .357s and the little Taurus .41 make good sense when you’re in dangerous animal country and want something very powerful for up-close-and-personal defense, but want to keep the backpack as light as you can.

The big contribution of the super-lights to combat handgunnery is found, nonetheless, in the smallest ones. Easier to conceal on an ankle or snake out of a pocket than a square-backed auto pistol, easy to load and unload and utterly reliable, these little revolvers make up for their vicious recoil with their reassuring presence: being so easy to carry and to access, they’re always there.

At 7 yards, the J-frame Scandium .357 gave this acceptable head-shot group.

The finger points to where sights were aimed at 25 yards. The 340 Sc hit far below that, with a poor group.

This federal agent experiences the recoil of a .357 Mag round in S&W 340 Sc.

Here is the Taurus CIA (Carry It Anywhere), that firm’s answer to the S&W Centennial.

Trainer Michael de Bethancourt shows the aggressive stance required to control “baby Magnums” such as this 340 Sc.