"Thanx everyone...
Sounds like the 442 is going to be what I'm looking for... The Detective special is still right there, but it would depend on if I could find one, what kinda shape it was in, and it's price."
Don't mean to be a worry wart, but I'd actually shoot a 442 before I spent the cake. Might be the perfect gun for ya, but you won't know until after you spend the money. Sure, you could probably sell it easily, but why go through that hassle if you don't have to.
I went through that two or three times and should've just heeded good advice, "shoot before you buy".
And there are and have been several really nice DS's on gunbroker.com. I'm not even in the market for one, but I have
two on my GB watch list right now. What does that tell ya?