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My first single/double action snub nose was a Colt Detective Special in .38SPL. Cannot hit the broad side of a barn with it, but I love it anyway and refuse to part with it. Awesome for lefties, as the cylinder release is a pull instead of a push. But the exposed hammer is a detriment, not an advantage.
Plain talk: in my considered opinion, 60 years of shooting - single-action is unimportant in a snub-nose handgun with a 2" or under barrel unless you are a Mafia hit guy and want to do in DeNiro while he eats pizza and are not confident about your aim from one foot away. These are close-in guns, belly guns, get-off-me guns.
My vote is for the enclosed hammer, DAO-only version. It gets the same job done. Because owners of exposed-hammer versions have not had snags doesn't mean you wouldn't and I can't see any reason at all for having an exposed hammer on a pocket revolver if you don;t already own it. Just more opportunity for lint to gather, too.
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