Although I think an appendix carry is excellent for a small frame revolver with a short barrel, I can't do that since I had my appendix removed.
On a more serious note, one of the most interesting revolvers I ever had was one of the S&W hammerless revolvers they came out with, oh, maybe fifteen years ago. It was a stainless .38 special J-frame and I've long since forgotten the model number (642 maybe?). I'll have to look it up. Anyway, this one had a three-inch barrel. In theory it should have been better in every way than one with a two-inch barrel, yet I never quite came to grips with how to carry it. It clearly was no pocket revolver, though it may have made a decent belt gun but I really didn't experiment with it enough. It was also a double-action only revolver, which not everyone likes, and I do think the J-frames are a little stiffer, trigger-wise, than K-frames.
Edit: It was a model 642, still available (no three-inch barrels), no lock, under $500, or so they say.
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