Thank you Oly - I appreciate all the info. As I said before, I just got in to the "new fangled cartridge" pistols and have been looking at one in 357 so I could shoot 38 spl. Mainly b ecause that is what my New Vaquero and my Colt Army Special (made in 1909) are eating as far as cartidges. I guess I really need to start thinking "outside the box" and start looking in other calibers. I'm going to try and hit a couple of gunshows while I'm in AZ for the winter and maybe I can run across something out there. Your Marshall with the short barrel just looks so durned pretty! Again, thanks for the info and I'll keep on looking. Have a good one! Sincerely, Bedbug