Yes, carrying a full size 7 or 8 shot revolver is not hard to hide on ones person. But the weight on your hip all day and the bulge riding in many car seats (bucket seats especially) gets old fairly quickly if you carry every time you leave the house like I do. I carry a speed strip with 6 extra rounds and I feel very well protected with a 6 shot .357.
Pond, James Pond: this is a countered bored cylinder. The cartridge heads sit flush in the cylinder. Just a nice touch, it changes the function zero.