The chosen gun will sit ignored in my character's drawer for some years till it gets stolen and used.
Dylan
If the revolver was purchased earlier, note the change in price - $40 in 1960 (mail order was possible, right to your door, until the Gun Control Act of 1968 stopped that) with boxes of 25 rounds only $1.85.
http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/ENFIELD%2...2072%20dpi.jpg
By comparison, one of the cheap WWII surplus .38 Enfields was only $17
http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/ENFIELD%2...0150%20DPI.jpg
See
http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/ENFIELD%2...ELD%20SNUB.htm