Smith & Wesson Model 43 Classic 22 Long Rifle Revolver - 8 Rounds | 1.87" Barrel | Polymer Grips | Blue/Black | 3-Dot Sights

A+ dealing with Bud’s, ease of purchase and shipping is top shelf! I’m very happy with the Smith and Wesson 43C, very light and fun to shoot. I pack it around in a leather pocket holster, I hardly know it’s there!

This is a super solid revolver. It is accurate and will last years. If you carry a J frame I highly suggest getting this to practice. You can shoot hundreds of rounds developing the muscle memory for a snub nose revolver that feels just like a 38/357 carry gun.

I love the J Frame. I've carried one for many years. My youngest daughter was widowed last year. I was able to provide her with three J Frames: one for her and one each for her adult twin daughters. Two were in .38 and one was my coveted 43C in .22 LR. My preference for them was the hammerless J Frame. I owned four and kept one in .38. I consider the hammerless J Frame to be the safest concealable gun on the market. I don't think it's possible to have an accidental discharge with it. That was my primary reason for providing these three novice women with that particular weapon. This purchase replaces the one I gifted to my daughter so I now have my favorite EDC piece in hand. For those of you who scoff at believers in the lowly .22 LR I can only offer my own limited, but hard-earned experience: IMO, the only round with weaker ballistic performance is the .25 ACP. I have always been a minimalist and carried a Baby Browning as my backup in the 60's as an LEO. I wanted to fill this role with a .22 but the only affordable pocket version available at the time was the S&W Escort. I bought one but quickly found it was an unnecessarily bulky and unreliable POS. I've shot three men with .25 auto. All three altered their activity with only one shot to persuade them-one permanently. With proper shot placement, a .22 will, IMO, do the job. The 43C is light, small and dependable. I recommend it for anyone as a safe and effective EDC. I trust mine...

Very disappointed with this purchase. It is a very expensive snubby in .22 LR. Over $700.00 plus shipping and tax. The trigger felt like sand paper, the cylinder would hardly open. I had to press very hard on the release, and then it didn't want to come out very easily. Luckily I have a friend who spend a good deal of time removing burrs etc, and now it does run fine. I put 300 rounds through it without a problem. But I expect much more from SW, especially for a high priced gun. Bud's Gun Shop is easy to deal with, I appreciate them.

Enjoy this S&W 22LR revolver the Model 43C light weight and accurate.

Didnt care for it. Bad trigger, poor finish.

What a little revolver! This gun is all it is chalked up to be in the praise about it. You will appreciate it's factory XS dot sight and incredibly low carry weight. Makes an awesome little kit gun, trainer, or extreme ultra light carry gun (if you can master the trigger), when you feel you need more of a complete gun rather than a NAA mini revolver or the like. The only improvements I could suggest is solid grips rather than rubber which is easily corrected, and a color other than white for the front XS dot sight, which is also easy to correct!

This gun was expensive, but it is a Smith & Wesson revolver, what do you expect? I carry this gun in my pocket and it is very light. It goes bang every time, Tom Harris

So far I have put about 150 rounds through the 43C. It is very light. With good ammo (CCI Stingers, Aguila, Remington Vipers) it is reliable and shoots to point of aim. It shoots OK (accuracy) with bulk pack cheap ammo but the ammo is not reliable. Not the fault of the gun. The crap isn't reliable in auto pistols or rifles. A lot of failure to fire (20% - 30%) on the first hammer strike. I don't remember cheap 22 ammo being so unreliable in the 1960s and 1970s when I shot enough to fill several 55 gallon barrels. I love the big white front sight. Very easy to see. I may look for a night sight. It actually makes my S&W 642 feel heavy when it is in my pocket. Will make a great "walking gun" when wearing light weight shorts/sweatpants.

So far so good. Took it to the range and gave it a shot. Had a few clicks with Armscor and Winchester Super X but that was the same with two of my other 22s so I blame the ammo for that. But everything else, CCI Blazer, CCI Mini Mag, and Federal went boom with every shot. Loving this S&W revolver. It's my first revolver of any kind too.