First Gun

[strife]

Pump-action: "underpumping". You think you racked the next round but you didn't.

To be technical, that's called Short Shucking

My pistol is a .38 snub nose revolver. My thinking there was just that you don't have to worry about anything. Pull trigger, gun goes bang, if gun does not go bang, pull trigger again. Downside: only 5 shots. Upside: if the People's Republic of Maryland ever gives its citizens the right to bear arms, it's a perfect size for concealed carry.

FWIW, there are quite a few double action only semi-auto's that have this same feature, although it's not that common and you kind of have to specifically find one that will do it.

I kinda regret not playing with the .38 more before I bought it. It's really too small for my hand. If I grip it naturally my finger wraps around the trigger too much and it pinches when I pull the trigger. I need a larger pistol or smaller hands. Probably cheaper to get a larger pistol.

Go trade it in for something you want... most gun shops will trade guns(although, you're obviously going to take a hit from what you paid for it). I would suggest getting a .357 since most(if not all) will also shoot .38 and you get the best of both worlds(.357 is an awesome self defense round and .38's are cheaper to shoot). For the cost/value ratio I would go with Ruger when it comes to revolvers, although there are a lot of good revolvers.