I was kind of hesitant to purchase this ” little” pistol. Seriously this is a fine piece of quality craftsmanship, Due to the fact I also own a Judge I had some ammo I wanted to get rid of because I didnt like the results in the judge, so after I bought , I got the Texas defender, I went to the range and fired about 40 rounds of different shells and found this Texas defender was fun to shoot and the same as was with the judge I personally got the best results with the 000 buckshot. I am going to very shortly purchase the barrel that will allow mw to fire the 38 special or 357 mag. And I have already recommended this to several friends.