Firearms and home defence

A friend of mine was talked onto getting a .38 spl Smith air weight or something like that ,
any way, it hurt to shoot, a real deterrent to using it, much less practicing with it.
This is one reason I don't use my Ruger .44 mag single 6 for hunting, and prefer the Ruger .357 mag security 6 while hunting.
Reacquiring the target ASAP is imperative not optional .IMO
The only thing that could make the revolver better is to make the cylinder as easily replaceable as a magazine.