Here it isn't so much the ins companies building the "Taj Mahal's" as it is the doctors and hospitals. You can hear the doctors quacking all the way...
Except for the absence of the ejector rod latch under the barrel they appear to be a copy of the earlier "J" frame S&W's, Rossi's and Taurus 85's. I...
I've been looking at the "ROSCOE 38 special" listed in numerous places for 289 bucks or less for a "truck gun".
Personally, I carry a 1911 in 45 acp...