Those choices you have Vic are probably the same as what I would go for today if I were wanting something for a coat pocket ... the B/G S&W with the shrouded hammer was a J frame IIRC ... ours came from a batch the Special Branch had .... they preferred the Walther PPK unless they were posted to the RUC S/B on secondment .... then they usually went with a 9mm Browning.

The Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Sp was a good choice back then for carrying something concealable if you were sent abroad where that was a benefit ... the handy thing with those is that they can shoot the .44 Russian cartridge which is still available in the third world where the soviets used to send their old stuff ... India,Afghanistan,Pakistan,Yemen,Djibouti,Somalia ... it has no military restrictions/implication with it and is easy to pick up in the local markets ... ironically it is now a very popular cartridge over here as revolvers chambered for this can be owned "off ticket" as antiques ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />