The Smith & Wesson 624 is a stainless double-action .44 Special built for target shooting and camp carry. It is no longer made, so it is a used buy. It wears square-butt target grips in Goncalo Alves behind a smooth target trigger, a combination S&W used on its target revolvers.

The whole gun is stainless, frame and barrel alike. A hammer block is the safety, and there is no external lever to set. Rifling is a right-hand 1 in 18.75. Nothing on the gun is cut for an optic, and S&W no longer lists the model, so the sights it carries are the sights it keeps unless a gunsmith gets involved. The square butt fills the hand and is not shaped for concealment.

If you're cross-shopping, the Smith & Wesson 696 is the other discontinued S&W in this caliber, set up with a combat round-butt grip and a smooth combat trigger instead of the target pair here. The Charter Arms Target Bulldog 4.2" is the gun still in production with adjustable sights in .44 Special, 22.0 oz of stainless behind a 4.2-inch barrel with five rounds.