R V. A
I have both and I carry both. But I think it's fair to say that the gun I carry most often is a S&W 649 Bodyguard. As with Tamara, Mike Irwin, B. Shipley and others herein, I assess my activities based on what I'm doing and where I'm going. 75% of the time, I'm not going somewhere where it's likely to be an extended, long-range firefight and it's by far more important for me to be carrying a small, concealed, RELIABLE handgun which can protect me and mine, but which doesn't give the bad guy any advance notice that I'm carrying. The other 25% of the time, I'm carrying a larger revolver (Taurus 431 .44 or S&W 681-both 4")or an auto (Ruger P95) in a fanny pack. That's for when I'm going someplace I know is bad news.
For the record, I've never had an FTF/FTE with the Ruger and I've never had a jam with any of my revolvers. I, too, use the Stressfire technique in dumping and loading the round guns and it works great. I also once owned a Glock 27 which routinely failed to feed every 20-30 rounds, no matter what I did to the gun and to my technique. Others suggested I was limpwristing the gun or there was some technical problem with the gun. There was no answer which worked and I was extremely uncomfortable carrying it. Maybe someone else got it to go better for them, but it was NOT the gun for me.
Is there a perfect way to do things? No, because we can never really know when and where the bad guys will hit in advance. But we ALL do threat assessments and act accordingly. If we did not, some of us would never carry.
The perpetual disagreements about revolvers versus autos, .45 v. 9mm or .40 or .357 Sig or _____, one shot stops and so on are interesting in an academic sort of way, but the bottom line is this- revolver or auto, carry and use what you're comfortable with and what will work based on your situation and be done with it. The only bad choice is one in which the gun does not work for you.