Regardless of what you end up with, you will be trusting your life to a $200-$300 handgun.
If it seems to be in good shape (there is an excellent sticky for examining revolvers in the revolver section here) and you shoot several hundred rounds through it with no problems, whatever you get will probably be okay.
I trust my life to inexpensive handguns often, the difference being that I have owned them for years and put many hundreds or thousands of rounds through them.
As far as my experience goes: I have owned about ten Taurus, and only one has given me problems. I don't love the feel of my Charter Arms revolvers, but they have both gone bang every time and the company has a good reputation for customer service. All of the Eastern European new/surplus service weapons I have owned have been sturdy and reliable. My one Kel-Tec has been very good. I have limited experience with Rossi or Armscor.
If you can order something surplus from a company like AIM Surplus or CDI Sales that have very good reputations, you should be able to get something in your price range shipped to your local FFL.
Good luck to you!
If it seems to be in good shape (there is an excellent sticky for examining revolvers in the revolver section here) and you shoot several hundred rounds through it with no problems, whatever you get will probably be okay.
I trust my life to inexpensive handguns often, the difference being that I have owned them for years and put many hundreds or thousands of rounds through them.
As far as my experience goes: I have owned about ten Taurus, and only one has given me problems. I don't love the feel of my Charter Arms revolvers, but they have both gone bang every time and the company has a good reputation for customer service. All of the Eastern European new/surplus service weapons I have owned have been sturdy and reliable. My one Kel-Tec has been very good. I have limited experience with Rossi or Armscor.
If you can order something surplus from a company like AIM Surplus or CDI Sales that have very good reputations, you should be able to get something in your price range shipped to your local FFL.
Good luck to you!