I've owned two of EAA's revolvers called "Windicators." If I'm not mistaken, they're manufactured in Germany by a firm called H. Weiruch for EAA. Both the .38 spcl and the .357 magnum were the most accurate handguns I have ever owned and the .357, especially was very easy to handle and fire with the excellent rubber grips and the almost 2 lb weight. I never had the slightest bit of a problem with either one of them and shot all sorts of ammo through both of them. If you want to teach someone else to shoot on something else than a .22, this is the gun. I would recommend them highly; they're a best-buy for the bang, as far as I'm concerned. Jeff the 22luvr