My next door neighbor has a Model 60 Lady Smith and one of my Detectives carrys a Model 3913 Lady Smith and he always qualifies in the top 25 percent of the Dept with his girls gun.
NO! A manly weapon is a 629 .44 Magnum! But they are hard to conceal. So yes I would carry a Lady Smith, mainly because it a good weapon. Besides no one is going to see it concealed.........except a BG who will see the business end just prior to his demise........he won't say anything.
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Names are marketing ploys. That didn't discourage me from buying a Ladysmith (with the fancy case & wood grips). Now, when they start coloring the guns pink, lavender, fire engine red, I'd think again about buying it.
FWIW, I went and bought me a Winchester Lady Defender with little or no hesitation. (This is the 20 ga. version of the Model 1300 Defender.) Of course, "Lady Defender" doesn't appear anywhere on the gun--only on the tag.