Since I obviously...
...don't know any better, I trust my life to a Rossi 720 Covert in .44 Special every day. Being DAO, the DA pull is really outstanding, as good as most recent *&* snubbies I've seen and light years better than my last SP101.
The major downfall is that the bricklike rubber grips that came with it are hideous and too large and boxy for easy CCW. The solution was to experiment with old grips lying around the shop until we found ones that matched: J-frame square butt. Unfortunately, my only choices in J-frame square butt grips were some tacky fake plastic stag grips or the nastiest set of mother-of-plastic grips I'd ever laid eyes on. I went with the ersatz stag.
My 720 will hold its shots in the 10-ring with ease at 7-10 yards with Federal 200gr LSWC or Winchester Silvertips, and I seem to recall the 6" Rossi 971 in .357 I had a few years back was a solid, if somewhat unspectacular, performer. The new Rossis, manufactured under the aegis of the Taurus corporation, should continue the reputation of these reasonably priced, workmanlike wheelguns.