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Light, compact, rugged, accurate, dependable, effective backpocket/holster clipped-to-your-backpack weapon for snakes/trail obstacles. 50 rounds of hollowpoints fit in a shirt pocket. If you spend some time on the trail,your questions should be answered

Hmm. Chainmail I am afraid I side with the original author, who said it was"small and light, but... a bit too small"

I tell ya what if I DID spend much time on a trail I'd want something a bit "larger" too. I like numbers like .44, .45 or even .50. Of course no one said those were "light" numbers, and you'd be hard-pressed to fit 50 rounds in a shirt pocket.

YMMV

Doesn't sound like either one of you have done any serious way-up-in-the-mountains hiking.. I own plenty of healthy caliber stuff but no way would I carry a .45 up Mt. Whitney and 20 miles inland. A good .22LR pistol or AR-7 folding rifle is easier to bring along and protects just fine as long as you are a reasonable shot, keeps rattlesnakes and other critters down, and if you get yourself in that position, can keep you fed too (I even got a good-size trout with a .22 - near the surface - once).

The kit gun is stainless steel, not aluminum... you wouldn't have any durability problems with it. As far as aluminum goes, my little Armalite AR-7 is still going strong since I bought it in the El Toro PX in 1969. I have put tens of thousands of .22 through it and hiked hundreds of miles with it. Great rifle!