[Feckless]

If...
this is your first gun and/or...
you won't get any/much professional training and/or...
you won't spend much time practicing clearing jams and/or...
you won't be religious about cleaning/maintenance....

You might be my wife so get a stainless wheel gun. Hers is a Taurus 85 ultralite .38+P, 5 shot 2". 5 pulls, 5 booms.

If you NEED 15 + 1 and a bunch of extra mags you either need to spend more time on the range or stay out of that part of town.

[Blueflag]

Good advice about the 15+ rounds.

That’s not self-defense, that’s a gun fight.

All depends on what you are preparing for/ what risk/threat you might expect to encounter.

full disclosure: I carry my Sig P220 with one in the chamber and 7 in the mag, plus an 8 round mag on my belt. Doubt I’ll EVER need it, but it’s what I want.