I get annoyed with people who make specific handgun recommendations as for model or make.
Just because my neighbor really, really likes his shoes is no reason for me to go out and buy a pair in the exact color, model and size.
[I get annoyed with people who make specific handgun recommendations as for model or make.]
True enough. I learned a long time ago that one must be suspicious of anything one reads in most gun mags or hears at a gun shop / range after encountering several of “the best handguns/rifles/shotguns every made” turned out to be crap. There is no substitute for “trying one on for size”.
My faorite up-close-and-personal shooter is an old Ruger Stainless Speed-Six 2.5” barrel in .357 mag with mid-range loads.
That being said, a hit with a .22LR is always more effective than a miss with anything larger.