I have the 48 in a six inch barrel. It was bought years ago for 150bucks from a guy that thought he was sticking me. It was a bankor punta smith, and would not eject casings properly.
a quick deburring solved that issue. It is a wonderully accurate pistol, but it does bark. One atvantage it has over .22long rifle is you can get better ammo, such as nosler bullets for it. i think they are much better at dumping jack rabbits and things like that than a .22long rifle pistol.
one of these days i will have to chrony some rounds going through it.
I have quite a few smith revolvers, but have gathered in recent years a number of the six inch versions rather than four inch which comprise most of them. my latest six inch .41magnum is a door ringer at 25yards.
i had the 48 with me last fall while turkey/elk/deer hunting for small game.
