I carried a little RG(Saterday night special)for a number of years but it wasn't overly accurate but it went off every time, but when your longest shot is 5 feet 25 yard accuracy isn't a big deal.
Then before I got a carry permit I had a Llamma XXII, very accurate and I could just drop the mag when getting back to the truck.
Now I have a permit and a Smith 34.
On back country lines living in a tent the 22's would keep me in grouse and rabbits for dinner. On the canoe lines I had a single shot 12 ga with the barrel cut to 20", I used the barrel for a kill stick and with the gun together pot a duck or goose for a change in diet over Beaver and Muskrat.