I'm probably alone in not liking the M34, but the one I had back in the Seventies wasn't a good example. Part of that's likely to have been the really bad quality we saw in some handguns back when you had to stand in line to get a Smith. Mine was a nickel 4", and it was impossible to get a sight picture with the nickel front sights from the glare, but also I had to hammer the empties out of the cylinder after firing them, and that left interesting marks on my palm. I went to various versions of Beretta semi-auto 22s and have stayed with them since then with no regrets.
