While I'm a fan of the 4" and 6" 17, 18, and 48, I don't like the 6" 617 6-shot that I have at all. If given a choice of .22 LR handguns to carry afield, I'm much more likely to carry a 2206 than any make or model of revolver, as long as shooting CCI snake-shot loads isn't a consideration. I bought the 617 in 2001, shot it a little, decided that I didn't like it as much as the 1982 vintage 18 that I'd been regularly carrying, and put it away somewhere. The catch being the last time that I looked for it, I didn't find it. Oh well, maybe it'll show up in 2020.
