Kit gun

Kit guns are multi-purpose utility handguns, intended to be used for small game hunting, plinking, pest control, and self defense.

They are generally small, lightweight, .22 rimfire revolvers, designed to be easily packed in a hunting, camping or fishing "kit".

They are also commonly used as the coup de grâce by hunters and fishermen or as a method of animal euthanasia when drug overdose is not available.

This production line continued till 1960, when it was redesigned using the slightly larger J-frame and marketed as the model 34-1.

Though not necessarily marketed under that term, other makers have produced firearms described as "kit guns" by shooters.