Well with a Lady Smith (.38 caliber I presume?) you have a more robust self-defense round. There's not a lot that can go wrong with revolvers, they are just point and shoot. With practice, accuracy will come in time. But don't practice at 25 yards or anything like that. Nearly ALL self-defense actions happen up close and personal, usually less than 10 feet.
Learn how to hit a target at 10 feet, and THEN learn how to draw and fire at a target only 3 feet from you. There are excellent YouTube guides on how to do that. I involves keeping the gun closer to your torso rather than extending it out at arm's length.
I generally discourage first-timers and women from getting automatics, as several things can go wrong at a critical moment. If you shoot an auto "limp wristed" you can cause the cycle to not work and jam; detritus from a purse can get in the works and gum it up; you have to think about "Is the safety on? Is there one in the chamber?" And so on.
So revolvers are usually quite good for beginners and folks who aren't gun savvy.
Whatever caliber your Lady Smith is (.38 or .32 or even .22LR) get to know it intimately. How to load it, how to empty the chamber using the cylinder ejection rod, how to reload quickly, how to clean it, and so on. If it's a .38 or .32, always use hollow-points.
And if you have the .357 version, I would advise you NOT to use .357 ammo, you would find the recoil punishing and maybe even uncontrollable. It is perfectly fine to shoot .38 ammo in a .357 pistol, I've done it many times.
Well with a Lady Smith (.38 caliber I presume?) you have a more robust self-defense round. There's not a lot that can go wrong with revolvers, they are just point and shoot. With practice, accuracy will come in time. But don't practice at 25 yards or anything like that. Nearly ALL self-defense actions happen up close and personal, usually less than 10 feet.
Learn how to hit a target at 10 feet, and THEN learn how to draw and fire at a target only 3 feet from you. There are excellent YouTube guides on how to do that. I involves keeping the gun closer to your torso rather than extending it out at arm's length.
I generally discourage first-timers and women from getting automatics, as several things can go wrong at a critical moment. If you shoot an auto "limp wristed" you can cause the cycle to not work and jam; detritus from a purse can get in the works and gum it up; you have to think about "Is the safety on? Is there one in the chamber?" And so on.
So revolvers are usually quite good for beginners and folks who aren't gun savvy.
Whatever caliber your Lady Smith is (.38 or .32 or even .22LR) get to know it intimately. How to load it, how to empty the chamber using the cylinder ejection rod, how to reload quickly, how to clean it, and so on. If it's a .38 or .32, always use hollow-points.
And if you have the .357 version, I would advise you NOT to use .357 ammo, you would find the recoil punishing and maybe even uncontrollable. It is perfectly fine to shoot .38 ammo in a .357 pistol, I've done it many times.
Good luck.