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Roger

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/15/2014 5:01 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/15/14 4:46 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:51:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/15/2014 2:09 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, September 14, 2014 3:39:38 PM UTC-4,
wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:35:10 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

As for the firearm in question, I suppose it has appeal to someone
who

collect ugly, oddball guns.

Talking about ugly oddball guns I had a fleeting notion of buying a

Judge but it passed when I read some of the reviews.

Other than novelty skeet shooting, I am not sure what I would do
with

it.

As a self defense gun, it was roundly discounted. The .410 is
inferior

to just about anything 9mm or above.

A friend has one, and I've fired it a few times. Shot both 45 Colt
and .410 shells with it. Lots of recoil, decent accuracy. It
didn't excite me enough to consider one.

My buddy's wife bought a S&W Governor for her first handgun. Like the
Judge, it shoots 45 cal and .410 shells. I tried it out at the range
shortly after she got it. Nice gun.

This guy does a review on the Judge vs the Governor. He obviously
isn't
a big fan of the former.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX8sMQgVrdA

Humm S&W is better than Taurus ... Shocking ;-)
I think the actual street price probably reflects that. He was talking
about $600 and change for the taurus and they are $300-400 depending
on where you buy one. Not sure about the S&W

Personally I would pay about $200-250 used if someone was slapping me
in the face with it but the more I have thought about it, I am not
sure why. It would really just be a novelty for shooting at clay birds
at the electricians shoot. I think I may take my frontier scout next
time I go and see in a .22 shot load will even break a bird.

For $600, you can buy a real, high quality revolver or semi-auto, even a
small, concealable one, not a trickster pistol that shoots .45 and .410.

The best news I've seen recently in the "shooting wars" is the
quickening drop in .22LR ammo prices. There are some decent rounds from
name brand suppliers out there for a nickel a round or even less if you
shop carefully, and there have been good price drops in .223, too, and
smaller but appreciate prices drops in .357 MAG. Apparently even the
morons who get their news from Faux aren't being duped as much by the
NRA and its manufacturer enablers.

My friend's wife bought the Governor for concealed carry and keeps it
loaded with .410 birdshot. She carries it in her purse. Makes sense
for a woman, I think. She's unlikely to be in a shoot out at long
range. Birdshot probably won't kill but the chances of missing are
reduced.

I would put a .45LC next in line after that bird shot in case the first
shot is a miss.