How much fun is a taurus judge?

Son got one in a trade. I told him I wanted it but he let me know I didn't. Don't like shooting down guns I have never shot but like I said, Son (big into firearms) said it was a POS. Don't take my word, check around.

I had the 6.5" model.......it was fun-ish..........I sold it off to a cousin who wanted it waaaaaaaaay more than I did.

jakeg823 wrote:I had the 6.5" model.......it was fun-ish..........I sold it off to a cousin who wanted it waaaaaaaaay more than I did.

Hope it was a distant cousin or the next family reunion could turn out bad (like our's tend to do).

sidroski wrote:

jakeg823 wrote:I had the 6.5" model.......it was fun-ish..........I sold it off to a cousin who wanted it waaaaaaaaay more than I did.

Hope it was a distant cousin or the next family reunion could turn out bad (like our's tend to do).

Nope. He knew about the cost of the ammo and how innaccurate it was, and even about a burr that had developed that prevented the cylinder from locking(that he'd fixed for me before). I think he'd actually shot it more than I had at the time. Said he didn't care and he wanted it. I made him a very fair price on it and he hasn't complained yet....honestly he probably hasn't shot it since he bought it either though, and that's been going on 2 years ago.

Granted I'm not in the habit of doing business with family, because I have been burned before, but I made an exception for this one and it hasn't bothered me yet.

Go shoot .410 at a semi-solid target and tell me how appropriate it is for defensive purposes. It'll hurt, but unless it's an extremely hot load I wouldnt expect more than a flesh wound. I had to get at about 5 yds to actually knock plates over with it.....not a viable home defense round IMO

Snake gun? Sure! But I wouldn't trust my life with it against anything bigger than your average snake or other small critter.

I'd much rather have a good medium caliber revolver for home defense purposes if it's someone who's not going to shoot much, and throw some shotshells in there on occasion for snakes.

It's a cool gun and neat idea but it's a solution without a problem. It loses it's cool factor fairly quickly

Imagine what 3 inch number 4's in a hallway would do. Pretty sure you could save the day!!

EagleinChains wrote:Better hope it's not a long hallway, or you have a house with a big open room. The range on it isn't good.

I'll stick to my Glock 23 for self defense.

Past 7yds I wouldn't bother with the .410 shells. At that point it's either .45lc or use it as a club/just throw it

For just a toy you'll be fine. And when the fun wears off the demand for them is still high enough you won't lose much if anything

Seems like every pawn shop has at least one in the case. Not a good sign.

Cliff Cargill wrote:Plates at 5 yards? I wouldn't keep doing that.

Don't worry. One time thing I'm not proud of, nor am I dumb enough to try it again, because even though nothing happened I've wised up a good bit since that time and now know how ugly it could have been.