Yesterday at the range, the gentleman assigned the lane next to me arrived with a 2.5″-barrel revolver in an appendix holster. Ordinarily, such people take off their holster and put the gun in a bag while shooting their favorite “range gun” all night, often a 5″ 1911 with sights, trigger, and manual of operation absolutely nothing like the gun they carry. But to my surprise, this gentleman actually spent a good part of the evening shooting his snubby.
Sadly, it was a Taurus Judge. At least he wasn’t shooting birdshot…
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
When I was taking my CWP earlier this week, I was wondering if a Judge + birdshot would let me get away with only shooting half as many rounds to put the qualifying number of holes in the paper. 🙂
J.Ja
Don’t Tease me, bro…
I’ll happily take the guy who practices with his Judge or Hi-Point over he guy who buys an HK and never uses it 😉
You know, at really close mugger/muggee type range, drawn quickly, that Judge loaded with OO or OOO buck would work.
Not my choice, but he could probably do worse.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/08/18/taurus-judge-and-winchester-pdx1-410-shotshell-gel-test/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29 Winchester PDX1 .410 gel test out of a Judge
Do you have to be judgmental?
+1 to what Mike said.
Tyler,
About what I figured: “Minute fragments” penetrating less than 14 inches in bare, unclothed gel at five feet. (I’ll assume it was calibrated.)
That’s not terribly impressive.
Are you all forgetting that this gun also shoots .45 colt? I carry this gun sometimes and it is loaded with .45. I also practice with it and get decent groupings. Don’t knock a gun without trying it because it seems gimmicky. It is just as viable of a defense gun as any other snub nosed revolver. Nobody ever says “sadly it was an LCR or just a J frame”.