Yet, they sold a ton of them
The Taurus Judge Is Just Not Very Good.
About the only thing less effective in the .410 revolver craze that I have seen is the USFA M4-410 Pistol. They actually shorten the barrel to put on an AR style flash hider. Because that’s what that gun needs is less barrel. At least they didn’t put a CAR M4 stock on it.
Update: Oh and a friend of mine put his to good use. He hunts rabbits with it.
March 28th, 2012 at 9:17 am
This has been said since the Judge made its debut.
March 28th, 2012 at 9:29 am
My Uncle just got one and he was so giddy that I didn’t have the heart to bring him down.
He has a lot of other quality pistols so I am assuming this is a novelty purchase for him.
March 28th, 2012 at 9:47 am
I have a Rossi single shot, switch barrel 22LR/.410 that I bought on sale, on a whim. It is a heck of a lot of fun to shoot. The 22LR is ridiculously accurate despite a heavy trigger, and the .410 is fun to shoot, and to let the kids shoot, at “reactive” targets like balloons and Ritz crackers. Cost about as much as a Mosin and is more fun to shoot. Well, easier on the shoulder to shoot. Although the fireballs are missing. And it has no bayonet. So I like the Mosin, too.
So the 22LR & .410 (and the Mosin) are fun to shoot. And that counts for something. Still don’t feel a want or a need for a Judge.
March 28th, 2012 at 11:38 am
I could have used one at the house last night when I saw a coon eating out of the cat food bowl.
And they taste like chicken – actually, a little more like possum.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
I want one as a snake gun but that’s it…
March 28th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Rabbit is believable.
Last year at a Knob Creek shoot, borrowed one and I was able to hit a half dozen or so skeet with it.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
My personal opinion on the Judge and similar guns is that they exist solely to prove P.T. Barnum’s theory on birthrates.
March 28th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
GF was drooling over them at the gun show; I kept trying to communicate to her that that wasn’t what you’d want to spend money on unless you ran out of other stuff to buy and had some left over.
March 28th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
They’re fun. Hand thrown clay pigeons. Watermelons. F-U-N. Not my first choice with a defensive pistol, but it’s a great lure to get new shooters out.
March 28th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
A coworker of mine just got one of these. FUN is all he can say about it. Must be something to that š