by BayouBob » Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:23 pm
My kids are both grown up and this year they gave me a "grown up" Christmas present, a Taurus Judge "Public Defender." I had played with the Judge several times at gun shops but didn't really see the utility of it for myself. I've got plenty of handguns of several sizes for defense and both big and little ones for hunting so there didn't seem to be a niche for the Judge to fill. I was wrong; what a neat revolver! I can't show the picture of the target because it might considered a "politically incorrect" picture. The .45 Long Colt rounds put 4 shots between the eyes at 50 feet off hand. The .410 00 buck rounds printed a 2 inch pattern at 10 feet, a 4 inch pattern at 20 feet and a 6 inch pattern at 30 feet. The .410 #6 shot made a pretty wide pattern at 30 feet but it would still put a few pellets in a rabbit. Recoil isn't bad and the little gun is light and easy to pack. A hog that gets jumped in a thicket is in trouble. I'm going to carry it with 2 double ought loads, 2 45 Colt loads and 1 #6 shot load in case one of our swamp cottonmouths pokes his head up. Thanks kids!
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My Daddy was wrong when he said: "When a man turns 60 he ought to be able to trade his testicles in on a new set of teeth." Oatmeal and soup don't sound too bad.