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Well, I'm pleased to see this thread continuing.
It's brought out many forum members from whom we usually don't hear.

If anyone is interested in 1 of these niche style revolvers, it seems that the SW Governor would be the new winner
in the sales game since it has 6 rounds instead of 5, as well as the added ability to chamber .45 ACP.

SIA

"Admitted into evidence Tuesday were both guns Ersland fired inside the pharmacy: a Taurus Judge revolver and a semi-automatic Kel-Tec handgun. District Attorney David Prater held up the unloaded weapons one at time and walked in front of jurors so they could get a closer look."

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There you go. The above quote was from http://www.newsok.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, which is "The Oklahoman" newspaper's website.

IIRC, the pharmacist started his defense with the Kel-Tec, then switched to the Taurus, but I'm not positive of this sequence.

SIA

Cosmo9:

Thanks for the invite. Scheduling for future may be covered in a PM.
Do you still have that AK-47?

SIA

http://www.taurususa.com/product-detail ... bseries=41

The above link is to one of the Taurus Judge variants.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/ ... 7751_image

The above link is to the Smith and Wesson "Governor".

The Taurus Judge has been available for some time. It is a 5 shot revolver, capable of chambering either .45 Long Colt or 2.5" .410 shotgun shells.
Although it seems to sell well, and Wal-Mart always has both ammos for it, there doesn't seem to be much "noise" about it here on the board.
I don't fault any members who may own one, but a 5 shot revolver which is large doesn't seem to be most people's cup of tea when it comes to an EDC.
If I walked in snake-infested areas, I could see having one, loaded with 5 rounds of .410, rather than some other pistol with snakeshot.

Surprisingly to me, Smith and Wesson has now come out with a similar revolver known as The Governor.
They have improved upon the Judge by making it 6 rounds instead of 5.
A further improvement they have made is allowing it to use .45 Long Colt, .45 ACP, and .410 shotgun shells.

Please comment on your experiences/perceptions of the Judge/Governor style of revolvers.
Have the Judge sales stats been so good that SW had to come up with the Governor to take market share?

A .357 revolver can take both .357 and .38 Special rounds.
Is it that big of an engineering deal for the Governor to accept both .45 LC and .45 ACP?

TIA / SIA