This one. It’s got a curiously long chamber, so I guess it shoots rather massive rounds?
A little context, please. Where is that picture from?
Looks like a Taurus Judge.
Looks like it. Thanks a bunch! So it does chamber shot as well, huh? Is that a common thing? (Keep in mind I know next to nothing about guns – I can correctly identify the dangerous end on most of 'em, but that’s about it.)
.410 shotshells are the same caliber as a .45 Long Colt, so there’s lots of survival type guns out there that can shoot either or. Almost any handgun can be made to fire shot if you buy the right rounds. These are useful for killing rattlesnakes in the desert without as much worry about riccochet.
Not in California. It would be considered a ‘short-barreled shotgun’. But yes, it can shoot a rimmed .45 (.45 Long Colt like I have in my Blackhawk) or a .410 shotgun shell.
Anybody here ever fired one? That looks like just the thing to carry in the truck out in the boonies.
A .410 is a kid’s shotgun. I would be much more impressed if it could shoot a .700 Nitro Express as well as a 10 gauge Magnum shotgun round. That would be the ultimate handgun even if your hand got broken by firing it the first time.
In that case, any .22 pistol would be considered a short-barreled shotgun, because you can get shotshells (often known as “rat shot” or “snake shot”) for them.
It’s been years since I looked up the law, but ISTM that the distinction is that a .22 shot shell is a ‘specialty’ pistol/rifle round whereas a .410 is specifically a shotgun round.
I got to try one out at the monthly gun shoot that I go to. It was pretty nice. There was some kick to it, but it wasn’t a wrist-breaker. At very close range, you get a nice spread from the shot.
Didn’t know this existed. I’d think the 410 would be relatively wimpy compared to a .45 long. I used to bag squirrels with a 410 when I was 9 and sometimes the squirrel lived.
IME, .410 fired from a pistol is pretty lackluster. The Box O’ Truth guys tested the Judge and they reached much the same conclusion.
“The ‘Taurus Judge®’ is so named because of the number of judges who carry it into the courtroom for their protection.”
Do they really have the stats to back that up?