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"New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:15 pm
by Napier
If you haven't seen the new Taurus Judge promo video, it's a hoot:
http://www.taurususa.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Click on the "Melon Head" video, far right side of the middle of the page.
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:38 pm
by lrb111
way kewl. absolutely love the music, too.
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:23 pm
by marksiwel
If I were a Melon, I'd be shaking in my vines
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:41 am
by chabouk
Regarding "The Judge", I have several thoughts:
- Bad idea, great marketing. They're selling tons of them, though.
- That marketing could bite them in the butt. The name alone invites a plaintiff's attorney to ask if they intended to be jury and executioner too.
- Watching the video drives home the point that shooting one, especially with 3" shells, is going to be extremely unpleasant. Few will practice with one. Many will be unprepared and shocked if they have to fire one in self defense.
- Bad idea. Seriously, I can't stress enough how the .410 is a marginal defensive round
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:07 pm
by gregthehand
If I didn't have a .357 magnum that I could load rat shot into I would want one. The only purpose I see in the pistol is it would make a pretty good ranch pistol. It can shoot snakes and other small vermin with .410 or a full size (smaller) animal with the .410 buckshot or a .45 Long Colt. I think it would get confusing though for me because I would want to have one cylinder loaded with a different kind of round.
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:16 pm
by majkowskid
i want to pick up one of these so bad! gotta have the magnum!
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:35 pm
by LongHairedRedneck
Look at the Box O' Truths website for the test of this pistol, not very impressive to me.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot41.htm
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:25 pm
by Mike1951
The thing that I have trouble reconciling with the BoxofTruths results is that the .36 revolver was extremely effective in the past. Hickock did ok with his.
So why would a load that shoots 4 or 5 .36 caliber balls at a similar velocity be so woefully underpowered?
Add to that photos I saw on the Taurus Armed forum of the Federal .410 Judge load where 3 or 4 of the copper plated buckshot and their sabot would hit the head at 20', and I don't discount the effectiveness of the load.
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:25 pm
by bdickens
I'm not gonna volunteer to stand in front of it.
Re: "New Judge. Stiffer sentence."
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:48 pm
by marksiwel
I'm still convinced that the Box of Truth is run by my Civil War Teacher from Highschool.
Back on Topic
Judge is a neat gun for killing snakes, but for concealed carry? Too Big, better ammo for smaller better guns