Taurus Judge: The latest ill-conceived self defense weapon that's selling like crazy

[Avenger29]

I think that I would just carry an extra magazine of snakeshot for a pistol that is actually usefull. I can't see the logic in buying and carrying a specialized pistol for the sole purpose of defending myself from an animal that I could kill with a rock.

I can't either. Down here, we use hoes (the garden type, not the street corner type) to kill snakes...

[Dunderway]

I can't either. Down here, we use hoes (the garden type, not the street corner type) to kill snakes...

LOL. I generally just leave them alone.

Those Taurus ads do really give me the urge to shoot at some watermellons though.

[Jake'sDad]

I can't either. Down here, we use hoes (the garden type, not the street corner type) to kill snakes...

Last one I killed was with a plastic liter bottle of Mountain Dew.

It was handy, what can I say.....

[Jake'sDad]

LOL. I generally just leave them alone.

I used to, until one killed my favorite dog.

Now if they're on my property, it's war......

But I never kill them anywhere else.

[120mm]

As far as snake guns are concerned, you can still get snake loads in 45LC, and an Italian made Peacemaker clone will run about $100 cheaper then the Taurus.

Killed a metric shit-ton of snakes in North Dakota baling hay one summer. All of them from a POS nickle-plated Italian built .45.

And if I had to actually use it for SD/HD, I'd be a heck of a lot more confident in my EMF hog-leg, than that awkward abortion.

[Magic_Salad0892]

I could see the polymer version, as an interesting option for a lightweight .45LC.

(ETA: Actually... not that interesting. I eat my words.)

.410 in a pistol though? ... I'll stick with my 9x19.

Better yet...

I just want a polymer Colt Anoconda.

**** Taurus.

Now, chamber a pistol in .50 AE and game nerds would be all over it even more.

Oh wait...

[LHS]

I lump the Judge in with the FN Five-seveN: It's only good for taking on the hordes of sturmsquirreltruppen. Though, at least the FN holds 20 rounds and with proper ammo will punch soft body armor...

So, I suppose the Judge is even less useful than the 5.7mm anti-squirrel pistol.

[Zhukov]

I lump the Judge in with the FN Five-seveN: It's only good for taking on the hordes of sturmsquirreltruppen. Though, at least the FN holds 20 rounds and with proper ammo will punch soft body armor...

So, I suppose the Judge is even less useful than the 5.7mm anti-squirrel pistol.

Stormsquirreltruppen?

Bwahahahahahahaha....

[John_Wayne777]

We've had numerous discussions in the past about bad information that won't go away and the evil that is marketing in the firearms world. The "judge" is a product of both.

Short of some gun rag articles that really take Taurus to task over their stupid marketing magic, I don't see that changing.

...and despite what some people might think, I really don't believe there is a hunger out there in gun magazine land to have articles written by people with a good head on their shoulders that takes a major advertiser to task for making nonsensical claims about a weird gun.

[Littlelebowski]

I really don't believe there is a hunger out there in gun magazine land to have articles written by people with a good head on their shoulders that takes a major advertiser to task for making nonsensical claims about a weird gun.

More like there is a lack of advertising dollars for said mythical gun magazine.