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and Toolman would have said more pow were
I have an old Judge and I can assure you that it has never exploded. It's been shot an awful lot and was not taken care of before I got it. I think it's really a great gun to carry in the field, it's not nice enough to worry about getting scuffed up or dropped and has plenty of stopping power when loaded with 45 Colt... or will tear up a snake with 410 bird shot.I've seen a video of a Taurus Judge exploding when a guy went to shoot it, and I've heard of it happening other times too. I couldn't find the video on the internet anymore.
If I wanted a .410/45long Revolver I would go for the S&W Governor, also holds 6 rounds instead of 5 plus comes with moon clips to used .45acp.
I have an old Judge and I can assure you that it has never exploded. It's been shot an awful lot and was not taken care of before I got it. I think it's really a great gun to carry in the field, it's not nice enough to worry about getting scuffed up or dropped and has plenty of stopping power when loaded with 45 Colt... or will tear up a snake with 410 bird shot.
Unfortunately for most, 410 and 45 Colt are expensive ammo. I reload both for almost nothing but obviously not everyone is set up for that. Too bad, they are both excellent rounds.
I always wondered about the cylinder gap on the judge. I'm not a gun expert by any means but I'd be inclined to think you'd need an extremely tight gap when shooting .410. If that gap isn't dead on the shot could start to spread before entering the barrel. Which would be bad...From the the incidents I've heard of it always seemed like it was within the first couple of rounds that people had issues with them. Poor QA on the assembly line, not necessarily any issues with inferior quality materials. The incidents I seen were also years ago.