![]() ![]() You might be getting three or four pellets, but they aren’t going very deep. Most standard buckshot loads fail to penetrate deep enough to meet FBI standards in ballistic gel. The 410 is an anemic cartridge and made even more so from a 410 revolver. Most Buckshot Has Weak PenetrationĤ10 might be a shotshell, but it doesn’t pack the same punch as a 20 or 12-gauge by a lot. At ranges beyond 10 feet, it’s off a man-sized target, but it’s consistent at the least. With birdshot, it’s just a big splatter of lead on target. I want to know precisely where my loads are going to hit. ![]() If you can’t pattern a shotgun consistently, I’d have trouble trusting it for defensive use. The pattern covers the whole body at 10 yards….oh and one pellet missed completely. ![]() I imagine the rifled barrel doesn’t do wonders for buckshot patterning. The patterns swing left or right, and flyers are frequent. My model is a 2.5 inch chambered with the standard barrel, and I never know how the shot is going to pattern, at least with buckshot. These 410 revolvers throw inconsistent and sometimes unpredictable patterns. Like a shotgun, fan patterns are everything for me. The shortest Public Defender model is 7.65 inches long, making it longer than a Glock 19. Let’s not forget the length of the gun as that affects concealment as much as weight. I don’t mind carrying only five shots, but I don’t want to carry 28 ounces and have only five shots. The ratio of weight to capacity is terrible. For comparison, the SIG P365 offers double the ammunition and weighs 23.6 ounces fully loaded. The lightest weight model is the Public Defender polymer, and it weighs 28 ounces, empty. It’s also a fat bottom girl and is quite hefty while offering only five rounds of your chosen ammo. It has a chamber that is longer than the barrel in some configurations. So why do 410 revolvers suck? Low Capacity and Lots of Weight Their insane popularity has declined sharply, but millions of these guns are likely still tucked away in gun safes around the country. The Judge was so popular that it revived 410 ammunition, S&W copied it with the Governor, and specific 410 handgun ammo was even created. These little fellas can shoot 45 Colt and 410, have rifled barrels, and come in various configurations. Most importantly, I learned that 410 revolvers suck. However, as I better educated myself on firearms and shot the thing, I learned a few lessons. I still own it, and at the time, I thought it was the bee’s knees. As an enterprising 21-year-old fresh off his second deployment, I saw one and snatched it up. It’s certainly a controversial gun, but Taurus sold a ton of them. The Taurus Judge is a gun some love and some cringe at the thought of. ![]()
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