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Chuck Norris’ collectible / rare hideout piece
roswellnative
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Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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Wow...this auction scares me.
I like how they relieved the hammer to keep the gun nice and light.
That has a barrel extension threaded onto the original barrel, and with no muzzle pics, I wonder if it's a smooth bore.
“This revolver appears to function ... I have not fired this handgun.”
I’m always leery to read this.
Fellow brought one of the short barreled versions over one day. Took it to the blasting zone.
Hung a target about like a Redfield sign in version. He stepped about 20 feet away and proceeded to fire.
Terrible racket but no hole in the paper. Stepped a bit closer, maybe 10 feet, and sure enough he hit the target. 5 shots looked like 00 buckshot at about 30 yards Would have been a real man stopper to say the least as they were keyholed.
Hate to say it but they were made in mine and 84's neck of the woods.
I'd wager the one in the OP would be a "blast" to shoot.
The original Judge.
I took over a gun shop back in the 1990,s and the owner had a couple of this things in stock. Basically an N frame S&W with a short barrel and .410 chamber. Bad idea then and now. They were much better built than the stupid Judge but still a terrible idea for a defensive firearm.
Thousands of better choices for a defensive handgun. The tired old argument: You don't wanna get hit with one of these. You don't want to get hit with a softball across a room as hard as I can throw one either but if you have a 10" chiefs knife trying to carve me up, a softball would not be my choice to stop you if I had my Glock 21. No offense but those Judges just plain suck as anything other than, well I started to type toys but guns aren't really toys. And those "Magic" .410 rounds are never going to work as well as a good well placed 9mm or .45 round. We tested the damn things and the short barreled ones don't stabilize .45 Colt bullets very well and spread buckshot or birdshot allover the place with big holes in the patterns. If someone wants one by all means get one, hell get two or three, but they still suck.
My 2 cents.
They would make great out the auto window guns to repell carjackers and the such.
I tried the Magnum Research BFR 45/70 and can not think of a reason to do it again.
That Bond Arms marketing really worked! Pretty sure this cartoon was in every Dillon catalog:
The Judge and Governor are what I call a gimmick gun. Not really good at anything. I have shot several and was never really impressed. One friend had one and said it would be great on snakes. I told him so is a shovel. I guess as an aniti-carjacking gun or something to use at very close quarters it wouldn't be that bad but there are better choices.
Bullet placement and penetration are the key factors in stopping any kind of animal.
I have seen those "Thunder's" before and was not impressed with the workmanship. I guess someone like them though. That is why there are blonds and red heads😄