Someone who said he was using it for rabbits out to 30 yards was saying 7-1/2.
That one is not to be believed. I have a .410/.45 colt barrel for my contender that has a full choke that also stops the rotation of the shot. It's good to about 20 yards, but no farther and it's a 10" gun. the Judge is not much past 15 feet, great for in home defense, but no rabbit gun. Some guy actually got on here and said something about DUCK hunting with one.
I don't know if he was joking or serious, but get real...LOL! Even in a long gun the .410 is a worthless bore for ducks now that steel shot is manditory.
For a "survival gun", I have the TC, of course, but would prefer my 20 gauge coach gun with appropriate chokes installed. I can shoot cylinder bore in the left (rear trigger) barrel for slugs and the IC or mod or full in the right (front trigger) for small game or I can go IC/full which is the choice I make for dove hunting. This thing is as effective dove hunting as my 12s. I killed a couple of limits with it opening weekend. It patterns REALLY well and is accurate with foster slugs out to 50 yards. Barrel regulation overlaps a bit much past that, but hey, at 50 a deer would be dead. Being a 20", too, I can actually take it apart and wrap it up in a rag and stash it either in my motorcycle's bags or in my back pack. My off roading is done on a dirt bike, btw.
I'm not really THAT into the off road thing, though, mostly use it to haul corn to my feeder and drag out deer and hogs I've shot.
Oh, I also have an AR7 that's reliable, believe it or not, and pretty accurate. It's scoped and in a marlin papoose floating case. Handy little take down designed for survival. I still prefer my 20 gauge, though.