That is the great thing here. Swiss army gun that can play more roles.
Other guns can fire snake shot rounds. Sure. Others can reach out further or maybe be more accurate or powerful. To my knowledge I don't know of another platform that can duplicate what it does with 410 buck under 10 yards.
I think this is a good point. Yeah, there are CCI shotshells for .44 and .45 revolvers, but they hold less shot, smaller shot, and still suffer from the issue of the shot being spun by rifling. I've never seen any side by side testing of a standard .44 or .45 revolver with shotshells and a Judge/Governor, but I'd be inclined to believe the Judges/Govs are going to shoot shot better because they're designed to shoot it.
What is undeniable is there is no revolver other than a .410 chambered one that can shoot 4 pellets of 000 Buck. What effect 4 pellets of 000 Buck can do in terms of self defense has yet to be conclusively determined, but I find it hard to believe taking several pellets to the torso wouldn't be a fatal wound and one that stops an attacker immediately.
If you needed to reach out the 45s in moon clips let you. If you needed to punch through some dangerous critter the hardest wc will do it.
Haven't chrono'd from my gov but even 700-750 fps in a buffalo bore 255 gr hardcast wc would probably do the trick.
I can't speak to accuracy of .45 ACP in the Governor, some have said it's good, but I need to see more evidence of this. I do know .45 Schofield and .45 Colt are doing alright out of my Public Defender so long as I'm not using lead bullets. I mean, the first cylinder with lead should be fine, but the leading in the Judge happens fast and given most shoot .45 ACP in the Governor, I have no idea if that gun has the leading issues the Judge has.
Since you have one, have you ever noticed if shooting lead .45 Colt leaded the bore? What size are the throats on your Governor? The Taurus Judges are all running .456", which is why I stick to shooting plated reloads in mine.