Circuit Judge and hot loads

[TexasPatriot.308]

a girlfriend of mine is dead set on a Rossi Circuit Judge (.45 colt/.410), I have read a few threads pro and con about plus P loads like Buffalo Bore, Core Bon etc. Any of yall had experience with this revolver/rifle? I would hate for her to blow the cylinder out. She shoots my Ruger Blackhawk .45 with 260 grain loads and almost enjoys the recoil. (can get expensive), she is small frame about 115 pounds but handles it well. She plans on hunting hogs and deer with it.

 

[Palehorseman]

Wife has a blued steel 3" cylinder Judge, but we have never tried any hot loads.

Now my S-I-L and his hunting buds in Wyoming are a different story. He has a 2.5" titanium cylinder light weight Judge for bear backup when bow hunting. They pushed some 375 grain hard cast bullets at high pressures and speeds out of them I would never dream of. Not as a steady diet, they only proofed cylinders couple times for emergency griz use only.

 

[LeverGunJunkie]

TXPatriot:
I cannot speak to whether or not the Circuit Judge can handle hotter loads. However, at the risk of offending any happy owners, I was very disappointed in this carbine's performance. As a shotgun/rifle it does neither particularly well. At 50 yrds, on a good day, with factory sights or quality red dot, most of the time I kept 3 rounds of .45LC on a paper plate. As a shotgun, 20-25 yards was about the limit with the pattern. .410 slugs were no better than the .45LC.

Due to availability, the only .45LC rounds I could get were that Cowboy Action Shooting stuff. That may explain the accuracy. I kept it for a while as a snake charmer when I was deer scouting in the Georgia woods. But ultimately I sold it this last fall. It is cool looking, ergonomically great, and light to carry. But as a hunter the performance wasn't there for me.

I think it could be a good HD gun though. My $0.02, FWIW.