wouldn't fancy the gun for hunting much, there's simply better options out there, even for the price. However, for home defense?
Consider this; why is the traditional 12 gauge double barrel nicknamed the "old standby"? The answer is in the simplicity, you load it and leave it. A loaded double barrel break-action long gun can hang on a wall for years, dusty and untouched, then be grabbed at a moments notice and fired depindibly at any intruder,
and given the dense buckshot load you are pretty much
guaranteed to hit the trespasser whether it's dark or you're groggy
or whatever, at any logical indoor distance + it typically won't
penetrate walls in your house like a bullet will and kill your daughter in the next room. For 200ish years it's been the ultimate
home defense weapon for those reasons, even more so than popular pump-actions that involve springs which can wear down
over time and result in misfires, jams, etc. (unlikely, but thereby unworthy of the cool nickname) right, so anyway...
as for this Circuit Judge, will it replace 2 centuries of good reputation and dependibility? Hell no! Should you consider buying one to defend the lawn with? Sure, absolutely!
Here's why; like a break-barrel's loading action, placing rounds in the cylinder of a CJ will leaving them laying in place just waiting to be spun-in and fired, pretty much indefinitely until the time comes that you need it. Again, no pesky springs, don't depend on them for long periods of gun hibernation. Also, where you are losing some punch by only packing .410 sized shells, you are making-up for it with 4 extra shots, that's a fair trade since getting shot is getting shot no matter what doles it out - yes, there's always a difference, but unless your home invader for the evening is freakin' Michael Myers then don't worry about it. If they're really asking for it then give him a couple more, you'll have the spares ready and able, right there and already loaded-up. The only tiny drawback I see is that sometimes, rarely, revolvers can fall out of tune which is a small thing to worry about and may never happen in your life with the gun, but since dependibility is bottomline in a home defense type situation, the double-barrel still comes out on top, and that's why they call it the "old standby" but I'm still picking-up a CJ as a secondary, myself, one of these days...
