12Bravo20, the indifferent accuracy of .45 Colt in these guns was one of the reasons for my thought of eliminating the rifling. Your description of these revos as' jacks of all trades,' masters of none, is entirely correct.
Anyway, my question is answered, and I'm back to the 340 as a hiking gun. My real goal with a .410 was more range, and that simply isn't being accomplished.
The trip down the rabbit hole of BATF regulations was interesting. And baffling.
Thanks all.
Moon
Just basing this on my Governor, no experience with the Taurus, what accuracy Ive seen with mine with the solid rounds, I wouldn't call indifferent or poor. The rounds I was shooting out of mine, were just run of the mill "blasting ammo" I had loaded up for a couple of old rifles and SA's and the acp's are what I load for my autos, 230 grain FMJ's.
If I were serious about using the gun, then I would look into trying some different loads for both, although Id be perfectly happy with the ball loads in 45acp the way my gun shoots them. I think with a little experimenting, you could get both to do better, and I have no idea what the factory loads do, as I normally reload for most things. A good factory load may work great, who knows? And the only way to find out, if shop around and see.
Keep in mind too, the groups in the above pic were all shot pretty quickly, DAO. I normally shoot my revolvers that way, and if I slowed down a bit the 45Colt might have been better too, we're only looking at a sample of one there, though other targets were somewhat similar, but I dont normally shoot off a rest or for groups, so, its really not an accuracy test. I base things on what I can do shooting the gun, not what the gun might be able to do, in a vacuum. The reality of the two is usually different.
I see the Governor as a second "specialty" type gun, and would more be carrying it as a second gun in an open holster, than a primary. Still, the way it likes the 45acp, and the fact that they are loaded with moon clips, just for those two reasons Id likely choose it, for the accuracy and speed of a reload. And if I were worried about snakes (Im normally not snakeaphobic
), Id load two or three shot shells, and the rest in 45acp in moon clips (they make two and three round clips), and a couple of full moonclips as reloads.
I have an El Paso Saddlery "Tanker" for mine, as I like these for those "second" type specialty guns, as they are easy to just throw on and can carry their own reloads. The Governor is basically the same size as 4" K or N frame, and has a K frame grip, so its not really "big". The Tanker can easily be hidden pretty well with just a light shirt over it, if scaring the natives might be an issue.