Nobody with any meaningful knowledge of 45 LC caliber revolvers would waste their money on da' Judge as a 45 only... it's the
shotshell gimmick that sells 'em. Go ahead, show us a bunch of posts about why people looking for a quality 45 only revolver would or should pick da' Judge over some/any other flavor 45 only.
Most people who own 'em don't even bother to load 45s in 'em more than a very few times "just to see" after newly purchased; they buy 'em to put shotshells in 'em.
Despite all the desperate efforts put forth to "justify" the effectiveness of a few pellets of 000 in a shell size too small to accommodate more of 'em, the
marketing success of da' Judge is solely
watermelon dependent. Compounded, of course by the silly implication in the sales pitch that you don't need to aim a gun that fires shotshells, much less 410 shotshells.
(drift on over to the shotgun sub-forum here, and make that pitch for any 410 shotgun as a great choice for SD; let us know how that works out)
410 shotshell handgun notions (including 45/410 derringers) have been recycled so many times over the years, it's ridiculous. Nobody was clever enough to do
watermelon commercials with 'em, that's all.. Taurus ought pay a royalty to watermelon farmers on every one they sell.
snakes.. who's kidding who ?
a garden hoe will get it done, any mid-caliber handgun shotshell will get it done
a "snakecharmer" single shot will get it done better, and carries just as easy on a riding lawnmower or farm tractor
unless, of course, you need that fast draw DA to defend yourself against the platoon of kamikaze rattlers hiding in the watermelon patch
in which case you could just buy some snakeshot rounds for any 45 caliber revolver, of course.. it's only the zombie class rattlers that require 000
toys are fun, be they paintballs or 22 rimfire gatling guns or da' Judge
nothing wrong with that
no need to pretend it is what it ain't
but if looking for "the next big thing in gun marketing", a paintball vs. watermelon commercial might just be a big seller, preferably a 50AE caliber paintgun ??
colorful if nothing else