I think a Judge or Public Defender would be a fine choice for something to carry in the deep wilderness, or even a great hiking gun, or sidearm when hunting.. I looked into them for that purpose, but at the time I could not find any good intelligent reviews or information on them. Interesting about the long-lead or "jump". My 1895 Nagant pistol is super accurate with the .32ACP/7.65 Browning cylinder in it. It has a very long jump. Much less accurate with the Nagant cylinder, with a variety of ammo and reloads. Not Inaccurate, but the ACPs shoot minute of grouse, squirrel, or rabbit head. So yeah, a long "jump" is not, in it's self, an accuracy killer.
By the way, will the Defender take .45 loads much hotter than standard? Something else I was able to determine. And I don't mean "Ruger" loads, but something in the 1100fps zone.
The .45 ACP Blawkhawk cylinder also has a "long jump" as your .32 ACP cylinder does, but the deal with these multiple cylinder revolvers is when one cylinder is chambered for a shorter cartridge, the length of travel thru the cylinder is irrelevant so long as the chamber is properly made and the throats properly sized. The term bullet jump isn't accurate for something like the .45 ACP in the Blackhawk because it's headspacing off the case mouth and the bullet, as soon as it exits the case the front portion of the bearing surface on the bullet is already engaged with the throat, which seals the gases and guides the bullet straight until it reaches the forcing cone.
Basically, the distance the bullet travels in the cylinder means less (and likely more like nothing) than what the distance of travel is from chamber to throat.
Look at all the .22 single actions with cylinders for the .22 Magnum, but have a .22 LR cylinder. The .22 LR, being shorter and a heeled bullet means that the entire length of its travel is supported by the throat. Now, take a .32 ACP or .32 S&W (short, not Long) and plunk it into a .327 Magnum chamber and you can headspace and fire those short .32's, but the bullet has to travel down a significant amount of chamber where normally there would be the wall of the brass case for the longer .32/.327 Magnums. The short .32's leak gas as it blows by the bullet before it reaches the throat to seal the gas and likely is cocked. In the case of .327 Rugers, the throat is .314, so no sealing is accomplished and the velocity is very low.
I haven't shot paper with .32 ACP in the .327, so IDK how the accuracy is. Probably awful.
This same issue occurs in the .410/.45 revolvers and also the Ruger Redhawk with .45 ACP as the chamber it is fired in is for .45 Colt.
So, it's not jump alone that causes issues, it's the circumstances with the jump that matter. As long as the throat of the chamber is close enough to the case mouth, like .38 Special in a .357 Mag chamber, there will not be issues. You could have a revolver with a cylinder meant for .460 S&W, but have a spare cylinder for .45 ACP and the distance from case to forcing cone would be very long, but the accuracy and velocity won't suffer because you've got a proper chamber and throat.
Back on the Judge, the accuracy isn't going to win me any matches or competitive events, but it can do a two fist sized group with most .45 ammo.
The Judge is only meant for standard pressure .45 loads. I have no issues shooting the max published data for the .45 Colt in it, but given the short barrel and long freebore in the chamber, there's not much of an increase in velocity. Hollow points aren't going to go fast enough to expand, so my .45 loads of choice for defense are either a wadcutter or the Inceptor copper/polymer with the flutes cut in the nose.
