The Taurus Judge is a finely made and nicely built revolver.

I will have to admit that the "looks" do not appeal to me much, but as Forrest Gump says, "Pretty is as pretty does".

Let's go to the range.

First, let's look at birdshot.

I have some Remington #6 shot and we will shoot for pattern at about 10 yards.

This is why Jack bought the pistol.

I will cut one shell open to answer another question I often get about shotshells in general.

The question is: Will shooting shotshells in a rifled barrel cause lead build-up on the rifling?

As you can see, the shot are enclosed in a shot-cup, made of plastic.

It prevents the pellets from contacting the rifling at all.

That is why it will not harm a rifled barrel to shoot shotshells in it.

Let's see how it will do against a snake.

The pistol is in full recoil.

I was surprised at how much recoil there was.

Here's the results.

Looks like it would ruin a snake's day just fine.

Let's look at penetration.

We will shoot it into a liter bottle of water.