One is a Taurus .357 Magnum with seven-round cylinder, long-ish barrel (7 inches and change) and muzzle ports.
.357 is .357, right? The nervous part of me wonders whether the 7-shot cylinder has enough metal in it. I also don't know how unfounded my concerns are regarding clogging up of the recoil compensator with lead bullets. My intent is to reload spent .357 Magnum cases with .38 Special-level loads for practice, with occasional .357 factory ammo shoots to experience the gun's full potential.
A second is the Taurus Judge. The long, long, long cylinder it requires in order to chamber .410 shotshells fills me with hesitation regarding its suitability as a .45 Colt gun. The flipside of this is my ability to reload .410, and potentially to do so with solid slugs if I get into the casting game. How much work has been done on .410 solids fired from the Judge, or is this even advisable?
A third is a nice little cowboy-style single-action .22 LR gate-loader. As a fun gun, what could possibly go wrong?
My current plan is to buy the .357 and the .22, perhaps considering a .45 Colt revolver chambered specifically for that cartridge in the future.
.357 is .357, right? The nervous part of me wonders whether the 7-shot cylinder has enough metal in it. I also don't know how unfounded my concerns are regarding clogging up of the recoil compensator with lead bullets. My intent is to reload spent .357 Magnum cases with .38 Special-level loads for practice, with occasional .357 factory ammo shoots to experience the gun's full potential.
A second is the Taurus Judge. The long, long, long cylinder it requires in order to chamber .410 shotshells fills me with hesitation regarding its suitability as a .45 Colt gun. The flipside of this is my ability to reload .410, and potentially to do so with solid slugs if I get into the casting game. How much work has been done on .410 solids fired from the Judge, or is this even advisable?
A third is a nice little cowboy-style single-action .22 LR gate-loader. As a fun gun, what could possibly go wrong?
My current plan is to buy the .357 and the .22, perhaps considering a .45 Colt revolver chambered specifically for that cartridge in the future.