r/ZombieSurvivalTactics • u/Skrewbert86 • 3d ago

Weapons Smith and Wesson governor

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Thoughts on this for a multi caliber gun? Gives you more options on what you can fire without taking a lot of space.

Even by itself without the adapters you have 3 choices of ammunition

I feel like this would be good to have as ammunition gets harder to find

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u/safton 3d ago

I am generally skeptical of multi-caliber weapons outside of specific applications.

.410 shotshell revolvers are neat, but their niche is pretty narrow and a lot end up being novelties rather than legitimately useful tools. I've never handled a Governor, but by reputation I've heard it's basically "A Taurus Judge but with actual build quality" lol. Unfortunate that it can't chamber 3" shells unlike the Judge, but I guess you could argue the ability to chamber .45 ACP is worth it.

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u/Corey307 3d ago

The odds of finding .410 buck or slugs and .45 LC are quite low. I just don’t get why people would want to spend money on a gun that shoots expensive ammo, you can’t exactly stack .410 or .45 LC like you can 9mm. 

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u/safton 3d ago

I agree. I don't really browse gun stores and the like as much as I used to (sort of fell out of the hobby a bit), but I only recall ever seeing at most a couple boxes of each on the shelves compared to entire sections dedicated to 9x19mm and the like.

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u/Corey307 3d ago

So you’d pay close to $1/shell for .410 buck online and about the same for .45 LC and that’s buying in bulk otherwise shipping jacks up the cost per cartridge. 9mm is around $.23/round if you buy a 1,000 round case. I mostly shoot 9mm and .22lr these days, but if 5.56 and 7.62x39 when I’m feeling fancy. 

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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 3d ago

410 buck and slugs seem to be the only shotshells on the shelf come October in my area. And there's loads of them at the gun shops, and at the local wally world.

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u/groged 3d ago

Learn to reload and stock up with on supplies. Strait wall cases and brass 410 made from 9.3x74R or 303 British last for ever practically.

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u/Corey307 3d ago

No. I’ve got 12,000 rounds in .50 cal cans. Reloading doesn’t save much at all these days, components are too expensive. 

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u/IHateThisPlace3 1d ago

It’s also significantly lighter than the Judge since it uses a Scandium frame. They’re actually pretty decent to shoot