Taurus Judge

Taurus Judge: .45 Colt and .410 Bore,

    I think I first saw the Judge on YouTube, Hickok45, one of my favourite shooters, was playing around with one and I just thought that this revolver was the coolest. A revolver that can use a .45 Colt Cartridge, which is like a .45 ACP but with a longer casing, and a .410 Bore shotshell (proper name for the shell as opposed to 'gauge'), which comes in quite a few different loads such as buckshot, birdshot, slugs, and... other things that'll fit in the hull...

   In the US, there's a wee thing citizens can get called a carry license, Canadians can get one too only if they have a valid reason and there is no way they can have an officer protect them. Valid reasons may include a Ninja T-Rex with Predator's gear hunting you down, then and ONLY then could Canadians carry for self protection. Anyway, the reason why I brought up the whole carry thing is because of a small debate of whether or not the Judge would make a good carry gun.
    Because of the short barrel, the spread of birdshot and buckshot would be big, and loading slugs would essentially be the same as loading .45 Colt. So why wouldn't you just carry a semi-automatic that'll hold more rounds? Granted, the Judge has shallower rifling in the barrel that helps reduce the dispersion of the shot, but then that alters the performance of bullets or slugs, and Taurus does make the Judge with a 6 1/2" barrel. Most people carry pistols because they can't carry a rifle for self protection, so the premise of having a "shotgun" in their holster would lead some to believing in using that. Thankfully, various ammunition manufacturers have started making 'self-defence' loads in .410, for example; the Winchester PDx1 which holds a mix of buckshot and several 'disks'. The disks are most likely an attempt to simulate the expansion of a hollowpoint bullet.
   Taurus then released the 'Public Defender' model which has a smaller frame. On the other end of the spectrum though, is the Taurus Raging Judge... Now that's a beauty... This Judge comes with a frame from a Raging Bull, meaning longer barrel, bigger grip, and a ported barrel.

   You may notice that there are two different coloured Judges up there. Yep, the ones on the right are the run-of-the-mill stainless revolver. But the ones on the left is the special edition "El Juez" version. This one comes with gold plated hammer, trigger, and cylinder release. Only 1000 were made, so needless to say... they're sold out... The reason why it's called "El Juez" meaning "The Judge" in Spanish, is because Taurus originally started in Brazil.

    Never modelled a revolver before, while wanting to keep the prop low-poly, I still had to have the important parts of the firearm look weird or cube-y... The cylinder took the longest time to figure out but after that everything fell together.