Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Governor at the range. My video of what ammo works best.

mystro-----I've got Federal's 000 buck in my Poly PD Judge. The Judge is my nite stand gun. My Poly PD Judge has a little wider "pattern" than your Governor----but I'm happy with it.

Some said smokeless powder was just a passing fad...

BTW, I'm on your side in this argument...

I got rid om my .410, Thunder 5 gun. It was just too clunky and heavy for any practical use, IMO.

DF

I'd be curious to know what kind of velocity those 000 Buckshot loads are getting from the revolvers. I can understand why folks are not putting their chronographs out in front of those loads though.

Very hard to chronograph but I did managed to get it done. Federal had 1200fps on the box two years ago and now has 850fps on the box. I knew they were not going 1200fps and chronoed them out of a Judge Public Defender that I owned at the time at 850-870fps. Not bad for 290grains of lead from a snub nose.

I'd bet 1200 is probably about right in a typical .410 shotgun.

My youngest boy bought a Governor, and only then priced factory ammo for it.

He didn't shoot it much.

The specific shotpistol ammo makes a big difference. I bought some typical #4 shot from SG a few years back and it spread way to fast. The Federal Personal Defense #4 holds tighter and is very effective on grouse and gray squirrels at 12-15 yards. In the end its still only a 410 and shot doesn't go very much further.

Thing's a [bleep]' gimmick. Marketing it toward the self defense crowd is nothing short of total bullschit and the marketing of it as a viable hunting arm is also bullschit.



Travis

Yea, we heard ya the first time. Your not pheelin the shotpistol concept. I didn't think you were gonna buy one, try one, or even experiment with one, so your vast experience with one and opinion is well noted.

I'm betting the Governor is a 1/4" revolver.

So a single 000 buckshot round has 12% less weight and 15% less velocity than a 90 grain .380ACP round, in a non-expanding projectile. Just for conversation.

I'm betting with 63516 post you have waayy too much time on your hands..

hmmmm is that kinda like the El Camino's I've seen that have more ground clearance, bigger payload area, etc. ?

But there is 4 of them at the same time. Germans officers didnt have any problem with a 380 FMJ.

I know there are four. But a death of a thousand cuts isn't as dramatic as a machete to your noggin.

I prefer my opinions to be very well noted.



Travis

Does that mean they'd be good for deer and coyotes?



Travis

True, but four 380fmj shooting you in a 2" area all at the same time is a gonna get the job done. It also takes that 2" area and concitrates the entire area into a mess.

Coyotes close distances, sure. Deer? Who would purposely hunt deer with a 410 out side of a extreme survival situation.????? That said, I would hunt deer with a 22lr if I had to and get the job done every time. Shot placement is what kills deer, not caliber.

So they work on coyotes at "close distance" but they are a poor choice for deer and a better choice for deer would be the 22LR but at the same time a .410 fired out of a Governor is a viable defense round?

Gotcha.



Travis