My observation is that the Judge appeals to folks who have minimal experience with actual practical hand gun experience. It isnt built for anything at all other than the testosterone appeal. For CC there are minimally dozens of much better arms in the same or better cartridges, much more compact. Any of them can fire birdshot rounds for snakes. Take your pick of .45 caliber weapons that will be much more compact with the same # of rounds, and much lighter with a longer bbbl. taking the space of the outsized cylinder. It is totally inappropriate for hunting, and simply way too heavy for CCW. Sure, somone may for a day or two in the field, but once they pack a 4"or so bbl single action .357 or whatever, they would never go back If you have owned a S&W, Colt, Ruger, Beretta, etc. and then picked up a Taurus, you will quickly understand the diff. in quality.