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This is the only gun that will fire the 410, 45 LC and 45 ACP. S&W has machined the back of the cylinder to accept moonclips in order to headspace and eject the 45 ACP. The trigger is not too bad, similar to the NG revolvers.
 
Thunder Five

The first of these has to be the old Thunder Five. Those would also chamber the 45-70. Not sure that that was originally the idea but you could do it. Would a 45-70 fit here?
 
I wouldn't worry to much about the trigger pull as I am sure Wolf with make spring kits for this model. I have lightened and smoothed out the trigger pull in "all" of my S&W's with Wolf Spring Kits with 100% reliability.

LittleAce
 
It looks like a lengthened N-frame, so I'd bet any K/L/N-frame spring kit would work for this one, too.

I personally think S&W should've put a full-underlug barrel on it, just to keep with tradition. Or maybe have a longer ejector rod and longer shroud.
 
Or maybe stomped it in the mud when it was in the design stage.

Just a thought.

GF
 
When I saw the title of this thread I thought what does "Governor" have to do with anything? Then I saw some posts and instantly went to the smith site ot see for myself. Wow... Thank you smith for not being able to come up with somthing original. First you follow Ruger into the plastic revolver market. Now you rip off Taurus. And wait for it... you don't even have enough sense to chamber it deep enough to take 3in. shells. Now it will be like every peice of crap taurus that came out a few years ago. You will make one that takes 3in. shells and nobody will want one of the older ones. They will take up space on gun dealers shevles and collect dust. If the thing even makes it that long. I will have to read crappy articles in gun magazines talking about how great this piece of crap is. How Smith is just on the edge of inovation by copying a design another company came out with four years ago. Hopfully the they have plans in the works to let the Performance Center get ahold of this fine piece cause I want mine with a port on the front and fiber optic sight.
Just seeing the promotion flyer made me sick. "159 years in the revolver business" they forgot to put "and we are reduced to waiting for other companies to come up with something so we can copy it and lean on our trademark name to sell this crap."
 
Give it a rest

Smith stopped being an industry leader so long ago I can not remember when I stopped expecting them to do anything original. So this isn't anything much different. True copying Taurus is a low point but Smith has been sinking for a long time now.
 
Should have called it the SMUDGE!

The objection to the gun is that they are presented as the ultimate SD gun for the untrained as you don't have to aim them and they are super stoppers. That's the Taurus story.

However, if it sells - that's the market - like those giant burgers in the fast food joints.
 
It WILL make money for S&W......and the selling point over the Taurus Judge is that it fires .45 ACP. Which isn't a huge selling point for me because I doubt it will shoot .45 ACP or LC with any degree of accuracy.

These .410 revolvers must shoot pistol ammo to stay legal, since back in the 30's there was a federal law banning shotguns with short barrels, which are now LE or military only or NFA guns. Sooooooo, if these "short revolving shotguns" fire .45 ACP and .45 LC, they are not truly shotguns, but revolvers capable of shooting .410. Like the Judge, I guarantee the Governor will have very light, shallow rifling in the bore to make it a ".45 revolver" and not a true shotgun.

I never bought a Judge because I vowed to avoid buying anything Taurus ever again, after buying 4 of their revolvers.......but I may take a look at this Governor, if for nothing else as some "artillery" to keep locked in my car when I drive through some unsavory areas.
 
Wow. You guys are rough! There is obviously a market for these guns as proved by Taurus. I can't blame S&W for jumping on the bandwagon.
Mark
 
The one ray of sunshine is that S&W finally did what the would not do before, offering a revolver that will shoot both 45's with out extra cylinders or other parts. Now if they would put that into a M22, M25, M26, NiteGuard, or Scandium variant with a 3, 4 or 5" barrel with no lock, they may have something to crow about. Let Taurus make 410 revolvers. Bob!
 
stan the man- the gun can chamber a shotgun shell without falling under nfa- if the bore is rifled- that is the key a smoothbore barrel is what makes it a shotgun- that is why the new 45acp liberator copy is rifled unlike the smoothbore originals
 
After looking at this "gun" on their website I am truly embarassed and dissapointed with S&W. I could of thought of several new innovative guns for them to unveil that may not be huge hits, but I am sure they would go over better than this gun will. First they make a goofy plastic revolver that just looks silly, and now they plagerize yet another gun design. People might say they are only following the money but I would think that the money would be more lucrative if they would unleash something that is not a copy of a second class gun company's product.
 
I have fired the new Governor, and I really like it. It fits the hand very well, has a smooth trigger pull, and is relatively light. It also holds six instead of five. Since the entire design of a Taurus revolver is a S&W copy, how is it that Smith is ripping off Taurus? Some folks won't buy a Taurus, and most of us prefer to buy American when we can. I like both, and already have a Judge or two, but will also buy the Governor, if the test gun shoots as well as did the one that I have briefly fired.
 
Goofy Plastic Revolver

RightWinger said:
After looking at this "gun" on their website I am truly embarassed and dissapointed with S&W. I could of thought of several new innovative guns for them to unveil that may not be huge hits, but I am sure they would go over better than this gun will. First they make a goofy plastic revolver that just looks silly, and now they plagerize yet another gun design. People might say they are only following the money but I would think that the money would be more lucrative if they would unleash something that is not a copy of a second class gun company's product.
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What's the model number?
 
Jeff Quinn said:
I have fired the new Governor, and I really like it. It fits the hand very well, has a smooth trigger pull, and is relatively light. It also holds six instead of five. Since the entire design of a Taurus revolver is a S&W copy, how is it that Smith is ripping off Taurus? Some folks won't buy a Taurus, and most of us prefer to buy American when we can. I like both, and already have a Judge or two, but will also buy the Governor, if the test gun shoots as well as did the one that I have briefly fired.
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I said to a friend today that i wouldn't buy a Taurus but now that Smith had this gun I would consider buying it. His response surprised me. He said that Taurus' quality was every bit as good as Smith's, probably better. I haven't seriously looked at a Taurus in years. Could this guy be right?
 
I own a judge. It's the only Taurus I own. I use it down at the ranch for a snake gun and nothing else. It does an excellent job. I will ditch the judge and buy a govenor when they come out.
 
A Liberator repro?:) Why?!?!

What does it have a service life of 5 rounds? It would only appeal to the ultimate WWII fanatic, and then, I still see no purpose:eek: It would cost $10 to make and probably sell for $600......
 
Really strange that the week, just in time for the Shot Show, S&W comes out with their version of the Judge, Taurus trumps them with the new 28 gauge.
Like Lee said, I will hold out for the 3.5" 10 gauge version.
In reality I was amazed at the array of Taurus Judge models at the Ogallala, NE Gun Show two last weekend. Guess I haven't kept up.
Really got a Razzing in Torrington, WY this past week for being a S&W fan when the news of The Governor went public. Just not my idea of a S&W.
Thom Braxton
SWCA #1474
 
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