Ok, I'll bite, I like it!!! I want it, it'll go with my other freak... SW500.. I'm from Mass, can't have the judge anyways, in a year maybe Smith will get it legal to sell in Mass... the Governor... should have called it Da Govenater.... 
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Saw the Governor. No thanks. A couple 1911's with some bells and whistles.
I think the best thing I saw was a display of some of the guns used in movies. Dirty Harry's .44 and the 627 UDR blood work gun. Definetly like the fluted cylinder better. Pics to follow.
Oh, and Colt brought back the Mustang.
627 Blood Work display:
I think the best thing I saw was a display of some of the guns used in movies. Dirty Harry's .44 and the 627 UDR blood work gun. Definetly like the fluted cylinder better. Pics to follow.
Oh, and Colt brought back the Mustang.
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AveragEd
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I just received this information this morning from GunsAmerica.com.
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New from Smith & Wesson Custom Shop
The Smith & Wesson Custom Shop announced three new products for SHOT specifically for the handgun hunting market. If you are not familiar with the Custom Shop, these are not special order guns. Smith & Wesson maintains the Custom Shop to provide consumers with handguns that are a notch above, and have features and usability that would otherwise be done in an aftermarket setting by a gunsmith. By offering these guns as standard catalog items, S&W can provide its customers with a custom grade action job, a 10 pound recoil spring, integral accessory rails, fluted barrels, compensators and custom finishes, none of which are stock on an out of the box Smith & Wesson.
The first gun is the Model 629 in all stainless with a vapor deposition process coating. It comes with a Leapers red and green dot sight, a compensator and trigger block. The Model 629 is of course a .44 Magnum and capable of taking most North American game. The MSRP is $1,329.
The new Custom Shop Model 67 is a .17HMR masterpiece with a 12" fluted barrel, custom wood grip, and includes both a bi-pod and the same red dot, green dot scope. MSRP is $1,299.
And the big boy in our line up is the 460, one of Smith & Wesson's super revolvers that has come to us only within the last few years. This new model is a custom package that includes an un-fluted cylinder (which is stronger and can withstand more pressure from hot loads), a 14" fluted barrel, a custom muzzle break made specifically for this .460 caliber pistol, and it ships with the bi-pod. MSRP is $1,419.
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New from Smith & Wesson Custom Shop
The Smith & Wesson Custom Shop announced three new products for SHOT specifically for the handgun hunting market. If you are not familiar with the Custom Shop, these are not special order guns. Smith & Wesson maintains the Custom Shop to provide consumers with handguns that are a notch above, and have features and usability that would otherwise be done in an aftermarket setting by a gunsmith. By offering these guns as standard catalog items, S&W can provide its customers with a custom grade action job, a 10 pound recoil spring, integral accessory rails, fluted barrels, compensators and custom finishes, none of which are stock on an out of the box Smith & Wesson.
The first gun is the Model 629 in all stainless with a vapor deposition process coating. It comes with a Leapers red and green dot sight, a compensator and trigger block. The Model 629 is of course a .44 Magnum and capable of taking most North American game. The MSRP is $1,329.
The new Custom Shop Model 67 is a .17HMR masterpiece with a 12" fluted barrel, custom wood grip, and includes both a bi-pod and the same red dot, green dot scope. MSRP is $1,299.
And the big boy in our line up is the 460, one of Smith & Wesson's super revolvers that has come to us only within the last few years. This new model is a custom package that includes an un-fluted cylinder (which is stronger and can withstand more pressure from hot loads), a 14" fluted barrel, a custom muzzle break made specifically for this .460 caliber pistol, and it ships with the bi-pod. MSRP is $1,419.
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qballwill
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just looked at the 629 and 647 performance center on S&Ws website.....
SWEEEET!!!! Especially the 647. Governor will sell, but it sure doesnt do anything for me.
SWEEEET!!!! Especially the 647. Governor will sell, but it sure doesnt do anything for me.
Great, a Judge with a lockhole over the thumbpiece. Who says they don't make the "perfect" gun. Joe
Sad but true
The "Governor" is as bad in person as it shows in the pictures. In addition, when asked about the .327 in a K-Frame, the response was, "Well, we made it in a J-Frame and that's not selling well, so I wouldn't think we would". Even spoke with Jimmy Rae from the custom shop - he said never say never, but don't hold your breath.
The movie/TV gun display was small, but nice - a Bloodwork, Clint's 29, a 5906 used by some chick (sorry,not a movie goer), a 645 from Miami Vice, and a Model 10 from Shutter Island, I think. Maybe 1 or 2 others.
The "Governor" is as bad in person as it shows in the pictures. In addition, when asked about the .327 in a K-Frame, the response was, "Well, we made it in a J-Frame and that's not selling well, so I wouldn't think we would". Even spoke with Jimmy Rae from the custom shop - he said never say never, but don't hold your breath.
The movie/TV gun display was small, but nice - a Bloodwork, Clint's 29, a 5906 used by some chick (sorry,not a movie goer), a 645 from Miami Vice, and a Model 10 from Shutter Island, I think. Maybe 1 or 2 others.
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RWJ, thanks for bringing up that a K frame .327 is needed. Go back there tommorow and kick the guy in the shin and yell "The .327 in a K Frame is EXACTLY what is NEEDED"!!!
tipoc
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I heard that Governer was coming but I did not believe it. t is a shameless rip off though. But the Judge has been selling and has shown up in half a dozen movies recently, so...
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seattleM29
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They did show it and a Mare's Laig-they call it the Trail Judge(cut down Winchester '92 copy) both in 28 gauge--BUT BATF has put the brakes on both of them for the moment. My best guess on the revolver is because it only fires 28 gauge and no metallic cartrige--plus I do not know if it even has a rifled barrel as the Taurus website doesn't say--making it a NFA item and not even legal in every state. The Trail Judge(the '92 copy) again is a cut down shotgun and not legal in every state. Plus there's the paperwork needed to filled to be required to own them--dunno that they would have enough people wanting to do that to justify making them. There are some videos from SHOT from gunblast.com that stated BATF has them held up for now. Think someone at Taurus wasn't thinking.
LittleAce
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The Trail Judge would not be considered a cut down shotgun because from what I understand (and I could be wrong), it has a rifled barrel and is made from a virgin receiver that was never built into a rifle. That makes it a "pistol" just like the Rossi/Chiappa Mares Leg (chambered in .357 and 45LC) that has been on the US market for a number of years now. That is how Rossi/Chiappa got around their Mares Leg not being classified as an SBR.
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Combat_Diver
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If the Mares Leg was only in .410 and not rifled for a .45 Colt then it would be a AOW classification. Seems ATF has pulled the 28ga pistol and the .410 Mares Leg.
CD
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Hmmm, good thinking, wouldn't be surprised if that was part of a long time plan. First take on Taurus, maybe take that nitch Judge market, then come out with a rifled version like the Taurus short rifle, is it the Circuit Judge..? So we maybe hurt Taurus and take on Rossi... ya , thats it...
All the while making Smith bigger and more commanding in the market.. kinda like taking out the competition. I'm sure there are benefits to buying out Thompson Center besides the muzzle loaders.. 
