 Taurus promotes the Judge as a self-defense tool against carjacking and for home protection.The Smith & Wesson Governor is 6-shot, snubnosed (2.75 inch barrel), double-action revolver built on the Z-frame (a stretched N-frame) and utilizes a K-frame grip with a lightweight scandium alloy or stainless steel frame.Introduced in 2011, and similar to the Taurus Judge, the Governor can also fire -inch .410 shotgun shells, .45 Colt, and .45 ACP (with the use of supplied moon clips due to the lack of a rim on the auto pistol cartridges).