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i was wondering if any body new of a gun smith in central pa. i bought a judge 45/410 for rabbit hunting and it dont shot very good. i was hoping to get it choke tubed to help the pattern but dont know any gunsmiths that can do it. very disappointed in how it shoots right now.. any help would be great thanks and good luck with the hounds.

The only place I know of up that way is Grice's Gun Shop in Clearfield. I'm not sure they do gunsmithing, but I'm sure they could recommend someone who can.

get a TC contender for serious rabbit shooting. Single shot full choke tube, I have killed at 25-30 yards no problem.

I have been shooting a circuit judge all season and love the thing, no problem killing rabbits out to 40 yards. What choke tube do you have in the gun now?

After re-reading this I realised that you were talking the pistol not the shotgun like I have, sorry...

L.Waalkens

you might want to contact briley or one of the companies that install choke tubes in shotguns, they may be able to help you out. I had a barrel cut down and re threaded and it was not really that expensive. Finding a local guy to do it may be hard. I have excellent results with my encore pistol with choke tube. It really straightens the pattern out and produces good results out to twenty five yards. Good luck

You need to remember the the judge pistol is designed for self defence. It is not designed to shoot a pattern at 25 or 30 yards, but it is disigned to shoot a load of shot across a car, or through the pass window, or to the door way coming into your bedroom.Just my .2. Brock

I'm not sure where you could get it done but when you do that Judge is going to be awesome with a choke. I have a BFR revolver because the Judge wasn't choked and the BFR was but if the Judges came choked they would have won out. A double action revolver that light will be just what the doc ordered if you can get a reasonable pattern out of it.