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To clear up a couple of points brought up
- The S&W Governor is a 6-shot revolver, not a 5-shot. That puts it on par with all other .4x chambered revolvers that S&W sells.
- It weighs 29.6 oz unloaded (Scandium alloy frame). This is lighter than any other S&W revolver chambered in .45 or .44, and is almost identical in weight to the 329PD Alaskan Backpacker, a 6-shot .44 mag scandium alloy 2.5" 'normal' looking snubby that tips the scale at 29.7 oz.
- It has a 2.75" barrel, overall length of 8.5". This is less than 1" longer in total length than the 6-shot 629 with the 2.625" barrel at an overall length of 7.625" or the 329PD with the 2.5" barrel.
So even though it looks funny, it's not actually especially worse than any of the smaller .44mag snubbies from S&W and is several hundred dollars less than the two models I mentioned.
For someone who has decided that they'd like a light weight .44 or .45 caliber 6-shot revolver, the Governor doesn't seem to be a bad choice. I don't know how useful it is to be able to shoot a .410 shotshell out of a pistol but I'm willing to keep an open mind about it.
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