INTERESTING NEW REVOLVER

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

MY G3c has been flawless.

In the past, Taurus is a brand I avoided like the plague, but read of their increased quality control and...it has.

 

[BiggyCat]

Hmmmm. A step in the right direction but I still despise that cheap satin finish. I have a Raging Bull with a marvelous deep royal blue finish. Don't know why they stopped, it's so pretty. ‍

 

[Txhighlander]

I looked at one of these yesterday. I will say very nice. It is a true DAO , no cocking notch. Trigger felt good and fit and finish was good. A step up if it shoots well.

 

[RoundRockRed]

I am not familiar with this executive version, but my Taurus model 85 is the only revolver that has ever failed on me (locked up cylinder).
That being said, their warranty work was fine and a quick turn around. I am not sure I will ever fully trust it again, so it's just a back up now.

 

[Tnhawk]

I prefer my 15 oz S&W 442.

 

[paknheat]

However...none of your rugers would protect you from...the prophecy!

Yes sir, gotta have a lever gun to kill that big sumbitch.


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[leVieux]

I prefer my 15 oz S&W 442.

Been carrying the Scandium J-frame and have an Airweight, too. i haven't seen the Taurus yet, but it has 6 rounds. I didn't know it was DAO until someone here on TGT told me. I was just looking, it looked interesting.

 

[Annihilator]

I just picked up the Taurus Raging Hunter in .44 to replace my S&W 610 for the Ohio deer gun season this year, first Taurus revolver, and first Taurus gun….

 

[Alpha.Geek]

I just picked up the Taurus Raging Hunter in .44 to replace my S&W 610 for the Ohio deer gun season this year, first Taurus revolver, and first Taurus gun….
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DAMN, SHE IS PURDY, but not as purdy as stainless...

I actually got my GP-100, USED, at a pawn shop, and she is still my most accurate handgun,
if I hadn't had too much coffee that morning.

 

[GasGuzzler]

.38 Special for that price made by them? Out.

Make it a .357 and knock $150 off and it's still a no but much easier to imagine.

 

[leVieux]

I just picked up the Taurus Raging Hunter in .44 to replace my S&W 610 for the Ohio deer gun season this year, first Taurus revolver, and first Taurus gun….
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I've had several "Tauri", and never any problem; NONE !

 

[Hoji]

I have a scandium smith .357.
Joy to carry, extremely painful to shoot.

Skip anything with the bull logo on it.

 

[hornetguy]

I have several taurus handguns, and have had very good results with them.

Who buys guns at MSRP, anyway? I looked at a local online dealer, and since you guys want to compare the Taurus MSRP with the Smith 686, the Smith is $200 more than the Taurus. So, there's that.

If the steep Smith price tag was more than I could manage, it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to go with Taurus.

I have found that most people that love to bash Taurus have never owned one, or two, and are simply going with what the internet commandos are saying....

 

[zackmars]

I have several taurus handguns, and have had very good results with them.

Who buys guns at MSRP, anyway? I looked at a local online dealer, and since you guys want to compare the Taurus MSRP with the Smith 686, the Smith is $200 more than the Taurus. So, there's that.

If the steep Smith price tag was more than I could manage, it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to go with Taurus.

I have found that most people that love to bash Taurus have never owned one, or two, and are simply going with what the internet commandos are saying....

I have owned a Taurus. It went full auto and Taurus blamed me.

I would not buy a new smith either.


I would scour every pawn shop i could for a nice older example

 

[Hoji]

I have several taurus handguns, and have had very good results with them.

Who buys guns at MSRP, anyway? I looked at a local online dealer, and since you guys want to compare the Taurus MSRP with the Smith 686, the Smith is $200 more than the Taurus. So, there's that.

If the steep Smith price tag was more than I could manage, it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to go with Taurus.

I have found that most people that love to bash Taurus have never owned one, or two, and are simply going with what the internet commandos are saying....

I too have had several. All but 2 (an older model 66 and an older 608 ) were dogshit.

A .22 revolver had a catastrophic failure after about 500 rounds of minimag.

Couple of other revolvers had cylinder timing issues after less than 200 rounds.

A PT22 that would not function with over a dozen brands of ammo tested. Never did find a brand that would feed more than 2 rounds before jamming.

A 24/7 in .40 that would not reliably feed anything( got it in a trade) spent more on replacing the magazines than I did on the gun, lol.

The hate is real, and entirely justified.

 

[hornetguy]

And there is a counterpart for nearly every horror story.... I know that Taurus has had quality issues (bad) in the past.... my experience shows that they have improved greatly over the past several years.
I have a 24/7 in .45, and one in 9mm. The 45 has been flawless through more than 1000 rounds. The 9mm has had a few occasional feed issues.
I used to have a 4" 66 in 357 mag that was flawless. I have a PT111 G2 that has been flawless through 1500 or so rounds. No hangups, ever. I have a TX 22 that has been flawless through at least 500-600.... I haven't had it but about a year. It shoots standard vel through mini-mags... even cycles sub-sonic about 90%.
I have a stainless 856 that I've put maybe 300 through so far, no problems at all.

I used to have an 85 that was flawless until someone else's reload caused it to blow apart. I'm pretty sure it was a double charge of a fast powder. Not unexpected.... a friend did exactly the same thing with his Ruger SP101... he said he forgot he had switched powders, and it was obviously the wrong charge... but it scattered that Ruger the same way the Taurus did.

I'm not saying Taurus is the same quality as a Smith or Ruger, but they ain't garbage, either.... in my experience.

 

[Jack W]

I just got one in for a customer with arthritis. I've checked it out and found it's a very nice little revolver for the price. Some 158gr JHP Norma's and it should do the trick. I have also sold several S&W M&P Shield EZ models for the same reason. No complaints from anyone. Hope you enjoy your purchase.

 

[zackmars]

I'll give Taurus credit, it only took the gun 3 tries to set this puppy off

856 defender. In DA, the hand would over rotate the cylinder, and the bolt (not sure what Taurus calls it) wouldn't lock the cylinder for a couple of pulls.

The pistol also wasn't marked for caliber.