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I bought a Taurus. Case closed, right? OK, we have that joke out of the way.
The first hints as to what ails my revolver were two split cases. I bought 100 rounds of Federal American Eagle. It was brand new factory ammo, and we only fired 74 rounds of it. 2.7% of rounds should not be failing in that manner. The other fire-formed cases looked unusually bulged about 1/8" up from the cartridge rim. Some of those casings would not even fit completely into the factory plastic tray.
I took everything home and broke out the calipers. Refer to the attached photos. The loaded rounds appeared to be within SAAMI-spec. The necks of the fired brass measured around 0.469". What information I was able to find on revolver cylinders states .44 Magnum chamber throats should measure around 0.432". My chamber throats were mic'ing between 0.4455" and 0.45".
Are any of these measurements close to revolvers owned by readers here? Please sound off on what you know and/or the measurements from your firearms.
I have plans to contact Taurus for their opinion and will update what comes of that conversation. Folks say Taurus customer service does right by their customers so that is a small comfort.
I took my new Raging Bull Model 444 (.44 Magnum) to the range, after the eclipse, to put it through its paces. I had high hopes due to the caliber's reputation for being an accurate crowd-pleaser. The attractive aspects of the revolver were the mitigated recoil and smooth trigger.
The negative experiences, however, outshone the positive features. The accuracy of the gun, which was touted on several Internet reviews, was conspicuously inconsistent. My father and I tried to score hits on a 24" gong at 200 yards. We are both good shots with a pistol, were aided by a rest, and were not able to discern any pattern of grouping from the gun. Some rounds went wide by approximately 20 feet. The first hints as to what ails my revolver were two split cases. I bought 100 rounds of Federal American Eagle. It was brand new factory ammo, and we only fired 74 rounds of it. 2.7% of rounds should not be failing in that manner. The other fire-formed cases looked unusually bulged about 1/8" up from the cartridge rim. Some of those casings would not even fit completely into the factory plastic tray.
I took everything home and broke out the calipers. Refer to the attached photos. The loaded rounds appeared to be within SAAMI-spec. The necks of the fired brass measured around 0.469". What information I was able to find on revolver cylinders states .44 Magnum chamber throats should measure around 0.432". My chamber throats were mic'ing between 0.4455" and 0.45".
Are any of these measurements close to revolvers owned by readers here? Please sound off on what you know and/or the measurements from your firearms.
I have plans to contact Taurus for their opinion and will update what comes of that conversation. Folks say Taurus customer service does right by their customers so that is a small comfort.