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PASS ON TAURUS! BUY USED SW OR RUGER. RUGER BUILT AS A TANK.
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If I could get one of their revolvers for a super cheap price I would.
In the mid to late 80's my friend bought a brand new Taurus 66 6" 357. I had a Smith 65 about the same time.Looking for a 3-4" .357 mag. Taurus fits my price range, but the fact that they are so much less than S&W and Ruger prices gives me some concern regarding quality.
Any experiences out there with Taurus revolvers?
Jerry
Yup, mid to late 80's was the golden era for Taurus revolvers. Still true copies of Smith's and as you mentioned, old manufacturing methods. Had several myself from that time frame, an 82, 85 and 66... I do regret selling off the 82 and 66, as you say they were smooth and had triggers that rivaled Smiths of the day... New ones, not so much...In the mid to late 80's my friend bought a brand new Taurus 66 6" 357. I had a Smith 65 about the same time.
Frank's Taurus was not the "cheap POS" that I'd been told to expect from Taurus. Beautiful finish and a trigger pull (both DA and SA) that was easily as good as my Smith. He still has the gun.
Remember, this was before new manufacturing methods driven by the need to make things cheap. The Taurus 8 shot 22 revolver that I got for my nephew 6-8 years ago is a decent enough gun, but the trigger pull and finish of the gun isn't as nice as Frank's old 66.
Real case in point. Today on local gun sale classifieds. Locally there's a nice looking used Taurus .38 SW clone for $275. I thought about it for a few minutes. Then thought, $275 for a 6-shot .38 Taurus revolver?! Heck for a few bucks more you're into used Walther/Glock/Sig/XD/SW semi-auto 9mm territory, with twice the capacity, starting around $300-325.
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And if I really wanted a used .38, there's a really beautiful used SW .38 model 67 stainless locally for $450. So for $175 more, which isn't a whole lot in the gun world, you upgrade to a actual SW which will appreciate in value faster than that Taurus and it's almost certainly better quality.
Unless you're just broke, that SW is almost certainly a far better gun and purchase for just a little bit more money.
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Then there must be ten other reasons I've never seen a Taurus PPC gun.. Had several myself from that time frame, an 82, 85 and 66... I do regret selling off the 82 and 66, as you say they were smooth and had triggers that rivaled Smiths of the day...
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Both of these have over 5000 rounds and still look new and ZERO malfunctions.
In the mid to late 80's my friend bought a brand new Taurus 66 6" 357. I had a Smith 65 about the same time.
Frank's Taurus was not the "cheap POS" that I'd been told to expect from Taurus. Beautiful finish and a trigger pull (both DA and SA) that was easily as good as my Smith. He still has the gun.
Remember, this was before new manufacturing methods driven by the need to make things cheap. The Taurus 8 shot 22 revolver that I got for my nephew 6-8 years ago is a decent enough gun, but the trigger pull and finish of the gun isn't as nice as Frank's old 66.
They have handgun specific 410 loads, I've tried them all and at 50ft using 3 buck shot load out of 5 shots there were 9 holes in the kill zone.
Using pdx1 at that distance the disc were all on paper the bbs were all over the paper.. You can always us 45lc for accurate shots.
It would appear, after all the blah blah blah, that if one is considering purchasing a Taurus revolver, that an older/used one is the ticket. But not too old.
IMO 50' is not the distance that the Judge was intended to be used. That's over 15yds. I own two Judge revolvers... the useful distance is, IMO, more like 3yds. And I have mine loaded with 3" PDX1.
It's a bedroom gun, or a snake gun if used with #5 shot. Trying to make it into a range gun is not gonna work out well. They do smash watermelons nicely at 15' though!!!