Snowninja said:
Generally speaking I am not a gun snob and it appears you aren't either. As I said in an earlier post the older Taurus' I have had were fine. The newer ones not so much. Just my experience.
Dave
How many Taurus Revolvers do you own?
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Generally speaking I am not a gun snob and it appears you aren't either. As I said in an earlier post the older Taurus' I have had were fine. The newer ones not so much. Just my experience.
Dave
gunman42782
Hunter
zero, zip, nada.
zero
This subject matter reminds me of years ago when a S&W forum member asked if anyone had ever owned a Security Six. At that time there were similar comments regarding Rugers and their merits as compared to Smiths were discussed, very negatively I might add. At the time I thought the Smith owners were a bunch of gun snobs....... Well, looks like what goes around comes around.......
mohavesam
Hawkeye
IRL, I've had to send more Ruger products back for service due to manufacturing/operational failures than Taurus. To be fair, I own more Rugers than any other handgun, but there are causal factors involved...
I have a few Taurus guns and their revolvers have been just fine, but then I handle most every handgun before I pay for them, to the chagrin of interweb sellers. My latest is a Taurus 992, a 22/22WMRF convertible 6" DA/SA blued revolver. Heavy (and much more accurate) in this world of plastic firearms, but it will outlive me from real-life experience with it! Plus it has much better sights than the similar Ruger. Wait, oh yeah, Ruger doesn't make a similar handgun!
I own "several" brand T revolvers, to answer the OP.
I have a few Taurus guns and their revolvers have been just fine, but then I handle most every handgun before I pay for them, to the chagrin of interweb sellers. My latest is a Taurus 992, a 22/22WMRF convertible 6" DA/SA blued revolver. Heavy (and much more accurate) in this world of plastic firearms, but it will outlive me from real-life experience with it! Plus it has much better sights than the similar Ruger. Wait, oh yeah, Ruger doesn't make a similar handgun!
I own "several" brand T revolvers, to answer the OP.
RUFFBIRD
Blackhawk
I have one, a model 76 revolver!
It shoots a 32 S&W Long cartridge, with a 6" barrel & adjustable sights. It is slick as all getout with a nice blue job & is a fun revolver to shoot. I think I will have it for awhile yet.... 8)
It shoots a 32 S&W Long cartridge, with a 6" barrel & adjustable sights. It is slick as all getout with a nice blue job & is a fun revolver to shoot. I think I will have it for awhile yet.... 8)
RPM Enterprises
Buckeye
NONE: this is a Ruger forum.
:roll: :roll: :roll: So Rick, is that all you own is Rugers? If so you are missing out on lots of other great firearms...... Just sayin' :wink:. Take care.RPM Enterprises said:
Dave
mohavesam
Hawkeye
This thread has its good and bad, but not nasty... I wonder which brand provides more repair business to gunsmiths more (than another)? I'm betting on brand R. 
RPM Enterprises
Buckeye
Dave. I have several Colts. Several Pythons, a few diamond backs and couple cobras and a few 1911s. Also a few Smith and Wessons. A few model 29s and a model 59, 459. Also 2 amt 44 automags passadena models. High standard 44 mag crusader. I am sure a couple other non Rugers but yes the majority of my collection is Rugers about 800+ Ruger hand guns.
RPM Enterprises said:
Geez Rick, you ONLY have 800? I thought for sure it was over a 1000!
You do have a magnificent collection! :shock: Take care! Dave :wink:
RPM Enterprises
Buckeye
Dave that's just a close questiment. And close to 300 long guns, not just Ruger. Today I received 3 Mark IVs. The 4",6" and steel grip tactical. Back in August Winchester sent Peg and I a couple rifles. XPR? Mine is a 300 win mag I put a Nikon 4x16 bdc and Peg got a compact muddy girl camo in 6.5 Creedmore I put a 5x20 Nikon bdc on that. She wants to try that long distance shooting.
Today I have no Taurus.
In the past I've had a number of 38 Special snubs. Never had a problem with any of them. But, they all seem to have made good trade fodder or got sold to fund a Ruger.
I did have a snub nosed Taurus in 17 cal (HMR?) ..... total piece of junk in every way. Yeah, you could shoot 2 or 3 rounds through it before the cylinder would bind up but you played hell getting spent cases out of the cylinder. :evil:
In the past I've had a number of 38 Special snubs. Never had a problem with any of them. But, they all seem to have made good trade fodder or got sold to fund a Ruger.
I did have a snub nosed Taurus in 17 cal (HMR?) ..... total piece of junk in every way. Yeah, you could shoot 2 or 3 rounds through it before the cylinder would bind up but you played hell getting spent cases out of the cylinder. :evil:
Beauetienne
Single-Sixer
I have no reason to own a Taurus. Maybe if I had a reason to I would, but I don't.
Valmet
Single-Sixer
None for me and don't plan on acquiring any.
mohavesam
Hawkeye
Just bought a (1990s) nine-shot Taurus DA/SA revolver yesterday, a 4" revolver with fine-quality bluing, adjustable sights, and a smooth DA trigger, not to mention the SA pull is crisp and rivals any Ruger DA I own. It will fit my S&W 63 holsters perfectly. I look forward to it as a lower-risk trail 22.
Don't overlook great guns for real-world uses.
That said, I avoid anything Rossi due to experience, not hearsay.
Don't overlook great guns for real-world uses.
That said, I avoid anything Rossi due to experience, not hearsay.
RSIno1 said:
I bought a Ruger Vaquero in .45ACP and I can't get the .45 shells to insert into 3 of the chambers. The chambers are too small. If I do happen to get the shell in far enough to fire, they jam the cylinder after firing and I have a terrible beast of a time getting them out.
I suppose I should never ever buy another Ruger, because they are JUNK, huh?
I own 11 Taurus revolvers and I love them all. I must admit that I don't like the new .22 revolvers. Horrendous trigger pull. I no longer have any .22, but the revolvers, on the whole, are great guns. Every manufacturer has problems. It's unfair to badmouth a particular gun manufacture because you've heard from somebody that they suck--and even worse if you haven't had personal experience with them yourself. Guns and ammo choices are like a religion and you can't rely upon others for what's best for you.
(Not to be rude--just pointing out the fallacy in your argument against Tauruses.)
I've never had or even shot a Taurus. That will all change when I get home this Wednesday. I bought a Taurus Tracker 44. It is the 4" stainless model and is an NRA model. Was looking for an inexpensive lighter weight gun to shoot 44 special specs but out of 44 mag brass.
Hopefully it wont disappoint, and my 11 Ruger handguns will accept it into the family.
Hopefully it wont disappoint, and my 11 Ruger handguns will accept it into the family.
Picked up the Tracker 44 when I got home yesterday, and shot it today after I went hunting. It is an NRA edition, and pretty sure it was unfired. It shot very well. Double action is a little heavy but smooth, and single action is nice. The front sight has a red insert that looks like the old Millet front sight. It shows up very well. So far I really like it.
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