I own a Taurus. Please forgive me.

Zee

But, at least I didn’t BUY it!
Met up with my Mentor this morning to give him some ammo I had for him. He points at a box in the back of his vehicle and says, “You want that?”
I look and it’s a Taurus box. 

”We’re the hell did you get that?!!”
”Doing things for people.  I don’t want it. You want it?”
I almost said no but, free99……..why not?
So, I have a .38 Spl Taurus revolver now.   No clue what I’m going to do with it. 

Shoot it?
Keep it?
Use it for trade fodder?  Hey, $20 is $20!

I don’t know. 

Freezer

You are weak and have gone to the dark side!

Lonewolf-Peru

...should we start calling you "Darth Taurus", instead of Zee?

sakodude

Shoot it and see, can't be any worse that the CA's

JKP

Hard to admit it, but I also have a Taurus revolver.

Elk creek

Don’t worry I own a Taurus too. When my wife an I were dating I bought her a Taurus 62 to shoot when we went to the range…. She still loves it. 

Zee

Well, it has two strikes. 

1. It’s a Taurus. 

2. Not a .38 Spl fan. 

I’ll swing by the LGS tomorrow and see if there is anything worth trading for. I have a couple guns I don’t really need I could add to the pile. 

MileHighShooter

Anything they've made the last 5 years,  give or take 2 years,  are actually quite reliable now.  They've finished near glock in some torture tests.  And frankly,  I haven't seen a Taurus come across my desk for warranty work in 4 years.  Now what HAS been a frequent offender? S&W and Kimber.  For the right price,  I'd have no issues with a Taurus anymore

NN

Sometimes a Taurus shoots fine

rberglof

Bought a Taurus Model 441 in 44Spl (4 inch) in 1995 and have not had any problems with it.
Haven't loaded for it in some time now so don't remember the load other then it was with a 250 gr swc at 1050 fps. 

Freezer

Blasphemy I tell you, Lies.... Blasphemy!

Japhy

Elk creek said:

Don’t worry I own a Taurus too. When my wife an I were dating I bought her a Taurus 62 to shoot when we went to the range…. She still loves it. 

Absolute Blasphemy!
Taurus has hijacked The Winchester 62 even down to the model number!
The first gun I fired then inherited than gave to a favorite nephew to do my small part to maintain the heritage of that piece

JKP

While it's in your possession I'd recommend not letting it get too close to other more deserving guns. 

sakodude

I have a Taurus model C45 pump action in 45 Colt. So far it's running flawlessly. 

sakodude

Speaking of Taurus revolvers, anyone need grips?

C-I-L BLK on left TR/GP on right. Free for the cost of shipping.

Jay

I’m pretty sure I remember cheap, POS guns you actually spent money on that had to be sent back for crooked barrels… 🤔 Wanna act like you’re above Taurus now?… 🤪

Jay

But, I do agree on 38 spcl. I do not and will not own a revolver chambered for that cartridge.. unless it’s free…

Zee

Jay said:

I’m pretty sure I remember cheap, POS guns you actually spent money on that had to be sent back for crooked barrels… 🤔 Wanna act like you’re above Taurus now?… 🤪

Hey, I got some cheap guns. No question. But not skank. 😁

All joking aside. It’s unfired in the box. If the LGS will give me anything worthwhile in trade value, we will see. If not…….meh, a free gun. I’ll find a place for it. 

zorba

Big Chief is gonna haunt you! Send it to me - my wife would love it! I'm at least 50% serious, I'm in need of a gun like this.

Gene L

From what I hear, Taurus quality has gotten a lot better while S&W has gone downhill.  A free .38 Special is better, IMO, than a cheap .38 special Charter Arms you had to spend money and time on.  Hardly anyone else is making revolvers of any quality.  

Jay

Good trading material, no doubt. 👍 Just hackin on ya… 🤪

I own a Taurus anyway… Raging Bull, 454 Casull that was my dads. It’s actually a really nice shooting gun.

bullsi1911

Eh. Trade it.  

Bigslug

No attachments. No commitment.  New in the box.  Yeah, you might do well to turn it into something you want - even if it's just cash for half a tank of gas.

Dunno. . .they're probably making exactly the same gun with a longer chamber in .357, so you could conceivably run +P level stuff in it all day long.  If it's properly assembled and shoots to the sights, it's a free stainless beater.  Montana Bullet Works has gas-checked LFN/WFN's in 150, 160, and 180 grain.  The 160 has the biggest meplat - load it for speed, you could do a lot worse.  Penetration will not be a problem.

Of course, if you have an existing stash of .357's and .357 brass, this is just a logistical PITA.

Wambli Ska

From what I've seen in new guns in the last few years?  You could have done worse...  

Good trade fodder 

Diver43

A major problem with new Taurus guns, is that you need to shoot it to know if it's one of the good ones. Then it isn't new anymore if you decide to dump it.  I want to try their 605 in  357 but haven't gotten over past experience, and BigChief's memory would never forgive me.  He would rather see his sister........

Zee

Looks like it’s mine. 

LGS isn’t taking trades currently. 

I’ll leave it in the box and throw it in the cave. Save it for a rainy day. 

Jay

How long did it take for them to stop laughing before they told you to get that thing out of their store?... 

Just playing.  Sounds like a good plan.  It ain't gonna hurt anything to stash it aside.  I'm sure it'll be useful for something down the road.

JKP

Zee said:

Looks like it’s mine. 

LGS isn’t taking trades currently. 

I’ll leave it in the box and throw it in the cave. Save it for a rainy day. 

See post #13. 

Zee

JKP said:

Zee said:

Looks like it’s mine. 

LGS isn’t taking trades currently. 

I’ll leave it in the box and throw it in the cave. Save it for a rainy day. 

See post #13. 

CHIRO1989

I have one, wife carries it, get off me gun for her, no problems with it, try some bird shot out of it

Bigslug

Zee said:

JKP said:

Zee said:

Looks like it’s mine. 

LGS isn’t taking trades currently. 

I’ll leave it in the box and throw it in the cave. Save it for a rainy day. 

See post #13. 

Coffee spit! 

Zee, if you hear what sounds like someone softly singing Eric Carmen's All By Myself, don't be overly concerned.  It's just your Taurus revolver sitting unshot. . .in its box. . .in the dark. . .alone.

So very alone. 

You should buy a .270 just so it can have some company.