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GunnerK19
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New to me snub!
GunnerK19
Posts: 1,094 Senior Member
I know that most of you guys here are devout Anti Taurus guys, but I must interject my own thoughts...
Just earlier today, I went to my LGS and traded my 10 year old Ruger P95 (plus an old holster and 31 rounds of 9mm JHP's) and a kit .50 BP rifle.
Got $200 towards a $309 Taurus, and from what I have read over the past several weeks or so, a Taurus 605 is pretty much the only "Diamond" in the entire Taurus line...
Y'all go on and hate on me, but every single review (well over 100) I have read on the 2" stainless M605 over the past week has been nothing less than positive....
I know for damn sure I'm losing the boot grips in exchange for the longer Combat Grips...
It's on layaway for the next few weeks, so I refute the pic fine until it is physically in my possession. However, this is what it looks like (stock photo).
EDIT. trying to find 2 opposite side pics of the same item the same size is nigh impossible. But, this is the gun I'm getting...
Overall, I'm much happier with the smaller size for CCW than my full size P95, and it it about 5 oz. lighter fully loaded...
Wilkommen der angst und hass... or something like that...
Just earlier today, I went to my LGS and traded my 10 year old Ruger P95 (plus an old holster and 31 rounds of 9mm JHP's) and a kit .50 BP rifle.
Got $200 towards a $309 Taurus, and from what I have read over the past several weeks or so, a Taurus 605 is pretty much the only "Diamond" in the entire Taurus line...
Y'all go on and hate on me, but every single review (well over 100) I have read on the 2" stainless M605 over the past week has been nothing less than positive....
I know for damn sure I'm losing the boot grips in exchange for the longer Combat Grips...
It's on layaway for the next few weeks, so I refute the pic fine until it is physically in my possession. However, this is what it looks like (stock photo).
EDIT. trying to find 2 opposite side pics of the same item the same size is nigh impossible. But, this is the gun I'm getting...
Overall, I'm much happier with the smaller size for CCW than my full size P95, and it it about 5 oz. lighter fully loaded...
Wilkommen der angst und hass... or something like that...
I'm a Conservative. How conservative? Only Alex P. Keaton has me beat.
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
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Why would anyone hate you?
No offence forum brother, but you was robbed..... Big time..... the Ruger P95 is a better gun, you traded down, not up.... :yikes:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=645485
By the time I completed my 1st post, I already had 3 replies...
But yeah, I understand this forum as a whole has a certain amount of hate and hostility towards all things Taurus...
Taking that into acount, I'm still quite happy with my purchase and the reviews leading up to such...
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
If it's 90 degrees out and I'm wearing a T and shorts, concealing a Ruger P95 is like hiding a Cadilllac under a couch cover...
I understand what you are saying, but I prefer small size and concealability over anything else right now, particularly if my revolver is stoked with full load .357 JHP's. Although I don't plan on loading anything other than Speer 135 gr. GDHP's for defense...
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
I really love Rugers, almost every gun I own is one; However, for a small powerful CCW pistol, I've got to go with the Taurus 605....
Apparently it is the newer model since the cylinder latch is slant cut and not like a S&W; it wears a smaller "boot" grip, which sucks with big mitts like me (I'm switching to a combat grip), and the 605 is he only Taurus that I have read about that has ANY positive reviews..
Oh, and I am doing the layaway thing; my trades totaled $200, so I only owe $115 on the Taurus...
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
You are wrong, I do not hate "All things Taurus", I had bad experiences with their revolvers, and I gave them a fair trial run for many years, however, their auto loaders seemed to work very well in the past, their revolvers seemed to be made of butter soft steel wearing out very quickly........
A well used S&W revolver will last longer than a Taurus, and why would one buy a Taurus revolver when equivalent NIB S&W revolvers sell at the same prices ?????
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
Dude, go to the hospital quick! You've been raped by a railroad train!!!
Well, if your happy, I hope it is a shooter:up:, I would not have traded off a known commodity like the Ruger for an unknown
Simple enough, pull trigger, gun goes bang...
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
He towed it to the gun shop with a piece of rope tied to his bumper...
Exactly. Not entirely sure medicade would cover the cost of that hernia inducing weapon. The Taurus 605 by all accounts seems reliable and light enough I don't need a triple bound support rig...
Brand new P95's with rails are $319 new at my LGS; I consider myself lucky to get my 605SS2 for $309...
Taurus 605 .357, Ruger .45 Vaquero, Colt frontier commemorative .22 SA, Pietta 1860 .44 snubnose
When I decided to trade up to .357 mag I went with the SP 101 3'' and never looked back.
I hope you have as good of luck with yours as I did mine.
But I have to say I think I would have sold the Ruger via private sale and got enough to buy the Taurus outright not to mention the BP rifle I think together you could have got enough for a nib SP 101or at least a slightly used one.
Not bustin yer chops tho if your happy then thats all that counts.
-96 lbs
Just saying, but you need to go back to that LGS and ask him why he accepted $400 in stuff for a $200 trade credit.
Did the LGS guy give you a kiss first, at least:tooth:
Oh well, what's done is done and I sincerely hope it works out fer ya.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Yup. If you want back out of it what it's worth, then go sell it yourself. Gun shops aren't in the business of breaking even.....
Just shoot it enough to know it works and it will give you plenty of CCW service.
So he/we should take a royal screwing on a gun trade/deal? So then American Guns have fair prices beacuse they have overhead and so forth?
Fair profit, yes, rip-off nope.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
:spittingcoffee:
Stop using the wrong words. I don't HATE a stove because it burned my hand. I am wary of it, don't put my hand there again, and warn others not to touch. Same thing with Taurus... except I got burned FOUR times before I wised up.
Hope yours runs great.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
The only other experience I've had with Taurus was a .17 Mach2 revolver.
Bad. Just real bad.
I agree, all the Taurus copies of the Beretta that I have shot were very well made......
I'd hope so, buying the tooling and factory from Beretta and all...