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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns => Handguns => Topic started by: Gary on March 24, 2013, 02:07:33 AM
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Hit the gun show in Crete today, and found a .22 revolver to adopt.
It is in both .22 and .22 Magnum. This is a Google image, but it is a better photo than I can do, so a file image is fine by me.
I will be looking for a bigger set of grips for my big paws.
Will also be looking for .22 Magnum ammo, I only have about 70 rounds.
The mag cylinder had not been on the gun before, and it was stiff, to the point of not working well. I greased everything good, and did a few rounds of of the cylinder without firing the gun, and now it works fine. Was not wore in yet, better than being wore out I guess.
I am not a big Taurus fan. This is my only Taurus gun. When I was a kid, a Taurus was about like a wooden nickel, not worth much. After they got a few million guns out their doors, over the years, the quality has improved a great deal. Todays Taurus is very closely tooled to look like Smith & Wesson guns. Wonder if some of the parts would even interchange.
This is not a high quality gun, but it it is no Junker either. Looks a little like a Colt Python, but the action does not feel like a Colt, far from it. In single action, with the hammer back, the trigger pull is not bad, but not polished either. In double action, it feels like pushing a Buick uphill with 4 flat tires.
The blue job is deep and handsome. Will be interesting to see how many years it stays that way.
This is my third revolver that I currently own, I also have a Ruger RedHawk .44 Magnum in a 2", and a Rossi .44 special in a 4". Both of those are stainless.
Thought about the Judge rifle in .22 & .22 mag, but found this, and this will do for my collection.
(http://www.downrange.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/cache/9166_NpAdvHover.jpg)
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My Father-In-Law bought one of those for his Christmas. I picked him up two boxes of 22 mag. ammo, one reg (Winchester IIRC) and one that was loaded with a Hornady V-Max.
When warmer weather arrives, I`m betting he will be down to my place to do some shooting and I look forward to trying this pistol out.
I have owned a Taurus before that was prety much as you described in terms of quality. 6" Titanium Tracker in .357 Magnum.