This is a discussion on Carry Revolver within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; The questionable things I've heard on Taurus were all semi's, not a revolver. I have a 605 and a 617, no problems, love shooting both ...
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The questionable things I've heard on Taurus were all semi's, not a revolver. I have a 605 and a 617, no problems, love shooting both and very accurate. I also have some Smiths, but it's the Taurus 617 that I carry. The other carry is a Beretta PX4-SC. I've never had nor heard of a problem yet with either a 605 or a 617 Taurus revolver, nor the 618 (8 shot).
IF someone has direct knowledge, I would like them to post the specifics... and I'll bet you wont' see a post.
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
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Go out and shoot it. I prefer wood grips to rubber because they are better for carry purposes and fit my hand perfectly.Originally Posted by bmcgilvray
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I've had a few Taurus revolvers and didn't see a thing wrong with the. Got a couple of Smith & Wesson's, and Colts, both.
Right now, I carry an old Charter Arms Undercover 38, but it's only a five shot, so I don't you'd be interested. It works, but I paid less for it than a Taurus even so I guess my life isn't worth too much.
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Did you ever feast your eyes on this .357 beauty?
Sorry no pics/i don't own one/drool
Great specs to match the beauty
7"long,2"barrel,21.4oz, DAO a + or - ? got to love those 8rds
My favorite look c S&W,msrp$1438
I'd settle for a 5rd model M&P360 a 14.7oz 357 @ 7.75long,msrp$980 w/ns
Enjoy the hunt and let us know what you get
Last edited by danlct; August 20th, 2010 at 03:40 PM. Reason: add cal.
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Save up and get a S&W 649. IMHO this is the finest pocket gun ever made. You still have the capability of single action, but with no snag of a DAO weapon. Mine rides in a Mika pocket holster and is always with me.
When Seconds Count, The Cops Are Just Minutes Away!!
Carry On!
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So far I have. I grew up with Smiths..That was my first Police Dept carry gun a 5" barrel Smith & Wesson .357 magnum(I wish i could remember the correct model but I cant it was older one though). I am currently looking for a revolver to replace that hole in my "collection" im considering the Ruger,S&W,Taurus,and Colt(but probably not colt due to wanting to keep it at $500 or less) im looking new or used..I feel good with ANY of those makes in a nice 5" barrel revolver..
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A Revolver (or any gun) does not have to be expensive to work :) just has to work :) . Some just dont have the fit and finish of others but mechanically work just as well 100%..sounds like you Charter Arms falls in the mechanically reliable but maybe less fit and finish category...as does ny Taurus CH85 :)
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About $500. My wifes Rossi 38 has done the job for her and it's performance has been flawless and it was cheap.
"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger" Mencius"
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"I'm goin out with big guns and sharp knives, revolvers cause automatics jam at the wrong time"
I am and always will be a revolver guy
Vermont does not issue Permit/Licenses to Carry a Concealed firearm. Vermont allows anyone
who can legally own a firearm to carry it concealed without a permit of any kind.
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First let me qualify what I am about to say.........I love revolvers and carry them at least 30% of the time. I do however also carry semi-auto's as well. I discharge my firearms regularly, and more than likely numerically 10+ times more that most that carry firearms for protection. I have had no more failures of any kind, with my semi-autos than I have with my revolvers.
It was stated in another post that the poster carries a "revolver because automatics jam at the wrong time".
Let me just make some simple numeric observations here.....if you frequent these gun forums enough and study the numbers of posts, especially the "What do you carry" posts you are going to se that semi-autos are carried 3-1 over revolvers. There are still a few law enforcement agencies that carry revolvers, but they are far and few between. This skews the 'failure reports" in favor of the revolver. If semi-autos are so undependable when the chips are down, then why does 98% of the worlds police forces and militaries use the semi-auto. Choosing a particular style of weapon, because you trust only that style, does not make everything else inferior. Have you personally experienced such "jams" you speak of???
I choose to carry a semi-auto more because it works the best for me. I shoot both revolvers and semi-autos, and though I carry them both, I am significantly more accurate with the semi-auto than my revolvers, and I am not a novice shooter. But if the government outlawed semi-auto style handguns I would have no problems carrying my revolvers....can you say the same if they outlawed revolvers???
Forgive my venting but I really hate it when people tell me they drive a Ford because General Motors & Chrysler products just stop running at the wrong times.
The only thing needed for evil to exist is for good men to stand by and do nothing!!!
I saw a NIB S&W model 60 for $706 and a used one stated at 97% for $660 on the same site * Though it's a 5 rounder and not what you're look'n 4, my point is the resale value for S&Ws sure are strong as others have mentioned here
Hi tex45acp;
No argument here (you may live too close by and be bigger than I am) but I'm one of those who used to occasionally carry 1911s until September of 1995 when we took the Texas concealed carry qualification course, in anticipation of the new concealed carry law which was taking effect the next January, and my old favorite 1911 dropped its hammer on a dud factory round during one of the "two-shots-in-three-seconds" stages of the qualification shoot. No big deal. Lost 5 points but the target wasn't charging me with an axe and I still ended up 245/250. Wasn't my perfectly dependable 1911's fault and likely would never occur during a emergency need to shoot, but I've found myself carrying automatics even less since the experience.
Everyone else may carry and shoot what they like and the 1911 is my very first choice for semi-auto carry. I am most cozy with the revolver for personal self defense.
“No possible rapidity of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.”
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter, 1893
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Question # 1: yes..... twice ... quickly used a back-up (revolver)
Question # 2 : NO ... there is no doubt my preference when it comes to reliability, it would be a revolver.
There are few things that can malfunction on a revolver, vs a semi-auto...... mags, extractors, FTF, etc. that you will never have with a revolver... so there is much more that CAN go wrong with a semi vs a revolver, and will.
Personally, my accuracy, etc. is much better wiht a revolver than with a semi.... so I'm the opposite of what you are.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --- Will Rogers ---
Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
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Yes that would be a good deal if you happen to get one of the working Taurus guns. However, if you don't you could easily end up like me. Right now it looks like I'm going to lose a couple hundred dollars on the Taurus I bought a few weeks ago, and then end up paying real money for a real gun. To me it would be better to shell out $725 now, then buy a Taurus that might well end up being a $400 paperweight and you end up having to go buy the Smith anyway. Cheap Taurus's like that don't really have a warranty at all. If it costs $50 to ship it to them and you have to do it multiple times to get the gun in working order, that's some pretty expensive work (which is why they do it I am sure, it makes it much cheaper to pay a gunsmith to try and fix it). Plus if you have to send your gun back to the manufacturer when it is brand new and never been shot, can you ever really trust it as a carry gun? I can't, I mean seriously lots of the guns Taurus sells are in terrible shape, they would have never made it through the assembly line at Ruger or Smith & Wesson.
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Jesus, where do you live.
You've been in two gunfights in which your pistol has jammed!?!? How many times have you had to shoot?
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