I looked one over pretty good a couple of weeks ago. It was the 3" blue 'Night Court' version. Nice & light for a big fiveshooter. Cylinder walls aren't very thick, but the notches of course fall between the chambers. Rifling is next to non-existent, but it definitely had some twist to it, albeit 'slow'. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Folks say they don't shoot half bad with .45 Colts, but then I wouldn't expect it to group like a 1950 Target, either. I like fixed sights and these are easy to see, if perhaps not as durable as a steel ramp.
Probably the only thing that would put me off these guns is the circulating admonition against using Ruger-level .45 Colt loads. If this is fertilizer, then somebody correct me.
Otherwise, that's where Taurus screwed the pooch with this design. I would buy a short, handy .45 revolver that could handle Ruger-level loads, along with 2 1/2" 410 shells, even if it wasn't a target-grade gun.
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