New To Me - Taurus Model 94

mk70ss · March 18, 2021, 06:34 PM

Picked this up today. Won it on GB at a pretty reasonable price. Taurus Mosel 94 with box and all original papers. Looks like it sat in a safe it’s whole life.

tubeshooter · March 18, 2021, 09:10 PM

I am a fan of .22 revolvers. Congrats - nice looking gun!

Be sure to let us know how it shoots...

wild cat mccane · March 18, 2021, 10:11 PM

Nice. Looks great.

Bet with that Taurus grip and lack of under lug that is very old.

Nice.

Dan-O · March 18, 2021, 11:40 PM

Great way to give your trigger finger a workout.

V-fib · March 19, 2021, 12:48 AM

Beauty. I have the blued snub version. you can get hks speedloaders for it.

artoo · March 19, 2021, 10:17 AM

Very fine looking 94 you have there.

Using snap caps and dry firing that puppy several hundred times (not all at one sitting, lol) will smooth out and lighten the trigger pull a bit.

94s are great little revolvers.

PolarFBear · March 19, 2021, 10:38 AM

Have one just like it. Bought it used almost 20 years ago. FINE little 22. But you will wear a blister on your trigger finger if you do a lot of double action trigger pulling. On the down side, different late model Model 94, the trigger pull was really dreadful. Had a failure of the crane screw at the frame. Un-repairable. Been at Taurus TWO years awaiting replacement. When received it immediately goes up for sale. My old stainless 94 will stay until the "will is read".

Pahoo · March 19, 2021, 12:19 PM

mk70ss
I am reluctant to reply to your post but feel I need to mention some points to check. .....

I use to own this exact model and yes, it is an early issue as it has the wooden grips. Check the following points and if you are happy with it's performance that that is what counts.....

1) Check the "clocking" on the front sight.
2) Check the timing.
3) Check the trigger pull as they have a reputation for being heavy.

Be Safe !!!

lee n. field · March 20, 2021, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pahoo

mk70ss
I am reluctant to reply to your post but feel I need to mention some points to check. .....

I use to own this exact model and yes, it is an early issue as it has the wooden grips.

I've seen those grips going for a pretty penny on Ebay.

Quote:

Check the following points and if you are happy with it's performance that that is what counts.....

1) Check the "clocking" on the front sight.
2) Check the timing.

(Insert usual caveats about Taurus here.)

Quote:

3) Check the trigger pull as they have a reputation for being heavy.

That's something I hear very consistently about the Taurus .22 revolvers. I've seen speculation that the hammer is lighter than it should be, and a heavier spring was used to compensate. Still, though? These things have been made for decades.

**Aguila Blanca** · March 20, 2021, 02:18 PM

Mine was bought new about eight years ago. The grips are rubber, not wood. The trigger out of the box was atrocious.

Wolff makes a spring kit for the smaller Taurus revolvers. The listing on their web site doesn't include the Model 94 as one of the guns the kit fits, but the listing in my older Wolff printed catalog does, so I bought the kit and installed it. It replaces both the hammer spring and the trigger return spring. The kit made the trigger on the Taurus "tolerable." That said, the trigger after installing the spring kit was still worse than the trigger on a new Armscor M200 out of the box.

chris downs · March 20, 2021, 02:33 PM

My Taurus 94 early model (6 shot) is VERY picky about ammunition.

mk70ss · March 20, 2021, 06:27 PM

The trigger on this gun is a little heavier D/A than some of my S&W revolvers, but better shooting S/A than most of my S&W’s. Maybe I lucked out, but it not the nightmare trigger everyone talks about

artoo · March 21, 2021, 06:29 PM

My 94 a few years was an "understudy gun" for a few years. After dry firing with snap caps as posted earlier the Taurus 94 worked well. I have other Taurus center fire revolvers and the savings in ammo was immense.

I now use the Taurus 990 and 991 for the understudy and fun guns though I've been looking to take the 94 out for a spin.

xtriggerman · April 10, 2021, 01:18 AM

I used to sell those early 94's back in the 80-90's when I was a dealer. The early ones had a firing pin that would strike at 6: O clock and those had light hit problems on occassion. Taurus changed to a 12: Oclock FP position and that helped with the problem but they kept the trigger pull up in the 12 lb range so as not to get the fail to fire send backs. I found there is some wiggle room for lightening the DA pull but not much since most of the guns have just enough end shake in the cylinder so as to cushion the FP blow. If your particular revolver has like next to zero end shake, you can re spring the gun to maybe a 10 lb DA pull. Still a nice little gun, I still own one of the 12;Oclock guns.

March 18, 2021, 06:34 PM	#1
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,642	New To Me - Taurus Model 94 Picked this up today. Won it on GB at a pretty reasonable price. Taurus Mosel 94 with box and all original papers. Looks like it sat in a safe it’s whole life. __________________ Say when.....

March 18, 2021, 10:11 PM	#3
wild cat mccane Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 3,870	Nice. Looks great. Bet with that Taurus grip and lack of under lug that is very old. Nice. __________________ My wife is a pulmonologist (respiratory Dr) and epidemiologist. If you have any questions on COVID, please reach out to me in PM.

March 19, 2021, 12:48 AM	#5
V-fib Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 255	Beauty. I have the blued snub version. you can get hks speedloaders for it. __________________ Livin in the woods...feelin mighty good.

March 19, 2021, 10:17 AM	#6
artoo Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 2012 Posts: 155	Very fine looking 94 you have there. Using snap caps and dry firing that puppy several hundred times (not all at one sitting, lol) will smooth out and lighten the trigger pull a bit. 94s are great little revolvers. __________________ NRA Life Member

March 19, 2021, 12:19 PM	#8
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Wishing you "great" performance mk70ss I am reluctant to reply to your post but feel I need to mention some points to check. ..... I use to own this exact model and yes, it is an early issue as it has the wooden grips. Check the following points and if you are happy with it's performance that that is what counts..... 1) Check the "clocking" on the front sight. 2) Check the timing. 3) Check the trigger pull as they have a reputation for being heavy. Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

March 18, 2021, 09:10 PM	#2
tubeshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2000 Posts: 231	I am a fan of .22 revolvers. Congrats - nice looking gun! Be sure to let us know how it shoots...

March 18, 2021, 11:40 PM	#4
Dan-O Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2011 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 969	Great way to give your trigger finger a workout.

March 19, 2021, 10:38 AM	#7
PolarFBear Senior Member Join Date: April 22, 2015 Location: NE Tennessee, a "Free State" Posts: 487	Have one just like it. Bought it used almost 20 years ago. FINE little 22. But you will wear a blister on your trigger finger if you do a lot of double action trigger pulling. On the down side, different late model Model 94, the trigger pull was really dreadful. Had a failure of the crane screw at the frame. Un-repairable. Been at Taurus TWO years awaiting replacement. When received it immediately goes up for sale. My old stainless 94 will stay until the "will is read".

March 20, 2021, 02:18 PM	#10
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 19,051	Mine was bought new about eight years ago. The grips are rubber, not wood. The trigger out of the box was atrocious. Wolff makes a spring kit for the smaller Taurus revolvers. The listing on their web site doesn't include the Model 94 as one of the guns the kit fits, but the listing in my older Wolff printed catalog does, so I bought the kit and installed it. It replaces both the hammer spring and the trigger return spring. The kit made the trigger on the Taurus "tolerable." That said, the trigger after installing the spring kit was still worse than the trigger on a new Armscor M200 out of the box. __________________ NRA Life Member / Certified Instructor NRA Chief RSO / CMP RSO 1911 Certified Armorer Jeepaholic

March 20, 2021, 02:33 PM	#11
chris downs Member Join Date: January 6, 2005 Location: MO Posts: 91	My Taurus 94 early model (6 shot) is VERY picky about ammunition.

March 20, 2021, 06:27 PM	#12
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,642	The trigger on this gun is a little heavier D/A than some of my S&W revolvers, but better shooting S/A than most of my S&W’s. Maybe I lucked out, but it not the nightmare trigger everyone talks about __________________ Say when.....

March 21, 2021, 06:29 PM	#13
artoo Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 2012 Posts: 155	My 94 a few years was an "understudy gun" for a few years. After dry firing with snap caps as posted earlier the Taurus 94 worked well. I have other Taurus center fire revolvers and the savings in ammo was immense. I now use the Taurus 990 and 991 for the understudy and fun guns though I've been looking to take the 94 out for a spin. __________________ NRA Life Member

April 10, 2021, 01:18 AM	#14
xtriggerman Member Join Date: January 4, 2012 Posts: 44	I used to sell those early 94's back in the 80-90's when I was a dealer. The early ones had a firing pin that would strike at 6: O clock and those had light hit problems on occassion. Taurus changed to a 12: Oclock FP position and that helped with the problem but they kept the trigger pull up in the 12 lb range so as not to get the fail to fire send backs. I found there is some wiggle room for lightening the DA pull but not much since most of the guns have just enough end shake in the cylinder so as to cushion the FP blow. If your particular revolver has like next to zero end shake, you can re spring the gun to maybe a 10 lb DA pull. Still a nice little gun, I still own one of the 12;Oclock guns.

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