|
Forum Rules | Firearms Safety | Firearms Photos | Links | Library | Lost Password | Email Changes |
Register | FAQ | Calendar | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
March 30, 2018, 05:54 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 19, 2001
Posts: 578
|
Another new to me Taurus from the good 'ol days
Found this near 100% model 82 at the local gunshop. It is a 1993 according to Taurus. The bluing is perfect except for a faint turn ring. The face of the cylinder hardly has any noticeable burn rings. The muzzle is perfect like new. It looks like maybe 20 rounds may have been fired and then it was stored away. It locks up tight with no end shake. I got it for $329. The bluing looks very nicely done. It rivals a S&W easily. I have an excellent condition 1994 Taurus model 66 snub and love it. This is in even better condition. I didn't need it, but I sure like the Taurus revolvers from this period. I am a S&W fanboy and have them, but I am parcial to these older polished blued Taurus's from the 1990s.
__________________
"KNEES IN THE BREEZE" "Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart"- ASH |
March 30, 2018, 08:14 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 26, 2018
Posts: 380
|
Beautiful!
|
March 30, 2018, 08:39 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 17, 2014
Posts: 2,444
|
Nice find! They made some very good revolvers back in the day.
|
March 30, 2018, 08:47 PM | #4 |
Junior Member
Join Date: March 8, 2018
Posts: 2
|
Very nice!
|
March 30, 2018, 09:13 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 31, 2002
Location: Deep in the Heart of the Lone Star State (TX)
Posts: 2,169
|
Taurus guns of the '90's were great values and equal to what Ruger & S&W were putting out then. You got a great deal.
Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk |
April 3, 2018, 09:08 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 1, 2013
Location: Now relocated to Texas
Posts: 2,943
|
Some of you guys still live in a fog but are careful enough to include comments about....when you get a good one......still a crap shoot with Taurus. Guess I should leave Taurus alone but past experience is still vivid in my mind.
|
April 3, 2018, 10:05 AM | #7 |
Staff
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,841
|
I wonder what the insides are like? If it's like S&W, you're GTG.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe! |
April 3, 2018, 04:36 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 4, 2009
Location: Lebanon PA
Posts: 535
|
Beautiful!
__________________
et cognoscetis veritatem et veritas liberabit vos |
April 5, 2018, 10:36 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: September 12, 2015
Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain.
Posts: 1,774
|
Whoooa! Nice catch. Ida scoped that up in a flash too.
__________________
Just shoot the damn thing. |
April 23, 2018, 09:27 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 25, 2006
Posts: 1,819
|
Looks just like my SW model 10 HB. Nice gun you have there. A Tyler T grip adapter would fill it out quite nicely.
|
April 24, 2018, 12:02 AM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 1, 2013
Location: Now relocated to Texas
Posts: 2,943
|
Shurshot, Comment further on the Tyler T Grip, many readers probably are not familiar with that nifty little device. I have T grips on a half dozen Smith revolvers...went to buy another the other day and they are no longer $7.95 but now sell for about forty bucks shippped.
|
April 24, 2018, 06:03 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 6, 2005
Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia
Posts: 4,767
|
I'm not Sureshot, but I'm a big fan of grip adapters. I use BK's now however. http://www.bkgrips.com/
The best thing about BK's is you can order and pay on the internet and I always get them in the mailbox in two or three days. The also have two clips to hold them steady. Here's an example. Tyler's look and work pretty much the same.
__________________
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV) |
April 24, 2018, 06:58 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: September 2, 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,148
|
Taurus made some decent revolvers 20+ years ago(without locks).
__________________
Flicks just like a lighter, just a different kind of fire. |
April 24, 2018, 12:27 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 26, 2008
Posts: 557
|
My only Taurus purchase ever was this used Model 96 22lr. Looking in the gun case at first glance I thought it was a Smith 17. I read a lot of Taurus horror stories but this one looked almost new and I decided to take a chance.
When to the range and fired, bang-bang-click-click-bang-click: I could not believe it! Well I decided to look at the hammer spring and to my amazement there was an adjustment nut. Increasing the tension eliminated the misfires! Been real pleased with this one and back when I could still see the sights it was a pretty accurate shooter. |
April 24, 2018, 05:03 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 25, 2006
Posts: 1,819
|
I have used Tyler-T grips for years... they fill out the smaller S&W wood grips nicely. I have one on my model 10, one on my 19-3 Snub Combat Magnum, and another on a Snub model 29 .44 Magnum. Used to have a Chief model 36 snub with a set too, but I traded that off in 90 or 91. Nope, they sure are not $7.95 any longer, but well worth the price if one likes the look of the original wood. Might find a used one at a gun show or on "that Bay" site. As far as Taurus, my mid 80's model 66 6" .357 and model 99 9mm are two of the most dependable and duarable guns I own. Both bought new in 1986 and have thousands of hot rounds through them, 'nary an issue. Guess I got lucky...
Last edited by shurshot; April 24, 2018 at 05:12 PM. |
April 24, 2018, 05:27 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 19, 2001
Posts: 578
|
223 shooter,
That is a sweet looking revolver.
__________________
"KNEES IN THE BREEZE" "Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart"- ASH |
April 26, 2018, 09:58 AM | #17 |
Member
Join Date: October 8, 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 26
|
Very Nice!
|
April 28, 2018, 08:43 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 11, 2012
Location: Mountains of Appalachia
Posts: 1,598
|
I have a Model 84 (very similar with adjustable sights) with Hogue grips that is very nice, tight and accurate. It is as good or better as other guns of the era and it's the reason I bought new Taurus handguns.
|
|
|