I haven't owned as many Taurus revolvers as I have Smith and Wesson but it's been pretty close. I've owned 80, 82, 85, 66, 65, 94, 96, 431, and a few others I don't remember most likely. I've found them to be at worst servicable, and at best they rivaled the "high price spread." I remember a 431 (fixed sight, 5 shot, 44 Special), and a Model 65 (fixed sight, 357 magnum...think Model 13.) that were just beautiful guns. I had a 7 shot Model 66 (Sort of a K-frame) that the only thing that kept it off that "just beautiful" list was the rubber stocks. The other two had wood. They not only looked great, but they shot very well also.

These were from the 80-90's I suppose. About the mid 90's they started to replace the wood stocks with rubber, and stainless steel started to take over. Those might be good, but the blue ones always catch my eye.

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