tripledipper
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Must have been lucky with an older one I had bought used. No problems with it but traded it in a deal for a Model 63 which I love.
opinions on the taurus 94 .22 caliber revolver
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JohnK
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Maximum, I had a J frame mainspring, in my kit (I have LOTS of springs), that had two coils cut off.
Put the sucker in, and DRASTICALLY improved the double, and single action pull.
Tested it with a few cylinder fulls, double action, all fired.
The original spring was so long, the coils bound, to the point, that it took two hands, to cock it single action.
Put the sucker in, and DRASTICALLY improved the double, and single action pull.
Tested it with a few cylinder fulls, double action, all fired.
The original spring was so long, the coils bound, to the point, that it took two hands, to cock it single action.
chp
Member
I had one many years ago.............on top of the lousy trigger the action felt and sounded like it little rocks in it. It still ranks as the worst piece of junk I ever paid $$ for.
I traded it off ASAP.
I had the same one!!
ibewbull
US Veteran
Should I keep it?
I have a 2 inch 94 blue 9 shot LNIB and am pondering if i want to keep it.
The trigger pull is surely not anything like a S&W.
I guess you get what you pay for
Steve in Wisconsin
I have a 2 inch 94 blue 9 shot LNIB and am pondering if i want to keep it.
The trigger pull is surely not anything like a S&W.
I guess you get what you pay for
Steve in Wisconsin
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I've owned a Taurus 94 and also the discontinued 917 medium frame .22's. The 94 had the WORST double action trigger pull on any real firearm I ever handled. It was also very picky about ammo and not particularly accurate with any. Traded it away.
The bigger 917 was actually a pretty good gun. Nice finish, smooth chambers, good timing and lock-up. Had a pretty hard single action trigger until I tried a set of slightly lighter Wolfe springs meant for a Taurus 66. The springs turned the gun into a tolerable shooter with very good 25 yard accuracy. In the end, I just didn't shoot it after my S&W .22 LR collection grew, so I traded it at my LGS.
The bigger 917 was actually a pretty good gun. Nice finish, smooth chambers, good timing and lock-up. Had a pretty hard single action trigger until I tried a set of slightly lighter Wolfe springs meant for a Taurus 66. The springs turned the gun into a tolerable shooter with very good 25 yard accuracy. In the end, I just didn't shoot it after my S&W .22 LR collection grew, so I traded it at my LGS.
I bought one new around 2000 or 2001. Hated it at first because of heavy trigger and misfires so it sat in the back of the safe. In 2004 sent it back to Taurus for repairs and the returned pistol was better but not perfect. I set out to run 10,000 rounds through it in one year just to see if it would hold up. I only got 8600 through it the first years and we quit counting the second year somewhere around 13K. Since the pistol came back fromt he factory in 2004 I've had three misfires and all fired on the second attempt. SA is great, yeah I wish the DA was lighter, yeah I wish it was a S&W. However whenever we go to the range this pistol goes along so it has probably had more rounds fired by more different people than any firearm I own.
MOONDAWG
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I have a 2" stainless steel Taurus M-94 and love it.
I bought it as a "plinker/trainer" and it's done yoeman's service as same.
It holds 50% more ammo than the S&W Kit gun (9 vs. 6 rds.)and costs about half the price.
Like most .22 rimfire revolvers they do have a heavy double action tigger pull for reliabilitie's sake.
I polished the main spring hammer strut to a mirror finish and installed a Wolff main spring which really slicked up it's action, and lowered to D/A trigger pull a tad, but not too much to cause ignition problems.
I bought it as a "plinker/trainer" and it's done yoeman's service as same.
It holds 50% more ammo than the S&W Kit gun (9 vs. 6 rds.)and costs about half the price.
Like most .22 rimfire revolvers they do have a heavy double action tigger pull for reliabilitie's sake.
I polished the main spring hammer strut to a mirror finish and installed a Wolff main spring which really slicked up it's action, and lowered to D/A trigger pull a tad, but not too much to cause ignition problems.
