My wife liked my dad's old Chief's Special but wanted a lighter weight gun for CC in her purse. I have a 642 and let her shoot it several times. She really hates DAO revolvers and, while she shot OK with the 642, she didn't want to carry that gun.
We looked art a few used Smiths including an Airweight Bodyguard, which I suggested she purchase. She wanted a new gun. Almost had her convinced to buy a new 637 but then she spied a Taurus Model 85 Ultra Lite with the gold accents and faux pearl grips. We checked it out. Had a better DA pull than the Smith and she liked the sights much better. (The sights on the Taurus are better). Against the advice of the counter guy who said flat out "Two out of every four Taurus revolvers we sell come back to us with serious problems." She purchased the revolver. I remained neutral, as I had a model 605 for 20 years that was always perfect. Plus the Taurus was $369 with two sets of grips.
The first rip to the range, the 85 UL was perfect. The wife shot about 80 rounds and I fired 30 or so. Hit right on point of aim at 7 and 10 yards. I shot it quite a bit better than my 642!!.
Next time out she only shot about 50 rounds, but everything was OK.
The other day I suggested she get some more practice with her carry gun while we were wringing out a couple other revolvers on the outdoor range. She started shooting single action with some Privi-Partisan 158 gr lead loads and was doing OK. I then reminded her she should really be shooting double action like she would in a real situation. Bang-Bang- Bang--------Bang--Bang. Reload, Bang--------Bang-Bang----Bang--Bang. I said, 'Why are you hesitating with you trigger pull? Just pull straight through." She shoots five more while I watch. Same thing. I shoot five 130 grain Winchester USA's out of it. Same thing. Houston-we have a problem!
The gun is rolling into battery and not locking all the time. When it doesn't lock into the cylinder notch properly, it makes the trigger 'hitch' toward the end of its stroke causing the hammer to hang up, then fall. The cylinder then rotates backwards slightly, causing the next pull of the trigger to not rotate the cylinder completely into battery resulting in a short stroke and a misfire!
The gun will not do this when dry-fired with snap caps or dummy rounds. Taurus says there is nothing wrong with the gun! I popped the side plate, cleaned lubed and inspected everything, finding nothing out of place. I've dry fired it about 1,500 times since. Another trip to the range is in order. Thing is- if it still does its DA stuff, how do I convince the idiots at Taurus that there really is a genuine problem with the revolver??
They serviced an extractor problem with my 738 .380 without a problem, but they want ME to pay the shipping on the revolver because they feel I'm just not shooting it correctly..
Should've purchased a 637...
We looked art a few used Smiths including an Airweight Bodyguard, which I suggested she purchase. She wanted a new gun. Almost had her convinced to buy a new 637 but then she spied a Taurus Model 85 Ultra Lite with the gold accents and faux pearl grips. We checked it out. Had a better DA pull than the Smith and she liked the sights much better. (The sights on the Taurus are better). Against the advice of the counter guy who said flat out "Two out of every four Taurus revolvers we sell come back to us with serious problems." She purchased the revolver. I remained neutral, as I had a model 605 for 20 years that was always perfect. Plus the Taurus was $369 with two sets of grips.
The first rip to the range, the 85 UL was perfect. The wife shot about 80 rounds and I fired 30 or so. Hit right on point of aim at 7 and 10 yards. I shot it quite a bit better than my 642!!.
Next time out she only shot about 50 rounds, but everything was OK.
The other day I suggested she get some more practice with her carry gun while we were wringing out a couple other revolvers on the outdoor range. She started shooting single action with some Privi-Partisan 158 gr lead loads and was doing OK. I then reminded her she should really be shooting double action like she would in a real situation. Bang-Bang- Bang--------Bang--Bang. Reload, Bang--------Bang-Bang----Bang--Bang. I said, 'Why are you hesitating with you trigger pull? Just pull straight through." She shoots five more while I watch. Same thing. I shoot five 130 grain Winchester USA's out of it. Same thing. Houston-we have a problem!
The gun is rolling into battery and not locking all the time. When it doesn't lock into the cylinder notch properly, it makes the trigger 'hitch' toward the end of its stroke causing the hammer to hang up, then fall. The cylinder then rotates backwards slightly, causing the next pull of the trigger to not rotate the cylinder completely into battery resulting in a short stroke and a misfire!
The gun will not do this when dry-fired with snap caps or dummy rounds. Taurus says there is nothing wrong with the gun! I popped the side plate, cleaned lubed and inspected everything, finding nothing out of place. I've dry fired it about 1,500 times since. Another trip to the range is in order. Thing is- if it still does its DA stuff, how do I convince the idiots at Taurus that there really is a genuine problem with the revolver??
They serviced an extractor problem with my 738 .380 without a problem, but they want ME to pay the shipping on the revolver because they feel I'm just not shooting it correctly..
Should've purchased a 637...
