Yet Another Stupid Question - What are the TALO S&W's

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I was at a range yesterday and they had a S&W 357 with a 7-shot rack, a 7" barrel and an unfluted cartridge. I didn't know S&W even made such a variant of the 686. I loved the gun. It felt great, I thought it looked great and the price was spot on.

I went back to the web site and found it to be the Model 686 3-5-7 Magnum Series TALO Exclusive. In all my research into TALO, I have only figured out that they are a small group that creates "special" editions for various gun manufacturers.

My question is are these guns simply different than the "stock "S&W 686's or are they machined/built/designed/assembled using better materials or methods.

Is there any reason I would NOT want to get this gun to use for target shooting with 38's?

Thanks.

Andy.
 
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Talo Distributers, Inc. orders guns from Smith & Wesson (and others) made to certain specifications, then distributes them to dealers and collectors.
 
Welcome to the forum, Andy. I am sure someone else was wondering the same thing... so it wasn't a stupid question.

As indicated above, Talo is a distributor that has special runs made of various firearms. I don't see any reason not to buy one and shoot it if that's what you want.
 
talo is basically a sprucer upper, they enhance smith, ruger and i am sure other guns with grips, engraving, etc. they have there own website. however there are some guns with major differences that talo has and smith doesn't for instance 686 smith has 2.5, 3, 4, 6inch barrel. talo has a five inch barrel available why and how i don't know. if you go to smiths website and in the upper right put in talo it will come back with a bunch of talo guns. same with ruger click on da revolvers , sp101 for instance and look for distributor exclusives most of them are talo also. same with there lcp. imo talo guns are the same as the manufacturers guns but with variations.
 
I've heard the 360 Talo (Jframe 357) was surplus hong kong police guns. Supposedly M&Ps with the emblem changed, sights are different though. Way less expensive than an M&P
 
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