Is a Taurus really a SNS?

[costanza187]

I have been drooling over the Taurus I believe its a model 94 revolver, its a .22, all shiney and pretty. They are asking in the neighborhood of 300 (give or take) online, and at a local pawnshop.

Anybody know anything about these? I DO NOT need it, I just want it.

[cowboywannabe]

i have 2 taurus revolvers right now in .38spl.......850 cia titanium,& model 85 stainless, have had the blued versions as well as the dao stainless from the earily 90's......

i have had the taurus 941 (.22magnum) stainless.......

these are good guns. i have never had a problem with them and will gladly buy another if and when the time arises.

[Russ in PA]

No. Not at all.

[costanza187]

Cool, I want one even more now :cool:

[stiletto raggio]

People diss Taurus all the time. Is it as smooth as a Smith? No. Is it as strong as a Ruger? No. But it is available in far more configurations than either of the above. who else makes an all titanium snubby with a shrouded hammer and ADSJUSTABLE sights? Nobody. Taurus offers a reliable, affordable and oftentimes innovative gun, and the warrantee to back it up.

I have a Ti Tracker in 357 and my dad has a PT99. Both are great.

[Ignition]

i dont see taurus as SNS material

[Sky042]

Taurus like everyone else has had their fair share of duds but they're really turning out some fine pistols.

I current own 2 of the millenium pro semi autos in .45 and 9mm they're both awesome and well made.

The taurus revolvers are great buys for the price. Def not SNS material.

[bac1023]

They are far from SNS. However, I don't feel they are great quality either. Generally speaking, of course.

[c_w_cunningham]

Well....
I currently own 9 Taurus revolvers, including a 94. Of the Tauruses I've owned, I've only let one get away. I sold it during Christmas since we were running short on cash, and I wish I had it back. They are excellent guns, IMO, especially for the price. I have had no functional problems with any of my Tauruses. That is zero functional problems. Sometimes the finish isn't as pretty as other brands, but the guns are still sound. Which is not to imply that they aren't finished well, in general. But there is a subtle shade difference in the blueing on my model 94 between the sideplate and the rest of the frame. It's still accurate and reliable, and I got it for something like $200 out the door, so the finish is no big deal to me. It's a great rimfire understudy to my model 85s. My blue steel 85 looks and shoots good, but the blued finish is NOT like you'd find on a Colt Python. It works great, though, and that's what I bought it for. And my Taurus 617 in stainless shoots great and looks as good as any production stainless gun out there. My blued, ultralite alloy 85 has a good finish too, and with over 1200 rounds through it(a mix of range and +P loads, including Corbon), it's still going strong.
I only wish I had the same good luck buying Smith's. I have had the bad luck to purchase three Smith and Wesson revolvers IN A ROW that have had major functional problems straight from the box(timing, lockup, light primer strikes, etc.) In fact, so far, I haven't been able to purchase a Smith wheelgun that hasn't had to go back to the factory shortly after I boughit it, not EVER. This has mostly been over the last 2 years, but the first Smith I purchased about 15 years ago had a severe lead spitting problem. So my experience, which is very subjective, is that I have bought Smiths and been disappointed and bought Taurus' and been satisfied(and often impressed and ecstatic about how great the gun was). So the fact of the matter is, I usually look at the Taurus revolvers in the display, just because of my experience of 100% failure rate concerning Smith and Wesson revolvers. Of course, I've only owned a few Smith and Wesson revolvers, and other people haven't had the problems I've had. It is frustrating though.
Oddly enough, I've only had excellent experience with Smith and Wesson semi-auto pistols. I currently own two S&W semi-autos, and only grudgingly parted with my third in a swap for my Taurus 617 a little while back.

So, while your and other people's mileage may vary, my mileage with Taurus has been that they are of very good to excellent quality. It could just be me, but it seems like most other posters here are pretty happy too. Now I don't doubt that every now and then a Taurus handgun gets through QC with a problem, but my experience has been that every manufacturer has one slip through the QC folks that shouldn't have gotten out. The Smith wheelguns I've owned were one example, but I bought a new Glock that would not function reliably more than about 95% of the time. Which sounds pretty good until you realize that means it would randomly malfunction with a feeding problem 5 rounds out of every 100 rounds fired through it. I tried different ammo, different magazines, lube, no lube, I had other people(including member of the G-Lock superfanz club) shoot it and it still had the exact same problem, no matter what the conditions were. Every 100 rounds of ammo would consistently get you between 4 and 6 random malfunctions. It was reliably unreliable. And it's not the only new box-stock Glock I've ever seen with problems like this. But I've also owned Glocks that didn't have problems, so I figure every manufacturer drops one to the distributors that should've been caught before someone walked out of the store with it.

I do think $300 for a 94 is higher than the prices I've usually seen.

I would also like to add that my Taurus 851 SS UltraLite and my Taurus 85 Blued Ultralite were the first .38 snubbies I carried. As carry guns they were subject to the abuse any carry gun receives, because no matter how careful you are, carry guns get some unintentional rough treatment. These two guns have been smacked against things like doors and walls, sat on, and dropped numerous times, including onto concrete. Again, they still soldier on. I don't carry the blued 85 so much these days, since the steel parts are blued, I have become concerned about the hazard of rust in the hot weather. But my 851 still gets carried more than anything else I have, either as the only gun, or as a backup to something larger. And it's still reliable, tight and accurate, although the finish doesn't look as good as when it was new.

[charlieboy]

I have a ss pt92ar with acc. rail.It is one of my favorite guns.I have owned a taurus 357 and shot many others in my opinion they are not a sns.Like other manufacturers they have had duds here and therebut they make fine firearms.Also like many other gun makers they have their fans and people that hate them.

[JackC53]

I was looking for a .45 car gun but may end up with the gun in the attached pic. It's Taurus M608 8 shot 4" .357 mag. Since I already have some great CCW I wanted to get a FULL size gun for the car safe to always have. And I prefer black to SS so...

If I end up with this one for $360.00 it won't be a bad deal. And I can practice with .38s too! woo-woo.

Thanks,
jAK-47

[JerGun]

I've had my Taurus revolver for a few years now.

It's an Ultralight .22 magnum snubbie. (94-UL)?...Something like that.

Anyway, it's a cool little gun, and hasn't given me any grief.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy more products from Taurus.

Definitely not SNS.

[mrwiggins]

a taurus 627 in .357 magnum. It's a very nice gun, shoots very well, but I think i'm about to sell her for a ruger gp 100 with a 4 inch barrel.

[G26man]

Originally posted by stiletto raggio
Is it as smooth as a Smith? No. You might want to try a new one. I bought my 85BUL (blue 38 Ultralight) out of a display case full of S&W revolvers and it had a smoother trigger than any of them. Locks up tight as a drum too.

[bac1023]

Taurus handguns are not my favorite and I don't consider them to be as well built as some.

However, they're a long way from being a Saturday night special.