A word on Taurus Security

My oldest S&W and Dan Wesson revolvers (1970's era) all have some sort of interrupter that block the full travel of the hammer if there isn't a finger pulling the trigger. This is good on a carry revolver because you don't want the hammer resting on the primer of a live round.

If you want an excellent short reset on a semi auto pistol, the 3rd generation steel S&W semi autos have a fantastic short trigger reset...as good, maybe better than the Sig Short Reset Trigger system. They also have a manul safety, and a magazine safety...of which I'm not a fan.
 
I own both Glocks and Tauri. I am happy with the
Glock trigger system. I am also happy with the
transfer bar mechanism. Almost every revolver
I have has a similar one. I also haven't had any
misfires or been able to break any of them.:D
 
I must be missing something about this entire question the OP is asking.

Transfer bars, to my knowledge, were implemented to allow the safer carrying of a revolver with regards to a firing pin being near the primer and striking the hammer causing a AD.

Revolvers sort of have to have that full trigger reset in order to advance the cylinder. Now I am unsure of how your Taurus works, but none of my revolvers will fire again until I reset the trigger. And by fire, I mean ignite a fresh round.

As far as your semiautomatic question or statement, most striker fired pistols lack an external safety such as is found on the JMB style of guns. That is not to say that there are not passive safeties on the inside as a firing pin block, that must necessitate a full trigger pull.

If you dislike the "trigger-only" safety, how do you get around that same feature on your revolver?

Personally, I like the transfer bar on my revolvers. I also like my Glock and its trigger safety system.

I subscribe to the "don't put your booger hook on the bang switch" mode of safety when I handle a firearm.

Again, I am not fully understanding what information you seek as you are in two different places with two different types of weapons.
 
Ifishsum
I own 3 Taurus revolvers, all with the transfer bar system. I've also shot a number of revolvers without it, and cannot feel a difference that I'd attribute to the transfer bar.
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Thank you, that's kinda what i wanted to know.


ok .. it's not that i'm getting answers that i don't like. I'm not getting the answers to the question I'm looking for. I'll take the responsibility for this one and say maybe I'm not really communicating my concerns corectly. I'll try again.

I want to get a revolver but most of my experiences deal with automatics.

I'm looking at several different revolvers from Taurus and on the specs page they mention this transfer bar system.

I have had some negative experiences with trigger systems in the past with some automatics that i have owned, and i wouldn't want to make the mistake of spending money on a good revolver if i dont like the way it fires or feels because of this trigger system.

I'm looking for pros and cons of the transfer bar system, is there anyone that dislikes it, and why?

I've heard several pros but no cons, and i wonder if there are any?
 
OK, kiddies, quit arguing. The transfer bar system was invented by Andrew Fyrberg and assigned to Iver Johnson - patent 566393, granted Aug. 25, 1896.

The disadvantage of the transfer bar system compared with the hammer block is that the transfer bar is struck by the hammer every time the revolver is fired. The hammer block, on the other hand, is never touched by the hammer unless the hammer is driven forward with great force, overriding the rebound mechanism. The result is that on rare occasions the transfer bar breaks, rendering the gun inoperable.

Jim
 
I want to get a revolver but most of my experiences deal with automatics.

I'm looking at several different revolvers from Taurus and on the specs page they mention this transfer bar system.

I have had some negative experiences with trigger systems in the past with some automatics that i have owned, and i wouldn't want to make the mistake of spending money on a good revolver if i dont like the way it fires or feels because of this trigger system.
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OK, gotcha.

With regard to "feel", there really isn't anything to complain about.

I'm looking for pros and cons of the transfer bar system, is there anyone that dislikes it, and why?

I've heard several pros but no cons, and i wonder if there are any?
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OK, here's one minor con, specific to the Taurus. I have not heard of this happening with other brands of transfer bar equpped revolvers.

With revolvers that use a transfer bar, firing pins are mounted in the frame. They have a little bitty return spring, to push them back into the retracted position when the trigger is released.

It's possible for the firing pin spring to be damaged by dry firing. Taurus specifically recommends against dry firing without snap caps. My old late 80s vintage Tauirus 66 mashed more than one firing pin spring into uselessness, before I traded it off.

I have not heard of this happening with other brands of transfer bar equpped revolvers, but I have heard of it happening with Taurui, and have had it happen to me.
 
Just to comlete the edumakashun posts, the trigger safety, almost exactly like the Glock/Sigma, was patented by H. M. Caldwell, Patent 561963, June 16, 1896, also assigned to Iver Johnson.

Jim
 
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