Anyone have/tried the Taurus M380?

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kymasabe

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I'm intrigued by this tiny revolver and I'd like to know more about them. Anyone have any first hand knowledge of one? And why are they so d@mn expensive?
 
I shot one about a year ago. It had, hands down, the worst trigger of any revolver I ever shot. Cool size if you wanted to pocket carry, but I would stick with a .38 special snub rather than .380.
 
I'm a fan of .380 so I bought a used one in very good condition a couple of weeks ago for $275. It didn't have any moon clips with it and I was going to buy some TK Customs, but read it would fire without the clips. Trigger is heavy and found a couple of how to guides on-line for replacing the mainspring. Took it to range as I got it and placed the target out at 5 yards. Even with the heavy trigger, shots where centered but a few inches high. Trigger spring job would help a bunch, but this will not be a range gun. 1st 3 or 4 groups of five the empty brass came out really easy. Next few groups of 5 needed a rod to poke the empty brass out. I bought a pocket holster and it fits in my front pocket real nice. I'm happy with it.
 
I would not mind having one for my collection as I am a pocket gun enthusiast. Lol, I personally do not need a light crisp glass break trigger on a pocket gun. Yea, this one might be heavy, but with a little work, I bet it would be fine for carry.

And if it is stainless steel like the specs say, It would be a hell of a lot better than the cheap crappy aluminum mass produced Pocket guns out there. Especially the ones from the manufacture that ad reads "light Crisp Trigger".

Regardless here is a great review. In fact I love all of this guys reviews. He does a fine job. Watch his video on shooting this gun.

http://mousegunaddict.blogspot.com/2012/03/taurus-m380-review-and-range-report.html

www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=856&category=Revolver
 
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