Hi Lori Ann, I just missed you by about 12
minutes so i guess you will read this tomorrow. I had to go look for the web site
address. It is :
http://www.taurususa.com
When you get there, click on products and this will pull up a page with model numbers
classified under either semi auto pistols or revolvers. Click on revolvers then find and click on large frame revolvers and click on
t608-357 mag.
this is my taurus Model 608 .357 Mag
8 shot revolver with 8&3/8 inch barrell and
4 rows of intergal barrell porting, in mirror
bright stainless steel. I went one step further and bought the factory scope mount and a 2.5 power LER (long eye relief)pistol
scope for it. I'm all set up to hand gun hunt deer or boar or what ever (if I were only a hunter!) Im just a target shooter who likes
to own the best (or close to it as I am sure some here have strong opinions as to what is the best).
The best to me means any gun that
is more accurate than I am. This automatically disqualifies 65 % of the guns made as being not good enough. (Low inherant accuracy).
The taurus model 608 is a tack driver
357 with accuracy similar to a ruger Govt
Bull T6&7/8- 22lr pistol. I frequently shoot 1 inch groups at 25 yards bench rest.
Thanks to the porting ,recoil is less
than the Ruger mark 2--22lr--pistol---
when firing lee .38 cast lead bullet heads, 105 grain cast with 3.0 grains of bullseye powder in a 38 spl case.
Even when firing full power .357Mag
hunting loads with 125 grain hp bullet heads,
recoil is like 38 special light target loads
from a 6 inch non ported barrell.
The Taurus model 608 is well suited
for target pratcise,sillioute shooting and
handgun hunting. da trigger pull is 11 pounds
and sa trigger is a crisp & easy 4 lbs.
Mine feels more like 3 lbs as I keep it well oiled. This is an excellent gun for a lady,
being as it is not only very smooth and well behaved & extreemly pleasent to shoot for hours on end but also a real looker in high
gloss bright stainless with black neopreme
grips.
Of the 70 hand guns in my collection,
this is, with out a doubt, the shining gem!
If the Taurus does not hit the 10 ring, time & time again, YOU and not the gun, are doing something wrong.
I was initally leery of the rubber grips, because I have small hands & usually
have to buy custom grips to fit my hands,
but Taurus has come up with a universal
grip design that feels good to every one ;
big hands, medium hands or small hands.
I was suprised that I didnt need to spend 30.oo for custom grips---I loved the gun right out of the box.
The only mistake I made the first day
that I had the gun was to let my shooting friend Richard use it. He liked it so much
that he refused to return it to me, giving me 500.oo instead! Then, I had to make out the paperwork transfers and order another Taurus Model 608 for myself! True! The only gun I ever owned for less than one day! I had
another Taurus 608 for the next weekend and also the scope & mount mentioned above which
I have yet to bother to install. The gun is
so fine with just the adjustable sights it comes with that I really dont feel like putting on the scope.
Bang ...Tink,....bang ...tink, bang ...tink,bang...tink,bang ...tink says it all
to a metalic silliouette shooter!
Now if I could only fall in love with a good woman as easily as I fell in love with that Taurus ...sigh!
Richard is hooked on his Taurus, too!
The Taurus Model 608 in the 8&3/8 inch
barrell is a thing of bueaty not only to just look at but also to shoot. Just one owners
opinion.
I wanted to cheap out and buy the blue
finish to save 50.oo , but all my friends
and also the Taurus Factory rep. told me to spent the extra for the hi gloss bright stainless.....and guess what....they were right. Its worth 50.oo just for the pleasure
of looking at it. Just try NOT TO --EVER-- drop it. Ive had mine a year now & shoot the
snot out of it constantly and it still looks and shoots like new.
It is very fussy about having clean
chambers and of couse, a clean bore.This is
probably because the gun has extreemly tight
tolerances which give it its outstanding accuracy but the gun does not like being dirty.
I dont like shooting a dirty gun anyways, so we get along. I clean & lub it
after shooting and check that it is clean &
lubed after storage and before shooting.
Lori, if you get a Taurus 608 , if it is your "kind" of gun, you will never regret
it. It will however, spoil you for most other
guns out there on the market. 70% or 80% just wont measure up favorably against it.
I almost forgot:
http://shooterslinks.com/ and click on
Catagories Tab across top & then click on firearms manufacturers & distributors.
Scroll the list for manufacturers and click
to go to their web sites & see the pretty pictures of all the guns. I wont, thank you
very much, cause every time I do , it always costs me more money. I never meet a gun I didnt like and want to own. They are like pokiemon; " GOTTA CATCH EM ALL"!
Is this just "a problem " I have or
are there others like me, that feel an almost irrestable urge to buy fine firearms out there?
[This message has been edited by ernest2 (edited December 10, 1999).]
I admit it, I am confused. I am reading what all of you are saying, and I am so thankful for the welcome and your willingness to share your knowledge with me. HOWEVER, I am lost on some of what you say! 
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