gogetumnow
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I've owned an 85 Stainless for a couple of years now. I love the gun althought it got off to a rocky start. I had a problem with the timing being too slow. If you did a nice slow smooth double action pull it wouldn't fully lock up and the primer would be hit right on the edge and wouldn't ignite. If you did a fast DA pull the momentum of the cylinder would allow it to lock up just fine.
I ended up sending back to Taurus (Overnight =$40), And they fixed it and sent it back. Well, they fixed the slow timing problem but gave me another problem, the DA trigger had a hang up in it. Not just a small hang up but half way through the pull you'd have to give about about 3-4 pounds extra to get it off this hangup and then it would fire ok. Eventually this drove me mad and I sent it back to them again (Overnight=$40) and they fixed the problem.
Now it's a real sweet shooting snub and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I guess the lesson here is inspect your Taurus very well before buying. It was the first revolver I ever bought so I really didn't pay attention to it.
I've also handled 2 Stainless Trackers in 357 at the store that you could easily move the cylinder out of lockup by turning it by hand. It was like the bolt stops weren't cut right or the bolt was misaligned. I guess everybody makes a few lemons, just inspect everything multiple times before you plunk your money down.
I ended up sending back to Taurus (Overnight =$40), And they fixed it and sent it back. Well, they fixed the slow timing problem but gave me another problem, the DA trigger had a hang up in it. Not just a small hang up but half way through the pull you'd have to give about about 3-4 pounds extra to get it off this hangup and then it would fire ok. Eventually this drove me mad and I sent it back to them again (Overnight=$40) and they fixed the problem.
Now it's a real sweet shooting snub and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I guess the lesson here is inspect your Taurus very well before buying. It was the first revolver I ever bought so I really didn't pay attention to it.
I've also handled 2 Stainless Trackers in 357 at the store that you could easily move the cylinder out of lockup by turning it by hand. It was like the bolt stops weren't cut right or the bolt was misaligned. I guess everybody makes a few lemons, just inspect everything multiple times before you plunk your money down.