Taurus 85 . . A good buy?

Best holster for 2" blued Taurus 85

I picked up the gun from my friend. Absolutely new pristine condition. Less than 50 round through it. Test fired fine. Burnished hammer a little bit to smooth edges. I bought a cheap Blackhawk polyester RH hip carry holster for it. I recently got a GA CCW permit and would like advice on what forum members think would be the best concealed holster for this little 5 shot .38.
 
think would be the best concealed holster for this little 5 shot .38
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Uncle Mike's Mirage pancake holster.

Mine has been extremely durable. Hides the gun well and makes it unobtrusive in your daily activities. Won't break the bank either.
 
[That's true for recent examples, but back in the 1990's, quality was much better.]

Not in my experience. No Taurus at any price for me.
Jerry
 
IMHO with Taurus experience:

1. It's a great gun.

2. Yes, it's a great price in the condition you described.

3. The 85's were accurate and super snake killers with CCI #9 shot, which is what you migh need in rural GA!

-7-
 
Have an older 85CH that is 30 years old and still going strong. it is not +P rated. Got around that by using Nyclad 125gr. round nosed lead hollowpoint. It has a real excellent world track record.

Buffalo Bore makes several effective standard pressure rounds that have +P velocity but not the +P pressures. Stay away from the hard cast rounds.
 
I've had a blue steel 85 for about 20 or so years, it was my first handgun purchase ... still works perfectly, rides in my glovebox when I'm not carrying for whatever reason ... think I paid a little over $300 for it, your price sounds good if it's in good shape ...
 
I have an 85 .38 taurus for ccw on my hip right now.....it looks good and goes bang when I pull the trigger. I trust my life on it.....now for taurus Semi autos?? Other than the berrretta clone 92/99 DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!
 
Academy has Taurus 85UL's for their everyday price of $279 in just about every store I've ever been in... you're OTD for a pinch over $300. I own one and it's been flawless through 300rds of white-box FMJ and JHP.

I see them for sale regularly in the classifieds of every forum I frequent... seller is usually trading "up" for pistol or merely thinning their herd. I bought mine for the wife and she decided she hates guns after all, so I carried it for a few months, and now mine is for sale also. It's 5 months old and comes with 200rds of ammo and an Uncle Mikes, I've had multiple offers of $280 cash... just waiting for somebody here in town who will meet me FTF. I'm just mentioning this for info, not to advertise it.

I personally don't find the aesthetic beauty in blue'd revolvers, but for $200, you're getting a good value assuming the gun is in very good shape.
 
Academy has Taurus 85UL's for their everyday price of $279 in just about every store I've ever been in...
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Someone already beat me too it. Think I would just pony up and get a new
one for the extra $79 dollars. In fact you can get the .357 version for just a
wee bit more. It will hold 6 rounds. Look up Rossi model 461
 
I would want to run 100 rounds thru it before buying it. They work about 50% of the time. If you get a good on it's good, if not it's still yours. I sold guns for about 4 yrs. We had a lot of them brought back due to problems. Taurus will repair them under warranty but who likes new guns that don't work? I have a Rossi that's never missed a lick, shoots good as a Smith but I don't shoot it very much, I've seen too many Rossi's that are loosey goosey after a few miles. I wouldn't expect it to hold up under a lot of shooting. Stay with Ruger or S&W.
 
Some people may trust their lives to Taurus

Not a single United States Police or Sheriff's Department or any U.S. LE agency I know of trusts, or has ever trusted Taurus, enough to protect the lives of their officers or citizens.

In my day we called that a, 'Clue'.
 
The 85 is a fine revolver.

It's THE bread and butter gun for decades with Taurus.

Massad Ayoob,Chuck Karwan, and another author for decades of Gun Digest Completer Book of Combat Handgunnery, recommended the 85 for those on a budget.

In Marshall and Sanow's books,Massad Ayoob books,and other police journals and tactical magazines the 85 is either documented as being carried as a back up gun and used to save lives. Several ex-police now gun writers, for American Hangunner,carry the 85 or have.

The idea is to use the checklist from here.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57816

Then use it to look at whatever model gun you will by and you cannot go wrong. Actually go to different stores and actually rent or try out what it is you want to buy. If they pass the user test and fill your needs then go for it.

If you go with something else,fine.

The Taurus 856 has the sixth shot and is built on the 85 frame. Gander Mountain has Specials on it.

The Rossi 462 is also the 6 shooter as already stated.

Even Charter Arms or EAA Windicator can work.

If not:
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=403035
 
I have taken two MA classes

Not once did he mention carrying a tarus or recommend one. Maybe I missed that one. None of the other students was using a tarus in the class, no one ever mentioned packing a tarus. The only time I see a tarus is in the gunwriter's hand is in an advertisement.

I don't recall MA using a tarus at the Bianchi Cup? Of the thousands of shooting competitors...who...shoots...tarus?
 
Well as I mentioned in another thread...my nearly new Ruger LCR went back for repairs after locking up during a dry fire session, my $1,200 Kimber .45 auto was sent back due to stovepipe/extraction issues and my little Taurus 851 just keeps on truckin'. It's lock up is as good as most S&Ws and the trigger is fine for me....
 
Sorry to hear that, freado.

I neither recommended a LCR nor anything made by Kimber. I hope your taurus holds-up a long time.
 
The LCR is fine now but I'm more careful with my technique. I replaced the extractor, slide stop and magazines on the Kimber with Wilson "bulletproof" parts and it's a nail driving, non-stop shooter now with any ammo.

The point is ALL these manufacturers have warranty repair facilities so they all have problems with some percentage of new weapons. I'm hardly a Taurus zealot but it's amazing on these boards how there is so much Taurus bashing and then people lining up to buy the Taurus Judge models just because they are a novelty.
 
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