Taurus 85 . . A good buy?

Taurus 85

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI8WyiAIROM&feature=plcp

Check out this guy's review... he did a good job, very informative ...

I bought this gun on July 4th for exactly $200 just like the poster.

Taurus revolvers are made in Brazil, and the company is in Miami.

The feel of the gun is excellent. The gun I bought it off of is ex-navy.

He told me that his father had this gun for years and never used it.

He told me, and I believe him that he took the gun to the range and shot

a box of Remington 130 grain through it and said the gun was dead on.

He cleaned it well, but I wanted to clean it and check it out a bit more.

So I took it apart and the gun on the inside was like new. On the outside

there was not one scratch anywhere, and this is an old gun.

Left him a couple of notes on his video....

I called Susy at the tech department at Taurus she said she carries the

exact same gun, however she really did not provide me the "informed info"

you would expect from a tech.

Best bet is customer service, which I found to be

excellent. As I posted ...

"Took face plate off, oiled the parts with Break-free, touch of Mobil One synthetic oil on trigger action using toothpick to smooth out action. Cylinder Stop Plunger with Spring appeared defective (lost it ha ha) Called Taurus they sent the plunger and included 5-20880 short rubber grip as courtesy. Walnut wood grip now on E-bay for $40. Great customer service.

I ordered ONE box of Magtech GUARDIAN GOLD 38 +P self defense rounds from Palmetto State Armory I received TWO boxes only charged for one $12 INCLUDING SHIPPING, must be Karma .. Magtech manufactures quality bullets in Brazil. Now I have a Brazilian gun with matching Brazilian bullets.

The original grip is real walnut ... very nice and on E-bay in great condition they go for $40, new one would probably be over $60.

The two inch rubber grip .. provided FREE by Taurus customer service, with the shipment of the stop plunger, was the icing on the cake. The gun is small black and beefy .. nothing like a Ultra-Lite. It just looks so black and evil
and the 2 inch short grip rubber grip adds a lot to the look of the gun makes it easy to conceal.

This is a short range weapon, however I believe that with time and
some practice the guy in the Video would have hit the target at 25 feet
with no problem.

The prices of used guns are really out of control. If you check around people are selling used nasty .. rusty revolvers for $280 to $400, especially Smith and Wessons.

The Taurus I have and the poster has is a Brazilian Smith and Wesson. I have searched the Net and I have found very little negative information regarding Taurus revolvers, most of the comments here are positive and I
owned a four inch .22 magnum 8 shot Taurus revolver before (also paid $200 for it) and that gun could hit targets more than a block away with dead on accuracy.

There are Taurus haters out there, but they just say they don't like Taurus and usually provide no explanation as to why they feel that way? Probably because they paid over double for a Smith and Wesson and have the need to put down Taurus to justify their waste of money.

Personally I would shy away from a Taurus automatics, because I don't like automatics and if I needed one ... well I would get a Glock, but revolvers are different.

As someone aptly said ... "revolvers are like forks, they work the first time and they work the same way each time." :D
 
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'.
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In my day, we called that a, "fallacy of appeal to authority".
I have had problems with S&W's, and Colt's. However, my Stainless Model 85 has been without any mechanical problems. No matter what brand name of gun you buy, you's pays your dollar and you takes your chances.
 
Taurus 85

Just a note of interest ...

The average price for a used Taurus 5 shot in good condition appears to be

to be $280. I think I got my money's worth for $200 (plus I believe I can

sell the Walnut grips for around $40 making the actual price $160). SW small

revolvers are in the $350 to $400 range, lots of police and security company

turn ins out there (not snub nosed five shots revolvers). I have seen some

SW snub nosed revolvers that have been used and abused, the action is a

hard pull, indicating that the internal workings might have residue inside and

the finish is marked (stainless) or scratched. The asking price for these guns

seems to be a flat $400.

There might be a reason why a Taurus has survived 15 .. 20 .. 30 years,

and works fine , and you can get one for a fair price.

How someone can ask $400 for a SW in rough shape is beyond me?

But what really has caught my attention is the HUGE mark ups on the

cheap automatics sold second hand.

No one in their right mind would engage in a fire fight with a five shot

two inch revolver ... but a cheap automatic comes in handy for that.

Well you can guess the answer to this riddle ... used automatics have

a mark up because private sellers might just take cash for them and not

really mess around with paperwork.

The guy who sold me my revolver had me fill out a bill of sale and wrote

down my my license.

After the cash was in his hands, he told me he prefers automatics

and kinda gave me a look like I was a Nancy boy for wanting his dead daddy's

old revolver. Hey it was July 4th .. he needed the money and I needed

a pocket gun ..
 
I had a couple of Taurus 85s, back in the '90s and found them to be good, serviceable guns. I traded them off, not because of a problem with them, but I saw other guns I wanted. I would feel very adequately armed with one.
 
Taurus makes really good revolvers. I have the 617 snub .357 holds 7 shots. Great gun. Would not hesitate getting another revolver from Taurus if I had the money. They have several that I want.
 
I used to have a 85 and I loved it! I have a Taurus .357 now, and I bought my wife a .38spl ultralite for her birthday in 2006. Both guns get a lot of working out at the range, and never had any problems. I would definitely buy a Taurus again, at least a revolver. No experience with their semi-auto's. And the Taurus-Rossi ranch rifle is just way to similar to Steve McQueen's "Mares Laig" as to not make me drool over it, lol! I believe I will definitley be picking one of those up, although it is classified as a pistol, I think I will have a hard time convincing the range control guys at Ft. Hood to let me shoot at the pistol targets with it.
 
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