I dont wish to bad mouth Taurus Revos, but I will give an account of my and others experiences. We bought a bunch of the 7 shot revos and then the 8shot revos back in the 90s for pin shooting. Granted, we were shooting 230gr pinbuster bullets at 950fps, but the 6 and 7shot smiths we were running(and still are) were working fine. Two of my 7shots went out of time around a thousand rounds, and several 8shots went out in the same time.
One buddy from KS twice had the 8shot go out of time at SecondChance, costing him money on the line. Granted this happens to all match guns, but it consistently has happened to Taurus revos. I know a fine shooter from CO that runs a Taurus 8shot with plate loads and has tens of thousands of rounds through his. He is on his second replacement hammer pivot pin. I know that Taurus has great customer service and warrantees, but they do not hold up to extensive shooting that match guns do.
I have a SW 8shot that probably only has 3K through it, and I broke a firing pin (^*(&()&(&^(& frame mounted firing pins!) I dont know how much dry firing I do, but it was too much I guess. Got another custom bbl. 8shot Smith that I have over 5K rounds through, no problems except cleaning the bugger. I just shot over 500 rounds yesterday for practice and am going out after I get off the puter.
What I am trying to say is, Most of the serious guys that shoot revos in formalized competition use Smiths and they hold up really good. What I have seen in the past makes me leary of the Taurus for holding up to thousands of rounds. this is MHO!
I use Smiths, to each their own. I will not go into their politics, whatever needs to be said has been said already. Use what you want and enjoy it
Have a good one, DC