titanium handgun?

I shoot Taurus Tracker 357/38Sp Titanium revolver. It's a great revolver. As light as it is, it kiks far less than Ruger SP101 stainess steel. The Ruger was panishing to shoot while the Trackes is a pleasure. And accurate. I was very surprised since I like Rugers guns. For example: did you know that Ruger Super Red Hawk has only one screw in the entire gun? Is all pins, springs and latches. Nothing can get loose there. I have never seen a gun like that.
 
Nice thread necro! Only ~7yrs this time!
 
My brother has the 44 magnum Taurus in titanium. The gun shoots fantastic to mee ands seems to recoil less than his Ruger 45. I would definitely recommend one of the Taurus titanium revolvers.
 
The C 96 Mauser also had only one screw !! excellent design !
Titanium guns sometimes have special coating .If so , make sure you take good care of it !!
 
I had only one opportunity to fire one of the airweight-framed S&Ws (in .38 with "duty" loads) and it was most unpleasant. Shooting a 2" barrelled .357 (I had a Colt "Lawman") produces a fireball of impressive size and likel night-vision destroying brightness.
On the plus side, if you miss the other individual, there's a fair chance of burning him to death....
 
I've read numerous posts talking poorly about Taurus. I've owned numerous Taurus and never had an issue. I've been shooting for over 40 years.
I like the alloy framed revolvers from Taurus, but as others have stated, the recoil can be substancial.
 
I have to laugh whenever I see a thread like this. The last time I shot at the indoor range in Prescott a young man came in and set up next to me.
He had a brand new S&W M&P340 light weight .357. He just bought it and a box of Winchester .357 mag. 125gr. ammo at the shop in front. He fired
3 shots, put the gun back in the box and left. I turned around and could see the counter. He was waving his arms and appeared to be yelling. He wanted
his money back. I talked to owner later. He tried to explain to the gentleman that it was now a used gun and they couldn't give him all his money back.
He was also reminded that the salesman tried to talk him out of buying that particular revolver since he was new to guns and had never fired a small
revolver. I have seen quite a few of these lightweight revolvers for sale slightly used.

I'm sure that someone is going to reply that these 13 oz. revolvers are pussy cats to shoot. Whatever floats you boat. :rolleyes:
 
I own and shoot a model 60 and 640 357s .The recoil is nothing in a all steel j frame. My hardest kicking pistol is a Seecamp 380 , 40 rounds of 380 through it and I have to shoot some 22 rf to relax . The j frames all have big grips on them to soak up the recoil now , so its just a matter of practice . I am not a fan of Taurus , to many QC problems ! !
Jake
 
UffDa said:
I have to laugh whenever I see a thread like this. The last time I shot at the indoor range in Prescott a young man came in and set up next to me.
He had a brand new S&W M&P340 light weight .357. He just bought it and a box of Winchester .357 mag. 125gr. ammo at the shop in front. He fired
3 shots, put the gun back in the box and left. I turned around and could see the counter. He was waving his arms and appeared to be yelling. He wanted
his money back. I talked to owner later. He tried to explain to the gentleman that it was now a used gun and they couldn't give him all his money back.
He was also reminded that the salesman tried to talk him out of buying that particular revolver since he was new to guns and had never fired a small
revolver. I have seen quite a few of these lightweight revolvers for sale slightly used.

I'm sure that someone is going to reply that these 13 oz. revolvers are pussy cats to shoot. Whatever floats you boat. :rolleyes:
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I once had a friend several years ago buy some variant of titanium frame .357..This friend sold me a Sig P229 for CHEAP (5 bills or so for the Sig, 4 mags, 2 holsters and a few hundred rounds of ammo) several weeks before he offered me this as well..Pretty cheap. I handled it for no more than about 30 seconds and handed it back to him and said "no thanks". He actually asked me why and my response was short, simple and concise.. "It's too light..There is a reason these types of guns are typically heavy..Just about breaks your wrist to shoot it,..doesn't it? :D "
He smiled and assured me that he would find a buyer for it..I assured him that there would be no doubt that someone would buy it,..It just wouldn't be me.
 
I bought a Taurus once. Won't get into that topic but needless to say I'll never buy another. I sold it & bought the Ruger LCR .357 & I absolutely love this little gun! Very light weight, doesn't hurt my hand when I shoot it cause the grip is so nice & the trigger is amazing. Feels like a Smith after you spent $100+ on a trigger job. Been my carry & conceal handgun for about 4 years or so now.


 
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