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Are Smiths REALLY worth TWICE a Taurus
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Was looking at the Taurus thread of D@Ds. Lots of talk about Taurus vs Smith. Looking at the Auction side of GB prices I noticed a Smith 686 costs twice a Taurus 66 . Having never owned or shot a Taurus I was wondering if the Smith is TWICE the gun a Taurus is[?]
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Was looking at the Taurus thread of D@Ds. Lots of talk about Taurus vs Smith. Looking at the Auction side of GB prices I noticed a Smith 686 costs twice a Taurus 66 . Having never owned or shot a Taurus I was wondering if the Smith is TWICE the gun a Taurus is[?]
Yes....Yes they are!!
It will never command the (stupid amounts of)money a Python will, but they will outlast the owner, his son, and his grandson too, if maintainted.
(again, JMHO, but the best 686's are from the Bangor-Punta or Lear-Sigler era)
The 686 is one of THE best revolvers EVER IMHO.
It will never command the (stupid amounts of)money a Python will, but they will outlast the owner, his son, and his grandson too, if maintainted.
(again, JMHO, but the best 686's are from the Bangor-Punta or Lear-Sigler era)
Well said!!!
why do you think they copy smith?
In general, the older a Smith the better. I'm not interested in anything new they have. My last two Smith purchases have been a 66, made in the early 70's and a 28, made in the 60's. I plan to add two model 27's to the group, a 5 inch and a 3.5 inch, neither made before 1970.
Don't buy a gun just because it's cheap. Either Smith or Taurus can be a good value.
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If you shoot alot buy a Smith or Ruger.
Friends don't let friends buy Taurus.
I've played with Taurus's 1911 and I've played with Smith's 1911. One is very good and the other just HAD to put the extractor outside the slide. S&W's PPK had to be recalled, a pistol made since 1929 by Walther, Manurhin, and Interarms. You would think they (Smith) could get it right the first time.
I played with a Taurus Judge the other day. It is a beauty of fit, finish, and balance although to look at it, you wouldn't think so.
Now add that to the customer service and warranty that will always be honored and you have a superior product from a country that supports gun rights. They let the people vote to keep guns legal and they did!
I don't own a Smith or a Taurus. I own Colts. They rotate the cylinder properly.[:D]
Forjas Taurus ("Taurus forge") began as a small tool manufacturer in Porot Alegre, Brazil back in the 1930s. The company produced its first revolver, the Model 38101S0, in 1941, combining elements from several manufacturers of that day, including Colt, Smith &Wesson and certain Spanish brands.
Taurus soon became a major factor in the South American market and entered the U.S. market in 1968, employing the services of a succession of U.S. distributors over the next several years. Their efforts met with only marginal success and marginal acceptance by American shooters.
In the meantime, Smith & Wesson had been purchased by an international conglomerate named Banfor Punta, which later purchased 54 percent of Taurus. Thus, the two companies became "sisters" (neither ever owned the other), and over the years a great deal of technology and methodology were passed between the two. In fact, due to efforts to upgrade Smith & Wesson's factory, more technology and manufacturing know-how passed from Brazil to Springfield, Massachusetts, than vice versa.
Many of Taurus' young engineers did extended tours of duty at Smith & Wesson as part of that process. One of those was Carlos Murgel, who in 1977 , put together a group of investors that bought back Bangor Punta's 54 percent of Taurus outright. Dr. Murgel has since passed away, but the ownership structure continues today.
The change sparked a quest to improve overall quality of Taurus guns as well as an expansion program. Taurus eventually bought a factory that Beretta had built as part of a Brazillian government contract. Along with the purchase came tooling, machinery and a very experienced work force.
In 1982, Taurus opened Taurus USA, in Miami, Florida, to increase the firm's visibility here. Over the next several years, the company introduced guns such as the Raging Bull .454 Casull double-action revolver, the polymer-frame Millennium autoloader series, the 24/7 duty and service pistol family, the world's first all-titanium revolver line and also became the first company to offer its customers an unqualified lifetime repair policy.
Copied from Guns & Ammo Handguns (August/September 2008).
I have a Taurus .44 Magnum Raging Bull in my opinion it is of equal quality to my S&W .50 Model 500. They are both excellent revolver's.
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but I do have one of the original model 60's that i really like.
quote:Originally posted by Freedom First
I have a Taurus .44 Magnum Raging Bull in my opinion it is of equal quality to my S&W .50 Model 500. They are both excellent revolver's.
How does the Taurus .500 Magnum Raging Bull compare to the S&W?
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Hey didn't Taurus discontinue it?
....wait a minute, is this a trick question?
Though I couldn't tell much difference, (besides the trigger) I still preferred the S&W. Old biases die hard, I guess.
the taurus ran rings around the smith...it was chalk and cheese...i`ll stick with my taurus...you s&w lovers can stick with them.
Margaret Thatcher
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