![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 38 Special, medium frame revolver manufactured by Taurus. The trigger must be pulled for the pin block to move and let the hammer strike it.The Taurus Model 82 is a 6-shot. If the gun is dropped in that condition and the hammer drops the block will not move, preventing the gun from firing. That includes the firing pin block that is in front of the pin when the hammer is thumb cocked. ![]() Thankfully, the sites on this one are lined up solidly.Įven with the age of this gun, it is built like a modern revolver as far as essentials. Like most guns this size the sights are molded into the top of the gun. The model 85 is a serious shooter that you can aim from some distance and count on hitting your target if you do your part. Like I tell most everybody who asks, your first consideration in getting your primary carry gun should be a gun you can get a full grip on. I don't know how much this 20 year old revolver weighs, but it would be more towards the weight of a Ruger SP101.The stainless steel construction adds heft to it that the alloy of the Airweight lacks.Ĭombined with the full grips the gun is more than just a point and shoot emergency revolver. The Taurus 85 is heavier than the Airweight. What is noticeably different is the weight and grip size. It is now affectionately referred to as Momma's Gun. She had kept it boxed and loaded in her apartment for almost 15 years. When we cleaned out my mother's apartment I pulled the Taurus box out from under a cushion on her couch. She kept it in the box for another six months or so, then had to go into a nursing home. I just shot enough round to test the gun for safety, then took it back to my mother. Twenty years later I opened the box and decided to try out the revolver. My dad bought the gun around 1992 because he thought they needed it to protect their home.Īfter he bought it and loaded it they never fired it. The gun was not only unique to me because it was old and new but because it belonged to my mother. The one that was manufactured around 22 years ago was typical of a snub nose revolver in size and construction and appearance. The gun, a Taurus Model 85 is in the J-Frame size range. To my astonishment, what appeared to be a brand new stainless steel revolver emerged. When I first got it out of the torn, worn taped up black box I wondered what it was going to look like. ![]()
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