Recent content by Jack Kielty

I can't help but think that if Ruger or any other manufacturer of revolvers spot faces the chambers they must have good reason for doing so, and if Taurus or any other manufacturer does not spot face they either don't have the technology to do so or they simply want to keep the cost down. I...

I get your point. I keep having to remind myself that I only paid three hundred bucks for this revolver. Everything you have stated is correct but what is also probably correct is that if Taurus has trouble manufacturing a functional revolver without the spot facing then they would have a real...

I went ahead and acted on all the suggestions made so far and brought the revolver to the range again today, used only CCI's and still the problem persists. I had a discussion with a service tech. from Taurus and will be shipping the gun back to them to see if they can figure it out. I asked...

You may well be right there. What also proved problematic was ejecting spent cartridges; I had to tap the rod with my Buck Alpha Hunter to get it to work. I'll go over the gun thoroughly tomorrow. The really odd thing is that it cycles fine when the cylinder is empty. I'll put some spent brass...

I recently bought a new Taurus 970 and had immediate problems at the range. With nothing in the chambers the revolver cycles fine, with the factory supplied plastic guard in place over the end of the cylinder to absorb dry fires it cycles fine. When I put a load of CCI's in the cylinder it...