Taffin says .357 Raging Hunter sets standard

MidRoad said:

What caliber did you choose? The .357 ?

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.454 Casull. Hopefully I will have it in hand soon.

LoonWulf said:

Now I have another thing to want...
Honestly, Im rather liking the idea of a big, heavy .357
For a general use gun, im more likely to reach for one of my .44s, either my gp100, or my 6.5"SBH.
A heavy .357 would provide a great deal of fun at the range tho, and for riding around looking for pigs in the papaya fields a scoped .357 would probably be perfect. Pop a speed loader in, brace on the hood, and puka piggies.

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Thats why I like my Freedom Arms 353 Casull. It can take some pretty heavy duty reloads. Some of my reloads get better than .357 Max velocities. My scoped Casull is the most accurate wheel gun I have ever owned. It has rifle like accuracy.

MaxP said:

.454 Casull. Hopefully I will have it in hand soon.

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Sweet deal looking forward to hearing your thoughts. If it's good it may make my shortlist

It's barrel nut/shroud and forward cylinder release looks like a Dan Wesson. I thought that would have been patented and owned by CZ and I wonder if they had to buy the rights. After recently buying my first DW revolver recently I thought it would be great if Ruger had the DW barrel change set up. I wonder why Taurus didn't go the extra step of being able to change the barrel length like the DW. Maybe stopping short of that kept it from being a patent infringement?

I’ll guess that if there was a patent on a barrel/nut/shroud set up it is probably long expired. S&W has been using them, Taurus is now, EWK was making aftermarket stuff for years, etc...

That system works very well tho, my DW’s are more accurate than I am for sure.

Stay safe.

Well Taurus Raging Hunters/Trackers are magna ported and did read that Taffin did say one biggest reasons he won't shoot large bore magnum anymore is because of the recoil, that he will only shoot the magna ported ones.

The Taffin article is garbage!
Three different guns depicted! Last photo shows a gun with bare metal or coated frame and scope. No mention of barrel length of shorter barrel gun.

I seriously doubt that 4.2gr of Acc#9 with a 170gr Sierra will yield 1,397fps!
Also, I can’t believe that 12.0gr of #2400 and a 200gr bullet gives over 1,300fps, but 14.0gr under a 160gr bullet gives 1,250!
Sounds like he’s pulling numbers out of the air, or wrote the article after a few adult beverages the eve before the print deadline...

He also acknowledges “throwing out” shots, only measuring the tightest 6-shots.

The pistols do look good. And I’m proud for Taurus really improving their products. But, the groups he shows in photos could have been obtained with most any of my S&W revolvers.
He needs a new editor.

From the article, "however the single action pull registers 7-1/2 lbs. on my Brownells Trigger Gauge."

sparkyv said:

From the article, "however the single action pull registers 7-1/2 lbs. on my Brownells Trigger Gauge."

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That stuck out to me too when I read the article, was surprised he didn’t take more of an issue with that.

I don't recall the last time I bought a new, non-custom revolver that didn't need a trigger job. When a reviewer discusses the trigger, the only thing that I would find noteworthy is if he said "the trigger was perfect and needed no adjustment."

That is great the accuracy the revolver showed. Not doubting what it did but I will be more of a believer after seeing some other Taurus revolver tests repeat the results. I hope that level of accuracy is typical in the new revolvers and not that this was just an exceptional example.

I had a raging bull /454 and did like it

In respect to the article, I don’t find that 25yard scoped or 20yard open sight groups “amazing.”
However, the gun appears to be relatively consistent among brands
Call me when you are scoped shooing more than 25yd
(22 at 100y)

I think Tautus has some neat configurations, the raging series being one of them. However I've never been impressed with the quality. 7-1/2# SA trigger pull being an example.

If he really wanted to measure inherent accuracy he needed to put it in a ransom rest. And I'd have shot at 50yards, especially using a 2x scope.

My S&Ws all have much lower SA trigger pulls and if I tinker with the loads I have no doubt similar groups could be achieved.

alfsauve said:

I think Tautus has some neat configurations, the raging series being one of them. However I've never been impressed with the quality. 7-1/2# SA trigger pull being an example.

If he really wanted to measure inherent accuracy he needed to put it in a ransom rest. And I'd have shot at 50yards, the specially using a 2x scope.

My S&Ws all have much lower SA trigger pulls and if I tinker with the loads I have no doubt similar groups could be achieved.

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Can’t really fault him for not using a ransom rest. I know of one guy in this industry that uses one. While you want to show what the revolver is capable of, you also want to show what a pair of hands can deliver. JMHO.

Benp said:

I have shot many pistols and rifles with no ear pro.

I have tried hunting with my Impact Sports turned on. Holy cow it drives you crazy.

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wait until you have persistent chronic tinnitus playing you a high E flat minor third in your ear 24/7. You’ll feel like using that ported .44 on yourself.

alfsauve said:

If he really wanted to measure inherent accuracy he needed to put it in a ransom rest. And I'd have shot at 50yards, especially using a 2x scope.

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The Ransom Rest is not the be-all, end-all people seem to think. I think Taffin has been at it long enough to know what he's doing.

I would imagine that Taffin has tested more handguns and especially revolvers in his career than a lot of his nay-sayers have even handled. He and I are very close in age and I've been reading his stuff for a long time. I'm convinced he knows what he's doing.

Very true words about him. He wasn't doing any accuracy test, as a matter of fact I did not see the target.
It was just a society presentation/introduction by him.

Sets the standard for what? Poor quality coupled with poor customer service?

MaxP said:

I ordered one and am looking forward to wringing it out...

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Max what caliber did you order? Ok nevermind I see 454.

Let us know how it shoots

Mr.Revolverguy said:

Max what caliber did you order? Ok nevermind I see 454.

Let us know how it shoots

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Will do!

Tallball said:

I don't dislike Taurus revolvers, but I would be extremely surprised if I shot a Raging Bull and it was more accurate than my S&W Model 28, or my 6.5" Blackhawk.​

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Maybe they got it right with the new Raging Hunter series.

The double-action pull is quite easy and smooth, however the single action pull registers 7-1/2 lbs. on my Brownells Trigger Gauge. This is at least double what it could be on a dedicated hunting sixgun, as the Taurus is clearly designed and so-named.

7-1/2 lbs for single action. ??