sidheshooter,
No problem. I plan on doing a bit more shooting with it either tonight or Thursday night depending on what types of .380 ACP I can scrounge up. It's not that it's hard to find, I just don't really own any .380 pistols anymore so I'm starting from scratch with this gun and just can't go back to the well for a box or two of different ammo. I got rid of the .380 pistols when the .380 ACP ammo started drying up and I decided to carry a revolver as a BUG instead. This concept with the .380 ACP revolver simply intrigued me, at least enough for me to put aside my anti-Taurus feelings (based on flaws found in 7 other Taurus products I've owned), and pick this little revolver up.
Someone here also said something about .38 S&W ballistics. Does anyone have some basic ballistic information to pop up? I'd almost forgotten about that cartridge. I think it'd be neat to compare to the .380 ACP.
What I plan on looking at for the review:
- Construction and size details (Taurus’s specs)
- A size comparison with a “standard” J-frame-size revolver and Small framed Ruger SP101 (done a bit, but it'd be better with actual measurements).
- My opinion on fit and finish.
- Shooting impressions / results (somewhat covered, but more thoughts on way)
- My thoughts on possible uses, likely customers for such a gun (already covered a bit, but I have some other thoughts)
- Price vs. my thoughts on value
Any suggestions or other areas anyone'd like me to look at? I'm probably only going to go with 2-3 types of ammo for this kinda sorta review, which is going to be more opinion than anything. I don't have a chronograph so I really don't have a real metric to measure performance with other than "it felt good". I can measure trigger weight, although I think it's already beyond the 12 pounds that my scale can read.
Oh well, any thoughts are well appreciated.