Advice please... Practice Ammo for Taurus 85?

[pistolpizza]

I have a new Tarus 85 Ultra Lite Titanium revolver. I went to shoot it at the range the other day and had to buy some of their ammo (I had none). I'm guessing they were reloads because the casings were different colors. Some of them were very difficult to extract. Is this normal for reloads? Is there a better "practice ammo" for me and my Taurus?

Thanks for any help you can give. I'm new to the world of handguns!

Shawn

 

[P95Carry]

First off - welcome, on this Independence day

Taurus ammo? Was not aware of it. But then I ain't over observant sometimes!

Anyways - possibly best way to go with the 85 for reasonable value practice is Winchester White Box, straight 38 spl round nose. You should be able to get 100 packs at Wally World.

When you are happy enough with using those then perhaps step up a notch to some CorBon +P stuff if you want an edge. They can be useful for carry but probably you are not into carry just yet.

I have a std all steel old M85 - and am not up to speed on the lightweights but am assuming this is just 38 spl chambering and not .357.

 

[scubie02]

it was probably the reloads--just get some inexpensive new stuff like the wwb mentioned.

 

[pistolpizza]

Thanks for the help guys!
Much appreciated.
I'll get some new stuff and give it another go.

Shawn

 

[bakert]

I use light to moderate reloads in my Taurus 85 for practice but have used the UMC 158 LRN bullets which work just fine.

 

[walking arsenal]

mines the standard all steel version and seems to love cast lead bullets. it has a deep rifling, shoots them well.

 

[JJpdxpinkpistols]

they ain't picky

I have a blued 851 roundbutt snub.

My gun likes 38 +P speer Gold Dot 125s (12.99/20 at Sportsmens Warehouse) for Defensive

and for fun, Winchest 130 FMJ in 38sp (9.50/50 at SW), and Winchester +P 150gr SWC for a +P load (18.50/50 at SW).

As stated above, this baby will pretty much shoot anything you wanna shove through it, however, you should stick with non-p 38s for plinking as the Ti revos *can* be less robust than steel.

As explained to me by the gunshop here lcoally: feel free to practice with +P defensive, but if you feel the need to shove 400+ rounds a day through it, then stick with non-P ammo. I opted for steel, for that very reason. I like the POP of +P.

*Some* ranges is only allow you to use their ammo for guns. We have one of those here in Oregon. A few indoor ranges use lead-free UMC, and this allows them to have more shooters in more rapidly.

I have orded 250 rounds of various stuff from georgia arms, and will report what I find with them

Enjoy!