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Question about Taurus Revolver im about to buy

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Hi guys, Im venturing out to add a revolver to my collection. I dont want to spend a ton of money. I have narrowed it down to a Taurus Model 66. I found one used locally and am going to go look at it next week. The guy wants 300 for it. Its a blue'd gun, has wood grips. I asked him if it was a 66 and he replied the gun says its a S-669161. I imagine thats just a varient of the 66? This will be a range only gun, and maybe if I fill my buck tag early with my bow which is my preffered weapon for hunting, I may use it to try and shoot a doe with someday. I was just curious if this sounded like a good deal? Can I change out the grips to hogue or something else? I honestly am in the dark on these. Is there anything I should look at to see if its a good or bad one? was looking to find out what the red flags were on these. Thanks for anyone that can help me out. God Bless and Merry Christmas!
 
If the weapon is new or like new condition it may be worth the $300.00. I would shop around the auction sites and see what you could find. You really have to look for a good deal these days, but they can still be found.
At 50 yards or so, The 357 will do the job on a medium sized deer.. I would use 180 grainers for my weapon though. Pachmyer and Houge make grips for the 66. I like the "Grippers" myself. Good luck in your gun venture.
 
Look under the cylinder crane as older Taurus revolvers have the model listed there like my 88 which was a copy of the Smith 66 in nickel. 3in too, should have never sold it! GREAT gun.

Here's my 88.


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300 is too much for a Taurus used in blued steel. For a bit more you can get a Smith and Wesson or Ruger .357 and they are far superior revolvers, in my opinion. Shop around a bit, read the classifieds here and on other forums, check the used racks at your local gun shops...
 
Steve, I would love to see where these Smith or Colts for a bit over 300 are! I can also say that Taurus revolvers especially the old ones, are fine handguns. My model 88 was one of the best shooting slickest action most accurate revolvers I have ever owned, and I have a couple Pythons, and a few Smiths and a couple DWs and a Ruger.
 
Years ago I handled a few Taurus revolvers. Didn't like the action more then anything. Swore I'd never own one too, just didn't like their guns.

About 4 years ago I picked up a Taurus 445 which is a stainless .44 Spl similar to the Bulldog. The action is great and never a problem with it. For $260 I'm impressed and have a totally different view of Taurus now.

$300 isn't a bad price, probably cost more then that new. Good luck finding a S&W for that price, it will be beat to death, at least they are in my area.

Even though I've had good luck I've heard others that have gotten lemons. My advice is handle the gun, try the action and check all the things you should on a revolver.
 
I have a 65, which is the fixed sight model. These are the models that Taurus made to appeal to police/security people. They are well made and dependable.
$300 is an average price for a blued model, I've seen some higher, some lower. I assume, since you're buying locally, you can handle the gun, check how tight it is, how well it's been taken care of. Don't be afraid to ask questions, like how many rounds through it, has it ever needed service, etc. The best thing would be if you could shoot it yourself before buying.
It's a good gun and you should enjoy it, good luck.

BTW, mine has Uncle Mick's grips on it. I think Pachmayer and Hogue make them too.
 
bubbacrabb, as mentioned by others here, be sure to review the sticky on used revolver check-out procedures at the top of this revolver section - you probably already know all this, just wanted to make sure - I found the sticky above very useful in getting ready to evaluate a recent used revolver purchase. And Merry Christmas to you and everyone else here as well ....
 
Around here 300 sounds like it is a marginal price. Not great...not horrible. Maybe a little to the high side.

See if you can make that the out-the-door price.

If you like the gun and you pay an extra 25 bucks for it does it really matter?

16in50cal and others gave you some great advice. Check it out thoroughly and that is a very good sticky.
 
Sound right for a new one maybe. Or close to it. For a lil more, I'd swing fer an sp101.
 
I have a Taurus 66 4" that I bought for $ 299.00 about three years ago.
Depending on the condition of the gun, that might be a fair price. My
Taurus 66 is probably my favorite revolver, it is a real tack driver and
I've shot around a thousand rounds through it with no trouble yet. I'm
not sold on Taurus semiautos yet, but I own three Taurus revolvers and
I've been pleased with all of them.
 
I aks because those who say Taurus revolvers aren't worth this or that probably either never owned one or got unlucky and got a bad one. I have had a few Taurus revolvers and all have been every bit as good as any Smith I have ever owned.
 
I own a Stainless Model 66, in 3" trim. I've owned it for about 15 years now, and it's had literally thousands of .357 rounds shot out of it with no problems. I also own a Model 82 (.38 Special, heavy 4" barrel, blued), and a pair of Model 85s, one a blue Model 85 CH, the other a stainless Model 85. These I've had since the early 1980's. They've been shot many times.
 
Davidson's, who sell through any ffl holder, lists the Taurus 4" & 6" blued 66's new for $385 + s/h. A good range friend, who since passed away, bought a new 4"-er ~ 3yr ago - ~$290 locally. I resprung it for him - he found grips he liked - and he shot mainly .38's from it. It actually had a decent trigger - and never hiccupped. He liked it so well, he sold his old S&W Model 10. I'm an S&W-guy - that was tough to watch - and hard to believe. Taurus can mess up and make a decent revolver on occasion. His was stolen after his demise... and reported as such.

Check J&G sales, etc - they have K-frame security guard trade-in's, .38's & .357M's, at decent prices - like 10, 13, 15, 64, etc. They run from $230-$340.

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Taurus QC is hit or miss on some of their revolver lines, and generally top notch on others. The 66, 669 and 82 are among those guns that are nearly always very good. You just don't often see complaints about these guns (the model 94 OTH). I owned a 6" 66 that was quite nice. It did have some tool marks around the muzzle and on the frame under the cylinder, but the DA trigger was smooth with a bit of stacking and the SA broke cleaning (not as clean as a typical S&W, but close enough).

I'd love to pick up a used 66 or 669 sometime, but the used ones I come upon are usually higher priced than new ones (around $400-$450). So $300 for my area, that would be reasonable. I'm still holding out for one under $250 though.
 
don't keep track of Taurus s/n numbers, so dunno
somebody did ask "do you own one ?"
yes, I do
and several S&W k-frames (k-17s, k-48, k-66s), see my sig line
my 20 year old model Taurus 66 (model 19 blued clone), will run with all of 'em, none better, no BS
if that's what it is, you be lucky
if it is what the revolver checkout sticky sez it should be, it is a rare value, in the same class as Ruger "sixes" that too few know

$300 for the price of a 38/357 revolver that mebbe runs with S&W k-frames, mebbe is, mebbe ain't
but Taurus really did used to make "best bargain price k-frames", dunno if still do or don't, I don't sell 'em, just shoot 'em

but if it didn't fail the checkout, I would drop $300 in blink, to find out
and if it did I would not
caveat emptor, but if it looks outdated but real nice, check it out
do not depend on brand labels alone, not new, never ever with used
a lot of the older ones ain't no "judge"
 
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I own a lot of Taurus revolvers. Models 66: 1 over 25 years old, blued: 1 new one stainless steel. Model 65, 25 year + old2.5 inch barrel in nickel. Model 85CH, over 25 years old, blue, snub revolver.

Model 856, two of them. snub revolver. Model 327- 1 in .327 federal magnum.

Model 94 in .22lrf, blued with 5 inch barrel. Model 941, .22WRM,blued and 5 inch barrel.

If anyone bothers to read through the provided link above from here they'll notice a plethora of satisfied model 66 owner.

I can go to the archives of another gun forum and bring back 19 written typed regular sized paper pages of satisfied model 66 owners, but that might be a might over the top. You get the point.

For me the Taurus revolvers have been durable and above all else reliable.

I folowed the revolver buyer checklist all the way through before purchase.
 
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