Ya, basically if you have a 5-shot DA 38 or 357, it's more or less a dead certainty that it'll eat out of S&W Model 36 or similar J-frame speedloaders.
This is true of the Taurus model 85, Charter Arms 38s/357s, Ruger SP101, S&W's own 357 J-Frame variants and a boatload of others.
I don't know for SURE that this is the case with the Taurus you have but I'd be VERY surprised if it wasn't...
WAIT: Taurus' website had a speedloader conversion chart last time I looked. Strongly recommend you go look for it there. Failing that, spring for an HKS model 36 speedloader and just try it (God knows they're cheap enough to take a risk on one...).
We agree on the suckage factor of the Maxfires. Sorry guys, bad idea.