Stop being a S&W snob?

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You KNOW what you want

Nightcrawler, you KNOW that you want the Smith. If you buy the Taurus, you will always be nagged by the fact that you didn't buy the Smith. What are you going to be more proud of at the range - a great All-American Smith and Wesson or a Brazilian made Taurus:barf: ???

Is there really any choice?

Spend the extra dough. You won't regret it.
 
Just a thought:


Taurus has a terrible customer service reputation.

Smith & Wesson has an excellent customer service reputation.

If, when, or ever you decide to sell your revolver your S&W will be easier to sell, and you will get the difference back you paid initially over the Taurus.

Smith & Wesson American made, Taurus not...


Reasons enough for me.

Having said that, and preferring Smiths over Tauri I think you would be well served with either. Buy what you want.


Best Wishes,

J. Pomeroy
 
Nightcrawler, you KNOW that you want the Smith. If you buy the Taurus, you will always be nagged by the fact that you didn't buy the Smith. What are you going to be more proud of at the range - a great All-American Smith and Wesson or a Brazilian made Taurus ???

Is there really any choice?

Spend the extra dough. You won't regret it.
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Taken to it's logical conclusion, if he buys the Smith then he'll always wonder if the Taurus would have been just as good. Only way to know for sure, buy both... :evil:

I'd say that making an emotional argument like alluding to patriotic spirit is a little silly, but people make purchases for emotional reasons every day so if buying an American made firearm makes you proud then by all means do so.

For myself, pride in country isn't that big a consideration in my purchasing decisions. I buy the "best" product, "best" being a interaction of such factors as quality, cost, value and aesthetics. Is country of manufacture a part of that decision matrix? Sure, but it's not the paramount criteria. That said, in situations were all other factors are equal I'll keep my money in the local economy if given the option.

Tex
 
CZ22: BURGO's.... Pot metal W.German made I think, possibility 38 long caliber. (I've never shot them, or even paid any attention to the caliber).

Here's the story on these "beauties".. It's kinda long, so quit reading anytime you get tired.

My 80yr old MIL bought one of the Burgos used for personal defense sometime in the early 1970's in Statesboro, Ga., from a pawn shop for (she said) $15.00 incld free holster.

My now deceased FIL (married to another at the time) bought his Burgo new at a sporting guns/hardware store in Jacksonville, Fl. in the late 1980's... Don't know what he paid for it.

Fast forward to the middle 1990's..

She moved to Waycross (to be near her only child, my wife).
He divorced, remarried, and moved to Waycross in a job transfer.

His 2nd wife died, later he met my MIL at Church and sometime thereafter they got hitched.

When they were combining households they were surprised to see they had matching Burgo's. Neither revolver had been shot (I don't think) since they got them, but they asked me to clean them up and make sure they would shoot..

In cleaning them I was surprised to see they were consecutive serial numbers..

He died two years ago, and she gave me the Burgos.. They aren't worth poop, but the story of how the consecutive serial numbered Burgos got back together is pretty neat.

Thanks for askin'.

Best Wishes,

J. Pomeroy
 
I prefer the S&W over Taurus personally, but as a side note the 640 gets heavy in the pocket after a few hours. I have pocket carried a 642 then 649 and now 340.
 
I'm no snob but every morning my butler brings me the paper, coffee and my smith on a tray. My valet and driver do carry tauruses though.
 
I'm no snob but every morning my butler brings me the paper, coffee and my smith on a tray. My valet and driver do carry tauruses though.
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You poor fellow! Sometimes we forget how the unfortunates in this world have to live, until a post like this brings it home.

I'll remember you when my naked slave girls come crawling toward me each morning, bringing me my Colt New Service and massaging my feet.:neener:
 
I've got 5 j frames left. 638 no ILS. 632 no ILS. 432 W/ ILS. PRE 40. and a 63. I don't carry the 63. All of them share one thing in common. All barrels are 1 7/8", just right for front jeans pocket carry. The j frame .357 steel guns have a 2 1/2" barrel don't they? I remember I got a 649 .357 a few years ago and I found it too heavy and long for the way I carry the j frame. I don't like Taurus. No reason, JMO. $100 will barely put a down payment on a gumball anymore.
 
My opinion is that S&W revolvers are generally overpriced for what they are, and it's largely due to S&W structures their model release.

For instance, they'll release one model for a year or two, limited production, and then they'll stop making it for a couple years, or change it slightly and alter the model number. This drives up both price and demand "because they don't make this gun anymore", giving it a broader collector's appeal. This, in turn, causes the other similar S&W revolvers - the mainstays - to be priced slightly higher than they normally would be, simply due to their technical similarity to the 'discontinued' revolvers. "Hey, it's just like this discontinued model except for minor x and y features, so it's only $50 less."

Then other revolver manufacturers end up pricing their revolvers a bit higher as well - because it's still cheaper than an auto, for the most part, and they've really only got to beat out S&W on price if they want to make the sale.

At least, that's my take.

I don't think that S&Ws are that much better than Taurus, not unless you're spending on the more expensive models. For a 'cheap' revolver like the ones you've mentioned, I'd personally not splurge, and get the Taurus instead.
 
You can't be initiated into the S&W Snobs club unless you will accept nothing less than a pinned and recessed model. If there is room in your heart for even one made of steel that does not stain, they shall know and root you out.

A Master Snob cannot even have this much mercy in his soul, he must cast out all revolvers made after the downfall of the year nineteen and sixty five. To sit upon the Coucil, you must purge yourself of all desire for them made after the second of the great wars. Few are them that can reach such heights.

None living know what a man must do to sit in the Amazing Comfy Leather Armchair of the Grand Wazoo, if such a being may still be a man.
 
Cause you'll get black balled by the Smith clique if ya by a Mr. T!:what:

All kidding aside, I have two Taurus's and love them both. I am sure the 88 has work done to it, got it used, but it shoots better than my Smith 66 and is slicker but otherwise a nickel copy of such. My 605 shoots great as my model 60 did and I like it a little better because of the lugged barrel....so I guess I am gonna get kicked outta the Smith club! :D
 
I believe the S&WSS(Smith and Wesson Snob Society) uses stainless steel balls instead of the more traditional black. Blued or nickel balls in place of white.

ALL HAIL THE GRAND WAZOO! Keeper of the Devine Golden Knurled Screwdriver.
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And the Cosmik Debris.
 
Guns are like cars in that quality and price don't track each other very well. Taurus is just as good as S&W and Honda is just as good as Mercedes. Most people prefer Mercedes, though, if they can afford it. $100 is not a big difference. If you get more pride of ownership, it's probably worth it.
 
IF, if you must buy a locked gun, the taurus revolvers execute the lock better than the s&w revolvers by the fact that it can not be recoil induced to self engage because of the set up in the frame has it athortships opposed to fore and aft....
 
Stop being a S&W snob

I have a taurus 605 snub in .357 magnum. As I stated earlier I have had problems with the timing out of the box, which seemed so far to have remedied itself. Not sure what happened my dealer told me that it could have had a bur that fell of and now it is functioning properly. recoil is not bad nice fit with inside the pant holster. I don't think I did a bad thing by choosing taurus over smith at the time because it was all that I could afford then. I needed it for working late night performing service calls in unfriendly areas. Now that I can afford a higher quality American made pistol it will not be a smith but a Ruger in either .41mag or 45colt.
 
By selecting a S&W, you are not a snob. You are a person of class and distinction, not someone who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. You value the best, and appreciate over 150 years of American history.

Okay, slightly tongue in cheek, but I own too many S&W's, more than a couple of Colts, and don't tell anyone, even one Ruger (Bearcat). I do bleed S&W blue, whether the gun is old or new.

I have tried to shoot a couple of Tauri in the past; one wouldn't, and the other managed to fire 2 of the rounds in the fully loaded cylinder, but some people love 'em, who am I to deny them their pleasure.
 
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