Taurus 627 Titanium?

[Huesman]

Picked up a 4" 627 357mag Taurus Titanium and was wonder what the going thoughts are on them? Will the Titanium "stain" like stainless will if not taken care of or is it better?Couldn't pass up the price on it!Are there any problems with them?

I already bought it,I would like to know what others that have them think.Thanks.

 

[DougB]

A good friend of mine has had one of these (it's the "Titanium Tracker," correct?) for several years. He's shot it quite a bit and is very happy with it. I like it as well. You'll probably hear some negative things about titanium guns made by Taurus, but based on my friend's experience, I think you'll be happy with it.

Doug

 

[Rangegod]

Repost of my Taurus Story

Here is my Taurus story.

I bought my first and only Taurus revolver, a new 627Ti Tracker 4†at a gun show about two years ago. On my first range trip, the cylinder started dragging on the barrel after a few rounds. Before completing the first box of ammo the action started to bind up not allowing the trigger to return to the forward position. Inspecting the gun at home, I found the binding was not in the lock work per say but was caused by the hand binding on the cylinder ratchet at two different points. I opened up the barrel cylinder gap and fixed the offending burrs on the ratchet and things seemed OK.

On my second range trip got heavy cylinder drag when shooting .357s. Again at home, I found a large burr around the firing pin hole (rookie error I should have seen this earlier) which was binding the gun on cartridge set back after firing. About this time I replaced the (very heavy) factory springs with a set of Wolf reduced power springs (10# trigger return, 11# main spring). I also had to stone (to get the deep machine marks) and polish the hammer strut to get the roughness out of the action. (BTW, the Wolf 10# main spring in the spring kit was too light for reliable ignition.) I now had a great feeling and working gun, or so I thought!

On my next range trip I loaded and fired my first 7 .357s. Thing were going well, as I loaded the second cylinder full. While opening the cylinder after firing the second seven I notice some binding. Upon inspection I found the center pin had sheared flush with the ejector star. Needless to say this put an end to any further shooting of the Taurus that day.

Upon returning home, I went to the Taurus web site and filled out a work order explaining the problem, packaged up the gun and UPSed it to Taurus.

About 4 weeks later I got the gun back with the center pin replaced AND a new cylinder. The old cylinder had some erosion on the front face but I did not request replacement.

Things have been fine since its return. This is a gun I really wanted to like, light, 7 shot, corrosion free Titanium and a blast to shoot when it’s working, but I’m not sure I’d do it again.

JAC

 

[Sloppy]

Keep the cylinder under the extractor clean; once dirty, it causes the cylinder to get locked up. It took about 500 rounds before the trigger got smooth. Wolff Springs are well worth it if the trigger pull is too much for you. I'd recommend the 12# main spring... the 10# spring caused misfires for me.

 

[valor1]

Allow me to resurrect the dead. How are titanium revolvers by Taurus. I am in the market for the Taurus Tracker 627 with the Shadow gray finish which I think is made of Titanium. I've heard about timing issues and other sort of stuff. Any comments on this revolver? Will it last the test of time? Thanks.

 

[TalonArms_R]

Valor,
Funny you should bring this up! I had started a quest for one of these today.
I don't know anything about durability and performance but here is some new info I can share.

Taurus has discontinued them and they are no longer available from Taurus to distributors. I checked with a few wholesale distributors I work with like RSR, Davidsons, Jerry's, and a few others and no one has one in stock. There are none listed on gunbroker, gunsamerica, or auction arms that I could find. It looks like this is going to be my Easter egg hunt this year!

If you find a source, let me know.

 

[valor1]

TalonArms_R,

Why did Taurus discontinue the Titanium revolvers? Was there any problem in manufacture or in the theory of supply and demand? It also makes me think why titanim isn't that popular. Anybody care to add inputs?

 

[TalonArms_R]

The guy I spoke to had no idea why it was discontinued or why it was still on the website.

I did find a source for the 616 total titanium though. It is a 6 shot from the Tracker line. It has a notch rear sight, 4" barrel and of course, it is ported.
That one is not listed on the Taurus website though. I did find out it was a special run of pistols made in December of 2006. The idea was to make a more affordable version of the Ti tracker that was more of a straight defensive handgun rather than a hunter/target gun.


Anyone have a 616 they want to give an opinion on?

Here is a pic:

 

[arctictom]

I have a Titanium Tracker , love it , put 500 + rounds through it 38 and some 357 hot loads not a hitch. Loads of fun to shoot. Nice hand gun.