Styx
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If my math is right, that's about 3 Smiths worth of Taurus there.
Taurus 856 Followed Me Home
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I like me some Smiths but they are waaaaaaay out of my price range. I did mention on the S&W forum I was starting a home for orphaned and wayward S&W revolvers so send them my way along with large donations so we can feed and house them properly.
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Used ones with worn or messed up finish, incorrect grips, etc. can be had for the price of a new Taurus, if you keep your eyes open and are patient.
Here's an example. It will never be beautiful again, but it's a very good shooter.
"Before" and "work in progress".
I dunno, looks pretty good to me. I wouldn't kick it out of bed to use an old parlance.........Used ones with worn or messed up finish, incorrect grips, etc. can be had for the price of a new Taurus, if you keep your eyes open and are patient.
Here's an example. It will never be beautiful again, but it's a very good shooter.
"Before" and "work in progress".
lincen
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Actually, I went kicking and screaming into the Taurus camp. I do have other revolvers made by Colt, Kimber, Ruger, and S&W. I really like 3” barrel revolvers in any caliber. Due to aging hands I shoot mainly 38 Special out of my 357’s. When the 856’s got such good reviews and were at such a reasonable price, I jumped in. Then my interest in 22lr revived and I’ve been in the 327-32 camp for a number of years. True confession from a former Taurus hater…..You don't care for Taurus much, do you?
my new taurus 856 is a reliable and decent handgun that came at an attractive price. i think that it’s a better choice as a sole centerfire handgun for protection for normal, civilian, suburban, firearms non-enthusiasts than a plastic, semiautomatic, wonder blaster. what i don’t like is mine’s dull black finish and the oem grips that require a hole punch to remove.
Styx
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30 minutes, wet sandpaper, Mothers Mag & Aluminum, and you'll have a S&W style brushed stainless finish without have to pay the S&W price for it.
Every gun owner should have a punch set (which cost about $5 at Walmart for the most common punches) as it's needed to take apart most rifles and semiauto handguns. You'll need a punch to change the pinned front sight too. The good news is that the grip pin knocks out rather easily.
[EDIT] I just noticed you purchased the black version, so that won't be an option.
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Mine's the matte stainless and I'm thinking about polishing it. Didn't you do yours or was that someone else?
Styx
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I did it. I hate bead blast finishes on handguns.
Forgot to post this, I found square butt wood grips on the Taurus website a while ago. Better than the oem grips but still pretty small for me. I can get a good grip with them but I have to bend my wrist down to line up the sights.
doubleh
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Grip material, size, and shape are personal choice. I like the beauty of wood but the older I become the more I appreciate the comfort and easy of gripping that butt ugly rubber grips offer. I don't care what they are made of, I have come to detest two finger sized grips.
