Taurus 905 - 9mm Revolver

[EddieCoyle]

I have a S&W 547 in 9mm that does not use moon clips. Very cool design.

 

[Texfire]

I put one on layaway today. I'll let you know how it treats me.

Tex

 

[copaup]

I have a 905 that was less than satisfactory when I took it to the range. Recoil is stout, accuracy is so so, and the cylinder kept locking itself up for no clear reason. Several light strikes as well. The "stellar clips" are pitiful, don't hold cases tightly enough, and are far to easy to bend, resulting in light primer strikes and the cylinder binding. Its one of those guns that I would love to get rid of, but would feel guilty selling it to someone I know and the local shop won't give me anything in trade for. Perhaps I will give it to my younger brother as a gift with a full disclosure of its drawbacks.

I'd love to find a 9mm Sp101 though.

 

[marklbucla]

I might be interested in it, if the price is right.

 

[mrmeval]

Taurus has a lifetime warranty, send it back.

 

[Glockensig]

Taurus has a lifetime warranty, send it back.

I believe the issue is a design problem with the moon clips. So, unless Taurus is willing to re-design the clips, the problem may not go away...

 

[Boarhunter]

Glockensig,

Perhaps a design problem, but my non-expert evaluation is that they are simply too "flimsy" to do the job...paper thin and lacking in any strength or integrity. The shortcoming is most notable when comparing the Taurus 9mm moon clip with a www.moonclip.com .45 moon clip. Night and day difference. I wrote Taurus about the problem, but got no response. Which is obviously a response in and of itself.

Boarhunter

 

[Glockensig]

Perhaps a design problem, but my non-expert evaluation is that they are simply too "flimsy" to do the job...paper thin and lacking in any strength or integrity

This is the EXACT design problem of which I speak!! WE are on the same page. This is why I believe sending it back to the factory would do no good. The gun itself is ok, and they would probably just replace the old moon clips with the same identical poorly designed moonclips!

 

[symr00]

Are there any other companies that make the taurus clips?

 

[Blade37db]

I recently bought a S&W Model 940 with a 3" barrel. The first 2 times I shot it I used WWB ammo and no moonclips. I had about 6 "fail to fire" in the first 100 rounds. I bought some moonclips from S&W and went back out with a box of Remington 115gr FMJ and the gun was perfect for those 50 shots.

 

[bofe954]

Would the S+W moon clips work in the Taurus?

 

[Gary A]

I tried some S&W moonclips in a Taurus 905 and they wouldn't fit. There is enough difference in the star that the Smith clips wouldn't fit over the Taurus star. It was disappointing because I think the Taurus clips are awful.

 

[mrmeval]

Moonclips are just sheet metal. Cut some out. Though the S&W ones are pretty simple.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

A good friend carried his S&W 940 as a backup to his police issued 9mm Semi-auto. That way he was using department issued ammo, so if he had to use it, there'd be much less liability. He was "officially trained" years ago on revolvers by his department, so the fact that he had not been allowed to "qualify" with the 940 as they had switched to semis, but using department ammo, would make it very tough for them to find him completely at fault as they surely would if he used a .38 to defend himself. (It's not the People's Republic of Maryland for nothin'!)

LD

 

[Doug S]

the cylinder kept locking itself up for no clear reason

I bought a Taurus 905 IB earlier in the year. It did exactly what you describe. It did not seem to be caused by the moon clips. I returned it to the dealer, actually traded it in on a S&W.

 

[Texfire]

I gave up on my 905. The clips were picky about which ammo I used, and bended easily. Other than that it wasn't any better than my 642 for it's purpose. I traded it in on a KelTek SU-16C.

Tex