Anyone have one? I’ve was looking at this model in the Taurus catalog last year. It was due out in the winter of 04, but I never noticed anyone carrying them. Recently I read that it had been discontinued. On Sunday a friend of mine showed me an example of one that he picked up recently. He told me that a few distributors seemed to have gotten a few in, but that he had picked up the last one in his local shop. Well today, I called another local shop looking for a S&W 642. He didn’t have a 642, but before getting off the phone, I mentioned the Taurus in 9mm. He happened to have one in stainless for $359. Well, my impulsiveness got the best of me, and now I own a Taurus 905 instant backup. I liked the idea of a 9mm revolver to backup my G26. I wasn’t really keen on the idea of it being a Taurus, as I’ve had a few problems with them in the past. Nevertheless, I thought I’d take a chance. So now I’m wondering if 905 owners are happy with these little revolvers. I compared it to a model 85 Taurus and it is noticeably smaller. I was happy to see that in addition to the shortened barrel 1/34in, Taurus also shorted the cylinder significantly. Well, what seems to be the consensus on these revolvers, are they decent? I forgot to mention it has a bobbed hammer.
Taurus Instant Backup 9mm?
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KONY
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You owe us a range report! 
Well, the range report leaves something to be desired. I took the 905IB out the range yesterday for the first time. I put 100 rounds through the gun. 50 cheap Remington, & 50 WInchester Silvertips. My opinion of this revolver is mixed. First off, it handles pretty nicely, recoil is noticeable but nothing compared to a 357 mag. The Stellar clips are okay. The didn't work with the cheap Remington, but worked nicely with the Silvertips. Accuracy was good, trigger pull good. The revolver fits nicely in a pocket. Now for the negatives, I had one light strike in 100 rounds. The primer indent was noticeably lighter than the others. This happened only once, and doesn't seem to be a problem. What does seem to be a problem, is the fact that the cylinder seemed to bind periodically. Approximately 3-5 times during this range session, the trigger would not pull back. I didn't try to force it. At first I thought maybe the cylinder was not in the "locked" position, but then it happened during the middle of a cylinder. After attempting to pull the trigger a few times, the revolver would then fire the remaining rounds normally. I'm not sure if this is a tight cylinder/bore gap or something else. I definitely heated the gun up, but it didn't seem to bind when I would most expect. It happened more randomly, sometimes at the beginning of a cylinder, and sometimes in the middle. As I said this happened about 3-5 times during the 100 rounds. Reliability being the most important factor in a CCW firearm, I must say I'm questioning whether or not this was a good purchase. Any idea as to what might cause this? Otherwise the revolver functioned fine for the majority of the session. I decided to take it back to the dealer, who is going to look it over and send it back to Taurus if necessary. If I can get it working 100%, it will make a very nice pocket revolver.
BullfrogKen
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Did you notiice if the problems were brand specific with regard to the ammo? The rims on 9mm cases can differ enough in size to cause problems with moonclips.
I hate to admit it, but it was getting late (dark), & I didn't really pay that much attention. I think it happened with both types of ammo. Nevertheless, when I took it to the dealer today, he dry fired it a number of times, and he felt it bind once. This would seem to indicate something other than ammo, but ammo was my first guess also.
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