Taurus Model 450 Revolver

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I am considering getting a discontinued Taurus Model 450 Revolver chambered in .45 Colt. Does anyone have any experience with one of these light 5-shot wonders? I am interested in a smaller frame revolver to stick in my pocket when wandering around the property and for taking to town. My 325 PD is ok, just large and I want something smaller in .45 Colt rather than .45 ACP (I'm covered up in ACP revolvers at the moment).
 
I have one. It is a great revolver. My wife decided it was hers when she tried it out and now I am on the prowl for a second Taurus 450. Too bad they discontinued them. .45 Colt is one of my favorite handgun calibers. This is an excellent carry gun and we have no complaints.

If you reload for .45 Colt the Taurus 450 is more touchy about overall cartridge length than other revolvers in this caliber. I had been seating bullets out a bit longer than recommended overall cartridge length and my S & W revolvers in .45 Colt had no problems. Some of these would bind up cylinder turning in the Taurus so now I am careful to keep my .45 Colt loads at or slightly under the overall cartridge length listed in the manuals.
 
I own one of these guns as well and love it! It was my dad's and I had shot it many times, then he gave it to me for Christmas this year. Even at 34 years old, it is probably the best Xmas gift I have received. I would recommend this gun to anyone.
 
Mine is the light weight titanium snubbie with a satin blue finish. Beautiful firearm. If I'd ever find another i'd buy it. Use the same size holster as a 357 snubbie.
 
I have the titanium model and like it very much. My son has an ultralight and was happy to find one as he wanted to get ahold of mine. If you reload, they are touchy about oal and make sure to use a strong crimp. They can be a knuckle buster if you have large hands.
 
I have my eye on one in a shop... Model 450 Ultralite...
I have 2 445s in steel and looked at another 445 today.
I LOVE the big bore taurus snubbies.


Jim
 
I have one and use it for carry. I also had it converted so that it will shoot the Colts or ACP's with moon clips. Prefer it over my 445.
 
I really like my 450. If you reload with heavy bullets, crimp the heck out of them or they back out on you.

Great gun for tossing in your hip pocket.

Biker
 
Minor resurrection but I wanted to say that I have one and I enjoy it a lot. I don't shoot it a ton, but I don't think it was designed for high volume range trips. Currently I have 225 grain Silvertips for it, but I am very near buying thse bullets and in this load. Looks like old school take-down loads.
 
I have the essentially same revolver but chambered in .41 Magnum (the Model 415). Mine is the ss model as opposed to the titanium one and I appreciate the extra weight while shooting it but resent the extra weight when wearing it. The 415 has a 2 1/2", ported barrel. It appears to be equivalent size-wise to a Smith "K" frame which, imo, makes it a little bulky when carrying concealed-though not nearly so much as the Smith Model 696 "L" frame, chambered in .44 Special that I owned at one time.
 
I stumbled across one in a local gun shop. When I saw the little snubie was in .45 Long Colt, I did a double take. Price was $455.00. I thought that was a little steep, but I don't know. It certainly had mymouth watering. I once owned an American Deringer in .45 Long Colt. I have a Ruger Black Hawk in the caliber. I like it better than.44 Mag. Makes me wonder what kind of resale prices anyone was able to get, if they sold one. My 2 sons each own Taurus 38 snubies in titanium.
 
I like the .45 Colt so much that I don't own a .44 and probably never will. For plinking loads, the .45 Colt uses cheap and readily available bullets and at very low pressures. For serious loads, it can beat the .44 out of similar guns.

I think Taurus discontinued this model because they thought it was dangerous to use higher pressure loads in it. I wouldn't go with Ruger-level loads (if nothing else, the recoil would be excruciating) but I certainly think it can take something more potent than 700 fps cowboy loads.

FWIW, the 450 I bought was about the same price as Sr. Marvel saw, and this was three years ago. If you have an inkling toward it, get it, and if you don't like it, you can definitely get your money out of it on gunbroker.
 
 
Hello:

I spotted a Tuarus Titanium model 450. 45 Long Colt, blueish finish, proted and rubber grips.

I bought it NO research for 460 bucks.

Hope I did OK, sure is a purdy, nice feeling weapon.

Here is am image (from on of you guys posts) That looks like the one I bought.

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paint me green cause ive been looking for a 450 for a long time now
id like a steel one not titanium or aluminum but everytime one comes up for sale its gone before i can get it oh well
 
I just noticed this post as I was doing some searching on the 450. I bought one about 10 years ago as I wanted a snubbie in .45 Long Colt (as I reload those). I pretty much agree with all of the previous posts.
- Mine is SS and it weighs a shade over 32 oz loaded. Soaks of the recoil fine.
- Accuracy is ok, but mine shoots about 6 inches high at 21 feet. Still trying to figure out what to do about that.
- I keep it next to our front door and many times, carry it in the car as I think someone looking at those big Silvertips would have second thoughts.
- Double action trigger is pretty darned smooth and works well if one practices (which I do with all of my carry weapons).
- Looking at the cylinder, I would have to agree with the previous post which recommended staying away from the heavy duty loads. But the .45LC is a versatile cartridge and a proven man-stopper.
- I carry it in a Kramer pancake holster which rides high and conceals well.

One of these days I will send it back to Taurus to see what they can do about it shooting high.
Dave
 
Mine will pull bullets when using cheap cowboy loads. Just make sure bullet is crimped.
Wonderful gun.
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Mine is a 2" s/s ported and I sometimes carry it in a Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake. It's a good shooter but I would stay away from +P loads.
 
Dear FMCDAVE, just saw your post:

- Accuracy is ok, but mine shoots about 6 inches high at 21 feet. Still trying to figure out what to do about that.

I also reload the .45 Colt for a variety of revolvers of various lineage and sometimes regulate vertical point of impact by playing with bullet weight and powder charge on my fixed sight guns. What weight and types of bullets are you shooting? You did not specify what the loads were or whether all shoot high.
 
I generally shoot 250gr Rainier over 7.5-8gr Unique. However, the Winchester Silvertips shoot high as well. I use Rainier as I don't like to handle lead. My mother had a bad experience whilst making stained glass (with the lead separators). She thought she was being so careful, but after a standard blood test...the doctor asked her if she was an alcoholic...she doesn't drink. It was low grade lead poisoning.
 
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