Taurus - No lockup in front of cylinder?

[NoahFN]

I looked at a Taurus model 445 titanium today in a local shop. I had decided to give it a look, since I've never really looked one over. I haven't too many positive things about them. Upon inspection I noticed that there was nothing holding the cylinder in place at the front of the cylinder...nothing that holds the extractor rod in place like there is on S&W's. I was able to wiggle the cylinder to the point that it would touch the edge of the forcing cone. Is this normal for all Taurus guns?

 

[Old Fuff]

Nothing to worry about. While the cylinder isn't locked at the end of the ejector rod (where it doen't do a whole lot of good) it is locked between the frame and the yoke (where it does). There may or may not be a problem with the particular revolver you looked at, but my yoke-locked Taurus' haven;t given me any problems. None of the current Ruger double-action revolvers lock at the end of the ejector rod either.

 

[mnrivrat]

Although I see nothing wrong with crane locks My Taurus 94's are also subject to some questionable play within that system.

I have a three inch barrel (old style) that I may install on one of my 94's as soon as I can get the longer extractor rod and parts. This would give me a triple lock gun and maybe be more stable ?

I purchased a couple Taurus 94's within the last 6 months and they are sort of a work in progress. Smoothing, changing springs, etc. in order to get them to where I would like them to be. They both functioned OK from the start, but improvements can be made.