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Thread: put an 8 shot Taurus on lay away.

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    put an 8 shot Taurus on lay away.

    The local gun dealer made me a deal on my 20 gauge reloader I don't use anymore so that money went as down money on an 8 shot Taurus today. I'm not fond of the porting but it should be a fun gun to work with.
    Do they make speed loaders for those or are you stuck to loading it one at a time?

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    That 608 must be a fairly new offering from Taurus. I don't recall ever seeing one before.

    Mark at Pinnacle Custom can cut the cylinders for you to accept moonclips.

    I don't see a model that matches up to it (or the Smith 8 shot) on HKS's or Safariland's websites.

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    I found some on the dillon site tonight. Moon clips would be nice. I should have it out of hock in about 3 weeks or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by part_timer View Post
    The local gun dealer made me a deal on my 20 gauge reloader I don't use anymore so that money went as down money on an 8 shot Taurus today. I'm not fond of the porting but it should be a fun gun to work with.
    Is this a .22 or .22 magnum?

    Super38

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    It's a 357 mag.

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    I have a Taurus with ports stick to jacketed bullets. Lead bullets make a mess in the vents.

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    I have litterly put 1000's of lead rounds through my 450 2" barrel with ports and 90% have been a 200gr Lyman SWC lead with no mess, so that is not true with all revolvers.

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    i've got a taurus 44mag with a ported barrel. i shoot tumble lubed lee boolits, and get a bit of lead mess in the ports, but it's nothing a little hoppes #9 can't take care of. the ports make the recoil very bearable. worth the extra trouble for sure.

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    If you are planning to shoot cast, I would pick up a small cheap set of picks. Makes it easier to clean the ports. Mine has a 8lb double action trigger pull, but a 2lb single action pull. It's my favorite pistol to shoot. My 608 loves the lyman 358429 & h110.

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    I'm going to try mine with the 360-180 form NOE. Hopefully I can work up a load that will work in both the 1894 and one of my wheel guns.
    Last edited by part_timer; 01-16-2010 at 09:36 PM. Reason: lack of grammer

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
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