7 shot Taurus

[Nora]

I must be behind the times. I bought a Taurus Model 66 back in the mid '80. It's got a 6 shot cylinder. Tonight I was browsing there web sight and saw that the 66 now has a 7 shot cylinder. When did that happen???

Nora

[lathesmith]

'Bout 8 years ago, more or less. I have a 6-inch version, I custom-fitted the barrel to tighten it up, and it is a great shooter. I love my Tauruses, now let the bashing begin....!
lathesmith

[part_timer]

There is one over at the gun shop that has 8 shot cylinders. I'd like to have it but I'm kinda torn between it and the smaller scaled down version of the judge they have out.
The only thing I have against the 8 shot is that it is ported and I'm not that fond of porting on a 4" bbl.

[Freightman]

'Bout 8 years ago, more or less. I have a 6-inch version, I custom-fitted the barrel to tighten it up, and it is a great shooter. I love my Tauruses, now let the bashing begin....!
lathesmith
I will bash you! kidding of course, I have a S-S 450 45 Colt w/ 2" barrel I carry it for my CCW love it, have a 71/4" barrel Gaucho that is a great gun, so I am bashing Taurus and send all to me will dispose of all them for anyone and save you the trouble.

[lathesmith]

Now, that's my kind of bashing Freightman! Ha! Those Gaucho's do look interesting, I am tempted to try one of those.

p t, that 8-shooter is a model 608, it's somewhat beefier than the 66. It'd make a great gun though, I chose the 7-shooter over one of those because at the time the 7 shooter I was looking at was in better shape than the 8-shooter. Like you, another factor was barrel porting; I'm not really crazy about it in this class of revolver.
lathesmith

[Aegis]

I love my 608 with 8 3/4 barrel. Just clean the porting after you get done shooting lead.:bigsmyl2: