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Taurus Model 24/7 Receives NRA 2005 Golden Bullseye Award as Handgun of the Year
Yahoo Finance/Taurus Int'l press release ^
| 5/6/05
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Posted on 05/08/2005 1:25:11 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim; All
Here's hoping everyone here is an NRA member. Ted Nugent would like to see every member recruit ten new members so here's my effort. Please join and if you are already a member, include the initials in your tagline. Thanks.
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posted on
05/08/2005 4:48:13 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
To: R. Scott
agreed. if they can find the gun, they can find the key, even if they have to wait till you are asleep... i was just trying to answer his question
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:10:55 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Chapita
"Nothing measures up to the Browning Hi-Power in 9 mm."
You are entitled to your opinion, but not entitled to the facts. Which are, it was never that great of a pistol, and even less so today.
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:13:57 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Chode
Thanks for the answer I just cringe when I see child proof. I actually expect it to be unusable by a child.
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:17:34 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
OK, support your argument with facts as well.
Why was it never that great a pistol and less so today?
(Satisfied Browning owner here.)
To: MediaMole
OK, support your argument with facts as well.
Why was it never that great a pistol and less so today?
(Satisfied Browning owner here.)
Answer last question first: Many better pistols have long since superceded it
Over the years I have owned two commercial Browning FN P-35's, the first one was prone to malfunction and close inspection showed crappy workmanship, the second one looked great, functioned even worse. Trigger was like trying to pull a 20 pound weight to get it to go off.
Several brands and types of different ammo did not help at all. I did get the last one to function reliably once, with some very hot 9mm submachine gun ammo, but I was afraid it was going to beat it to pieces.
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:40:26 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
I was told in College that the definition of great literature was that it had stood the test of time.
If that is a good way to gauge greatness, then the Hi-power is great.
They have a bunch of great features including the fact that it is easy to hit with and the grip is possibly the most comfortable one ever. It was also one of the first high capacity combat pistols.
Also extremely reliable, and durable.
About the only knock on the design is the trigger is often mediocre. A problem which can be fixed.
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:42:36 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
I will have to say you were one unlucky Browning owner. The two problems you had, poor workmanship and reliability are in fact the very opposite of my experience.
My first good quality pistol was a commercial HP. I still remember I paid $104.50 for it at Kings Hardware. The workmanship was exquisite. I have probably owned 20 since and have three now. These include Canadian Inglis, Argentine, FN, WWII German occupation made, and unlicensed Hungarian copies.
All have been 100% reliable with the lone exception of that first one. I once let a 100lb girl shoot it with 90 grain super vels. It jammed once, I am sure because She limp wristed it.
That claim of poor workmanship just makes me shake my head. The pistol is famous for the fit and finish.
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posted on
05/08/2005 5:49:02 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Chode
yep, threw both of ours (mine & wife's) away on the way home from the gun shop.
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posted on
05/08/2005 6:24:54 PM PDT
by
Feckless
To: Feckless
absolutely, more PC foolishness... at least now ya know they won't ever get locked by accident
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posted on
05/08/2005 6:43:29 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Sounds like the opinion to which you are entitled! I stick with mine.
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posted on
05/08/2005 7:52:16 PM PDT
by
Chapita
(There are none so blind as those who refuse to see! Santana)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
"A top-heavy DA Glock." With an insanely long, creepy trigger pull. It's terrible.
Get a Khar instead.
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posted on
05/09/2005 4:43:38 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
To: Joe Brower
I've had a couple of Glocks. Both had creepy triggers. The .40 had what I think was about a 12 pound pull. A smith in St. Paul toned that back to about 3. I invited my insurance man to shoot the Glock at the range in Burnsville and he promptly put one in the ceiling !
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Creepy triggers are not uncommon in combat pistols, Glocks included. But that thing on the Taurus makes the Glock trigger feel like a match component. Honestly. After all the hoopla this sidearm has received, I was quite surprised.
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posted on
05/09/2005 7:36:02 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
To: Joe Brower
The first Glock was a 9 MM and there were several things I didn't like about it, including the trigger. I sold it and bought the mod 22 in .40 S&W and the damned thing jammed on the first box of quality ammo. The smith at Bill's Gun Shop in St. Paul trimmed the trigger, polished up the interior and installed Trijicon night sights. I've put another 700-800 rounds through it without a failure. Glad my life didn't depend on this gun right out of the box.
My next direction in shooting sports is air rifles. I will take delivery of a new single shot rifle in a few months. I fired one of the first of these and I know it'll need a trigger job asap. Its available in .308 or .50 cal. I'm getting the .50.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Sherlock Holmes, speaking to Dr. Watson: "There is only one thing I fear, air rifles". I think it was Colonel Moran who tried to execute him with one in "The Empty House".
He may have said "air guns" but can't recall exactly.
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posted on
05/09/2005 8:14:22 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
I put a .50 ball more than an inch deep in a piece of green oak firewood with this gun. I think I could take a deer with it. Its not a muzzle loader so I would be limited to the traditional firearms season only.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Air" rifles in .308 and .50? Do you mean single-shot "AR" rifles, as in Armalite? I've been into air rifles lately (getting my 7-y.o. boy into the shooting game), but they're all BB guns. $:-)
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posted on
05/09/2005 8:32:44 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
My baby:
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posted on
05/09/2005 8:36:56 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Joe Brower
Compressed air from a scuba tank. 1000 fps. One fill gives four shots. Rifled bbl.
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