Taurus .380 revolver?

[Uncle_Lee]

Wifie sent me to the store yesterday and while I was out, I sneeked into the local gun shop.....

   I checked out all the handguns and some of the long guns.... Pretty, Pretty, Pretty.

   I don't get into the gun shop but about once in a quarter then it for only 1/2 hour or so..

   

   I think I looked at a Taurus .380 revolver.

   I say I think I did because when I went to their website this morning, I couldn't find it.

   

   Has anyone ever seen or heard of one of these?

   It sure was small and cute. I am thinking of getting it just because I can't have a pair of NAA .32 acp minis.

[heyjoe]

there are a few threads on it on the taurus forum.

   as with everything else taurus, mixed reviews.

[Uncle_Lee]

They must not be too good.

   Taurus don't list them on their website....

[heyjoe]

http://www.taurususa.com/2012catalog/?catalog_page=20">http://www.taurususa.com/2012catalog/?catalog_page=20

   

   the specs are here

   http://www.taurususa.com/2012catalog/?catalog_page=54">http://www.taurususa.com/2012catalog/?catalog_page=54

[louiethelump]

How are your tired old fingers at snapping 380 rounds into sprig clips and after firing them, snapping those empty sharp edged cases back out of the spring clips Lee???

[cedarview kid]

Doesn't exactly look like a MINI revolver... Doesn't seem terribly small.

[heyjoe]

its the same size basically as a smith and wesson I frame but with a bigger grip.

[Uncle_Lee]

Hey Louie,

   Heck, I wouldn't shoot it.

   It would be like one my NAA minis.

   I would just fondle it till all the blue was rubbed off. That is why I like stainless so much.  

   I like cute little things and to me it looked little.

   In my hand it was little.

   So it was little.

[lauraslookout]

I saw where my local Bass Pro Shop has them in stock and on sale in August. With my experience with Taurus I am not interested. Jim

[ronbonzo]

15.5 ounces, not exactly light weight for a .380

[Uncle_Lee]

I guess that wearing a 15 pound electricians pouch full of tools around my waist for 45 years makes me not notice a few ounces.

[louiethelump]

Me too.  Only it was a 12 pound gunbelt.

   

   15.5 oz is light for a revolver and 3 ounces LESS than a NAA Guardian 380.  

   

   Of course, it is ALSO about 3 ounces HEAVIER than a Ruger LCR in 38 special.

[Uncle_Lee]

But, dog gone it, (to my eyes) they ain't as cute.

[lauraslookout]

You have to wonder, in the Bass Pro ad, they call it a "semi auto revolver" ...........

[lauraslookout]

of course I am retarded ... I always thought a "double " action revolver should have been called a "single" action because one movement will fire it while a "single " action revolver requires 2 movements to fire it. Jim