the internals are not as well made as the S&W
Guillermo said: correct me if I am wrong, but aren't both injection molded internals?
My current Taurus 85SSUL has some MIM parts, as does my issue S&W Model 686-6, but they both are durable and accurate.
Have you seen the internals on a Taurus? I know you have a certain dislike for S&W from your postings, but the internals on the S&W are beefier and just better formed. A poorly formed part can be very strong, but I would still say it is not as well made. I like my Taurus revolvers, but the internals remind me of a Charles Daly 1911 I had. It looked great on the outside as far as fit and finish, but the internals were looked cheap.Was hoping Mr. Walkalong would pontificate
Agh, learned something.These are both Taurus M66s. Neither is stainless, though they do make it in stainless
Just my opinion.
Should be a "66" stamped there.
Why do I keep hearing about the Model 66 being seven shot? Mine has a 6 round cylinder...
Why do I keep hearing about the Model 66 being seven shot? Mine has a 6 round cylinder...
I own 2 Taurus 66s, a blued 3" and a nickel finish 4", and owned a Smith 19 and still own the .38 caliber M10. NO. The Taurus uses a beefier frame, slightly heavier, but with more room in the forcing cone area that allows for a round forcing cone. I like that as I've had a K frame forcing cone split on the flat at the bottom, before.
The Smith has a hammer mounted firing pin. Both my Taurus 66s have floating firing pins. Sometime around 1990, they switched from a hammer block system similar to Smith and Wesson, all-be-it with a floating firing pin to a transfer bar trigger system like the Ruger. The transfer bar system on my 4" is a very smooth, great DA and SA, a bit better than the older system on my 3". My 66s are slightly better shooters than my Smiths. Personally, I kept them and sold the 19. The 10 ain't for sale, though.
The Rossi 971 I had was a closer copy of a Smith. It had the hammer mounted firing pin which broke and I fitted a K frame firing pin to the hammer.