Hi,
I saw what I thought was an S&W Mod. 586 over the weekend at a local gun store.
When I got closer, I saw it was a Taurus Mod. 689. It has a 4" barrel with vent ribs, it has an attractive glossy biue finish and nice wood grips with the gold Taurus medallion. There is a very slight cylinder ring.
The owner let me dry fire it a few times. It has a very nice, smooth action, no grit I could feel.
All the chambers lined up with the forcing cone. There is just a tad of cylinder wobble, but nothing to get excited about. In my experience most revolvers have a little bit of cylinder wobble.
I woould say it's in VG+ condition. I wrote the serial number down and Taurus told me it was made in April of '92.
Whew! Now you know everything I do about it.
He's asking $395 for it. I figure he'll take $375.
I searched here, the Taurus forum and other forums and all I find is these older 689s are well liked by their owners and seem to be trouble free, for the most part.
And a lot of guys said they sold or traded theirs and very much regretted doing so. I don't know about you guys, but when I get a good firearm, I keep it.
But no one talks about accuracy or much of anything else about them.
I'm hoping to find some folks who will tell me about their first hand experience with the 689 and if they think $375 would be a fair price for this revolver.
Sorry for being so long winded.
Thanks,
mikem
I saw what I thought was an S&W Mod. 586 over the weekend at a local gun store.
When I got closer, I saw it was a Taurus Mod. 689. It has a 4" barrel with vent ribs, it has an attractive glossy biue finish and nice wood grips with the gold Taurus medallion. There is a very slight cylinder ring.
The owner let me dry fire it a few times. It has a very nice, smooth action, no grit I could feel.
All the chambers lined up with the forcing cone. There is just a tad of cylinder wobble, but nothing to get excited about. In my experience most revolvers have a little bit of cylinder wobble.
I woould say it's in VG+ condition. I wrote the serial number down and Taurus told me it was made in April of '92.
Whew! Now you know everything I do about it.
He's asking $395 for it. I figure he'll take $375.
I searched here, the Taurus forum and other forums and all I find is these older 689s are well liked by their owners and seem to be trouble free, for the most part.
And a lot of guys said they sold or traded theirs and very much regretted doing so. I don't know about you guys, but when I get a good firearm, I keep it.
But no one talks about accuracy or much of anything else about them.
I'm hoping to find some folks who will tell me about their first hand experience with the 689 and if they think $375 would be a fair price for this revolver.
Sorry for being so long winded.
Thanks,
mikem
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