Yes, as regular sights they work just fine like any revolver. Mine shoots to point of aim if you can just peep the bright orange of the front sight in the rear trench. (Basically put the top of the front sight in the middle of your rear sights).
Now the night sight is a very bright green dot, position towards the middle of the front site.
If you put this dot squarely in the trench of the rear sight you're shooting a little high. I hope that makes sense, it's difficult to explain.
In your house at seven yards I don't think it matters and the front night sight is a good one..it's brighter than my brand new hellcat and Sw governor etc
I hate the actual finish, the gritty drab gray..but it doesn't affect function. I've seen pics on here that mother's mag shines it up very nicely. Maybe a good winter project.
Under 400 otd I'd highly recommend.
Yes! My 640 is my forever gun, but the 856 sure is nice, and holds the correct number of cartridges. It’s a sweet spot for me, in size, barrel length, and capacity.This coming from someone with the S&W logo as their profile pic—now that means something. LoL!
I actually like the polished finish of the 85s, but I can't find 85s listed on Taurus USA website now, the 856 must already completely replace it.
Pics?I really didn't like the matte finish on my 856 so I took a green weenie to it. That is what we called those green scrubbers in the Navy. That took the matte finish right off and made it ready for the blue finish. Now if you want to do this, you need blueing made for SS, so look it up and order a bottle. The more you put on the darker it will become. I put wood grips on mine but do not remember where I got them but they do make it look authentically older.
I read all of the comments here and I have an 856 4" one...
[/QUOTE]From pics it’s a 3”. No record of Taurus making a 4” yet.
. 357 terms, you seem to have very bad luck with Taurus revolvers