"The Days of Our Lies,", "Internet Commandos" , and smilies go together about as well as 'da Judge and 45LC in Grizz country, and bad 'da jokes (so say some fools).
Feel the need to help educate a fellow revolver owner aka "USMC Retired, LEO Retired NRA Benefactor Member" ? Nobody knows T-94/941 better than you two guys, say it ain't so. Maybe not a USMC/LEO retired. Last time I looked, they don't issue small frame rimfires for combat duty and/or LEO service handguns. Tell 'em all about it. Count holes.
(prolly Photoshopped anyway, that 94 picture, infamous conspirator tactic that fools no one ??)
How many prospective new buyers know that specific make/model/vintage better than you two guys do ? How many people even on taurusarmed.net own and shoot all of 'em every week/month, as many Taurus 94/941 rimfire revolvers as either one of you guys ?? Qwiks draw ??
or don't do that -
and don't post up pictures of NIB 94/941 revolvers you personally looked at yourself.
Those which you would cherry pick for yourselves, and those you would not.
(Do feel free in the interests of objective non-biased anti-conspiracy to do same for every NIB S&W, Ruger, Rossi, Taurus, Charter, brand X small frame DA rimfire you and friends can lay your hands on; they ain't that hard to find, not even for guys like me and you who do not own our own LGS.)
People who know handguns like you guys do, and own ~41 Taurus handguns, ought not waste their time and money on digital cameras. People like me ain't interested enough to bother, because all us snobby elitists and Internet Commandos and idiots are too busy playing CoD anyway (in between planning the relentless advance of the VAST INTERNET CONSPIRACY)
Tell those newbies what a homeboy-smithing mainspring and/or trigger return spring change and/or 5000 rounds of dry fire will do for a cherry picked 94 or 941 bought NIB DA trigger... (and won't do).
Somebody had an unhappy experience with a NIB FA, S&W, Ruger, Kimber,Taurus, Browning, Hi-Point, HRR, Jimenez, or brand X handgun ??
Don't blame the factory, blame the struggling LGS owner trying to move enough volume to feed the family on too-thin-volume, too-thin-profit sales. Blame the buyer, it's their own foolish fault for buying on-line, and it's their fault for trying to save a buck from Bud's et.al. vs. somebody's personal favorite LGS.. QA/QC is their responsibility, not the manufacturer's... after all it's obviously real wrong for a newbie or an oldie to want to save a buck; do tell 'em they ought could buy wallyworld practice ammo, but NOT right to NOT buy economy priced brands, because saving a buck is inherently wrong absent no-free-ride expertise won the hard way. Do blame the competition for screwing up (and they do screw up), but Taurus mistakes are their competition's fault, not Taurus' fault, because it's the overpriced screw ups with the wrong number of cylinder holes to match the model that forces Taurus to ignore QA/QC, and send revolver cylinders out their door that look like THAT. The way-too-over-priced competition is just killing their market demographic, that's what it is, dadgummit !
Forbid new gun buyers, who have never owned a revolver, or maybe even ever shot one, to ever buy one because there oughta' be a law against ever buying a revolver (or any handgun), unless they have passed your level revolver checkout test criteria, without ever held one in hand before, nor acquired your hard won hands-on expertise by merit of owning and shooting at least 3000 rounds of ammo through at least 40 handguns each, preferably dominated by some one preference brand.
(if nothing else, you might win some bonus points from the anti-gun of-any-brand crowd)
Hate S&W worse than Satan, do it; S&W owners are all conspirator elitists, you know it. Spread the gospel, it's your duty. They always were junk anyway, just ask Chuck H.
Want to sell your own old/new S&Ws because you despise people who like em', do it.
Put 'em up there, name your price; some newbie elitist fool on gunbroker might bite.
Newbies always catch the short end of the dirty stick; that's how they learn to be oldies, same as you did.
Just how many newbies do you really think surf THR or taurusarmed.net, et. al. anyway ? They mostly have never even heard of THR or TFL or tarusarmed.net or rimfirecentral.. AR.com.. mebbe.. most of 'em don't even know that 38 S&W is a cartridge, not a special, not a bullet, nor a gun)
But if all else fails, you could still post pictures up of NIB 94 or 941s, cylinder bore shots, 8 or 9 holes, you pick 'em, brag on 'em. Picture worth 1000 words and 100,000 of mine or yours.
Me, I am impressed by that picture of that older vintage T-96 rimfire, and I don't even need pictures of the cylinder bore to be impressed. Got my own reasons for that.
Have seen cylinder bores in T-94s and T-941s. Not impressed. Don't even care if homeboy smithing can turn a crappy DA trigger into a barely tolerable one. SA trigger is an optional mode on a DA/SA revolver, ought not be a "requirement". "Mostly goes bang" can be had cheaper than Taurus-today, always could.
You care if clem knows the model number, I do not.
Just in case you wondered, no, I don't own a Taurus 94 or 941, on purpose, and I do not care what the bargain price is, but some folks do and ought care, and they just might ought pay attention to clem's picture
consider it a kindness.. because
I am leaving all those 94/941s for JR47, he might could make 'em run better than most
Me and you, weregunner, we just ain't destined to ever be real close friends, I reckon
Buy another 40 for you, somebody's gotta' do it
Sell 40 others NIB to others if you can, god knows we need competition in new revolvers, any kind we can get (but don't wait on me to stand in line)
me standing pat on the three Taurus handguns I own and admire
(and even McGunner, loyal to Taurus for his own good reasons, seems like he ain't jumped on NIB lately, but he knows how to check 'em out when he is ready; unlikely to have cylinder bores that look like that, five holes, or six, or eight, or nine, and they real likely to time right too)
Taurus makes some good-today-guns, always did
as do they all
and none are exempt from caveat emptor
those who have 3 or 4 success stories are not liars
those who have 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 complaints are not liars
those who have 40 straight unqualified one-brand NIB success stories ought spend less time touting gun brands and spend more money on lotto tickets
and for those entertained by conspiracy theories, there is always the 'black helicopter' option
it's a VAST INTERNET CONSPIRACY, dadgummit !
Qwiks draw cannot fight it all by himself
PS
shooting is good, and even more fun if done not with your life on the line
if you can't hit the target, enjoy the noise, but don't shoot yourself in the foot
or anyone else
