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A few weeks ago @Button Pusher was at Battery Oaks and he had his usual array of firearms. I noticed the Taurus Spectrum and the thing that caught me eye was how rounded it was, no corners or edges anywhere. James let me shoot it and I liked it. I was thinking about it last week and ordered one from Bud's Gun Shop for $139 delivered.
It came with 2 magazines and felt good right out of the box. I took the slide off and wiped everything down, lubed it up, and put the slide back on. I took it to Battery Oaks today to try it out.
I loaded up the magazines with some odds and ends of hollow points that I had and started firing. Some of the ammo was old and I took advantage of the Spectrum's second strike capability. I had three rounds that wouldn't fire on the first trigger pull but did fire on the second pull of the trigger. Second strike is nice.
Here are the first six rounds out of the gun at 7 yards.
Not too bad for a gun with hardly and front sight. After I used up all of the old hollow point ammo I settled on fresh 90 gr hardball. When I carry this gun I'll carry hardball and not rely on the magic bullets. Placement and penetration is more important. And we we like to say, "They all fall to ball."
I tried a magazine on the hostage target and had three hits out of the six rounds. But, I didn't hit the hostage, either. This was also at 7 yards.
All in all, 150 rounds were fired through the little gun with three different shooters. The gun functioned flawlessly, the slide locked back on each empty magazine, and the little pistol seemed to be pretty accurate.
The trigger is wide and smooth and that makes the trigger pull feel lighter than it is. The trigger pull was a little gritty at first but smoothed up quickly. One thing that we all noticed was that is much more pleasant to shoot than a Ruger LCP. It is nearly identical in size to the Ruger but feels better in the hand and with not nearly the amount of snappiness of the LCP.
150 rounds is not enough to determine if a gun is reliable so I'll run at least another 150 through it before I carry it. So far, I am very pleased with the Spectrum. For $139, it is an entertainment value.
It came with 2 magazines and felt good right out of the box. I took the slide off and wiped everything down, lubed it up, and put the slide back on. I took it to Battery Oaks today to try it out.
I loaded up the magazines with some odds and ends of hollow points that I had and started firing. Some of the ammo was old and I took advantage of the Spectrum's second strike capability. I had three rounds that wouldn't fire on the first trigger pull but did fire on the second pull of the trigger. Second strike is nice.
Here are the first six rounds out of the gun at 7 yards.
Not too bad for a gun with hardly and front sight. After I used up all of the old hollow point ammo I settled on fresh 90 gr hardball. When I carry this gun I'll carry hardball and not rely on the magic bullets. Placement and penetration is more important. And we we like to say, "They all fall to ball."
I tried a magazine on the hostage target and had three hits out of the six rounds. But, I didn't hit the hostage, either. This was also at 7 yards.
All in all, 150 rounds were fired through the little gun with three different shooters. The gun functioned flawlessly, the slide locked back on each empty magazine, and the little pistol seemed to be pretty accurate.
The trigger is wide and smooth and that makes the trigger pull feel lighter than it is. The trigger pull was a little gritty at first but smoothed up quickly. One thing that we all noticed was that is much more pleasant to shoot than a Ruger LCP. It is nearly identical in size to the Ruger but feels better in the hand and with not nearly the amount of snappiness of the LCP.
150 rounds is not enough to determine if a gun is reliable so I'll run at least another 150 through it before I carry it. So far, I am very pleased with the Spectrum. For $139, it is an entertainment value.