Taurus 65 Range Review, and it's a great old gun

[@carlbrooks68]

To the masses I am a Great fan and Love the Taurus model 65 in Stainless steel. The purpose for Your trusted firearm is to protect you and your family. This is what I call a great video and Your work on the Firearm is on Point. Just know I respect my Taurus firearms and I know They will Always work as needed. Great video and Keep up The Great work on the vintage and Golden Firearm.

[@davidabney7700]

I love the older Taurus Revolvers and collect those wonderful six-guns of the past. I use to be a Taurus snob until I acquired an early Model 80 and got to looking at the features on these early 70's production Taurus Revolvers. Now, I collect these great firearms! The linear lines traversing the cylinder flutes, topstrap area, and front sight of early Taurus revolvers are a treasured feature that "only" the early S&W Model 27 had. Thanks so much for showing us your early 65. Great video on a great six-gun from Taurus.

[@1972glm]

Yeah the older taurus (early 90's and older) are almost like they were made by a different company than todays firearms. I know that some competition shooters would do is buy a taurus revolver for cheap, get the insides deburred and smoothed out which was cheaper then since revolvers were king, and you'd get a gun on par with a Smith for a little cheaper.

[@brucereiersen1978]

Just bought one, a little older like yours, but a beauty. I look forward to shooting it and thank you for solidifying my love of the gun.

[@bobbycollings6964]

One of my favourite revolvers

[@usedgundude1035]

Awesome build, quality is for sure at that price. Thanks for the view, UGD

[@horacehall6531]

I got mine from my girlfriend. I traded my .357 Windacator with a 21/2 in barrel. She wanted a shorter barrel and I wanted another 4inch barrel .357.

[@theroller5673]

Experiment with ammo brand and grain weight to get your fixed sights dialed in.

[@davidabney7700]

I recently purchased a Taurus Model 84 at a local pawnshop. This is the adjustable sight .38 Special, deep factory blue, four-inch barrel, beautiful walnut service grips, and bearing a likeness to the old S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece on the outside profile. This is an early 1970's Spesco Revolver (AKA: Taurus 84). The Spesco is a Taurus Revolver with the gold-colored Spesco Falcon Logo on the medallions on the service grips. The Taurus folks explained to me the Spesco connection in that in the late 1960's and into the 70's, a middle man business out of Atlanta Georgia, took in Taurus Revolvers for resale under the Spesco Logo. This practice ended with Taurus setting up here in the USA for manufacture. Anyway, this Spesco Falcon is in reality a Taurus 84. This Falcon has all of the features present that are visible on this old Model 65. The service hammer reminds me of the old pre-war design S&W Model of 1905 service hammer. Humpback for single-action fire that was common in pre-war times for cops. They shot single-action fire at the range, instructed and drilled into the cops of that time the benefits of single-action shooting. The factory finish on my Spesco is a deep rich blue. The hammer, the topstrap, the front sight, the rear adjustable sight, and the cylinder flutes are decorated with "fine" linear lines traversing the cylinder flutes and topstrap are a sight to behold. I believe this expensive factory feature was to attract gun-buying customers. This offering only lasted a few years before being dropped out of expense issues. Even the original box, in excellent condition too, despite its age, came with my purchases. This box has the Spesco Falcon ID on it, with a spare set of spare grips (missing) that fit into the box nicely. The Model 65 of this video, is from the same time period of manufacture as this Spesco Falcon. I collect old Taurus revolvers now, I was a Taurus snob until I made a purchase of a much-used Model 80, made in the early 70's. This .38 six-shooter had been standard with a Security Company here in the US, before they replaced these and purchased the Model 82. After that purchase of my first Taurus the snobbery vanished. Great guns, they are, the older guns in particular.

[@garageguy879]

I picked up a 65 a couple of weeks ago with the stainless finish for $299,,no letters in the serial number,the woman at Taurus CS told me that Taurus did not start using letters in the serial number untill 1981,so I didn't get an exact manufacture date,but I do know it was made before 1981,which is fine with me.It's dead on accurate and the trigger and hammer action is about as good as any Smith or Ruger I've fired.

[@usedgundude1035]

Great find. Older Taurus are well made and blued so nice. UGD

[@stuartpalmer3793]

I recently got an old Taurus 65, with the recessed cylinder and pinned barrel... I am very happy. It's a solid revolver. The only problem is that it's shooting 3" high and 1" to the left at 10 meters - both with .38 spl 158g and .357 158g. I believe if you shoot lighter faster loads, it can drop the POI. Im super anal about my guns being zeroed, so if that doesn't work, I'll take it to a smith and have the front sight raised by adding soldering. What type of rounds were you firing?

[@rjenkins4325]

That sub count is climbing daily..You are on your way my friend..

[@usedgundude1035]

Thanks Jenkins, I'll keep grinding it out. UGD

[@jurassicsmackdown6359]

I've heard tell from older Taurus fans that their quality has gone up over the years. Taurus is slowly but surely beating it's hit-or-miss reputation by the sound of things Saving up for my first "big" gun, and this was the one that hit the mark for everything i wanted in a self-defense pistol. Got any tips for where i should look to buy used? Any particular website you're a fan of, or do you just go to your local gun shop and order there? Thank you in advance

[@scottf.3808]

Nice addition as love the round of choice there....Good stuff....

[@usedgundude1035]

I did man up, my wife is a little proud of me. UGD

[@spectrealangritch]

Honestly.. anyone who hates the Taurus brand .. is neither a Revolver enthusiast, nor a real gun enthusiast. They just heard what was cool and ran with it. They’ve never fired a gun in “anger” or combat.. nor have they bothered to fire a gun for kicks, or “ fun”.

[@MrArob826]

Love those grips

[@usedgundude1035]

Old school with great wear. UGD

[@elijahbrooks8589]

That’s a beautiful blue

[@usedgundude1035]

Don't make them like that anymore. Thanks Brooks, UGD

[@TheBiggityBoyd]

Just picked up an older Taurus 66 the other day for $300, only difference between yours is mine has the adjustable rear sight. I'm not getting rid of it under ANY circumstance!

[@UncleDanBand64]

Taraus makes a pretty dang good revolver 👍🇺🇸

[@usedgundude1035]

I do poke a little fun at your comment on the Glocktard video tomorrow. Thanks Uncle Dan, UGD

[@wehrewulf]

Taurus, not Taraus.

[@UncleDanBand64]

@@wehrewulf who gives a shit

[@howardgoff2420]

Do you know how to find out the year your gun was made. I have a gun that's similar to yours, but I bought it at a pawn shop so can't find any history about it?

[@SipGod71]

I got mine for 160 nickel plated litte beat up

[@adamallison3685]

I really enjoyed mine

[@bgc51765]

Am I seeing a pinned barrel and recessed cylinder on a Taurus? Cool! I may have to search for one that vintage.

[@usedgundude1035]

Top Shelf for Taurus. I need to run a newer model to compare. Thanks for the view curren, UGD

[@bgc51765]

Another Taurus you may want to check out is the 689 in stainless. Great revolver.

[@craiglachman1379]

Wow, beautiful. Except for the shellac, it looks exactly like the one I stupidly exchanged a couple months ago. Every time I put the gun away, I'd tighten that ejector rod! Maybe I should have put a little blue Loctite on it.

[@usedgundude1035]

That fixed it for me too. Thanks for the comment, UGD

[@SnapShawwtyTv]

My grandfather died couple months ago and left this gun to me ... I am 29 I own 4 guns but I purchased them how do I register it in my name? The sheriff came and ran the numbers etc everything in the clear he just said if he were me I’d register it in my name so I could carry like he did

[@SnapShawwtyTv]

J. Jackson thank you ! That’s exactly what I decided to do after looking at videos and talking to people at gun shows I am in Mississippi and it’s legal like you said long as it is not stolen or anything

[@jblcva]

Old Taurus was made by same people who made S&W

[@usedgundude1035]

And it shows. UGD

[@dmxx99]

Older Taurus are better then new made Taurus revolvers.

[@usedgundude1035]

Better Blue work, shame companies have gone away from deep bluing. UGD

[@UncleDanBand64]

High and Right. Well my guess would be that was where it was pointed when the bullets left the barrel 😂👍hope that helps!

[@usedgundude1035]

Yes, yes it was, LOL thanks my man, UGD

[@enriqueoliva6988]

Rock Music

[@scottmorgan1016]

yep the older Taurus revolvers are fine in my book

[@usedgundude1035]

Well built fighting gun, thanks UGD

[@freedomfirst5420]

Looking good UGD. Some medium blue loctite will take care of the ejector rod. You lost your cotton pickin' mind along time ago.😂 Still giving thumbs ups.😂👍👍

[@pewtuber243]

high and right could be heeling the gun.

[@kennethwalls348]

Thats y they r called tear...ups..constantly having to tighten all fhe screws ln it what a piece of shit...