Taurus .357 or .44

[Dorset_shooter]

I've been shooting a 1911 style gun at the club, so I'm looking at going down this route to start with.

If I want to move onto larger calibers the choice goes down to next to nothing.


Anyone shooting a .357 or .44 Taurus ?

They are not silly money , .44 seem harder to come by.

Running costs?

Anything else to consider without spending a fortune??

[Noodly]

I was contemplating getting a Taurus in 357 until one blew up in my mates hand!!

Got a Alfa instead..... Great shooting piece of kit.

Will try and upload a pic.

[Noodly]

Here you go buddy.......

[bradaz11]

or you can buy a buntline and have it shortened down and add a bar, to make it an LBR.

http://www.aaronwheelergunsmith.co.uk/p ... ification/

also opens up a few more caliber options

[Matt]

Or even leave the buntline at it's full size, I've got a 44 buntline that's not too heavy, saying that I haven't used it for ages

The buntlines from memory are quite a bit cheaper than the Taurus too (if they're not I'm sure I'll be corrected ) and are quite good to shoot.

[Rarms]

I was contemplating getting a Taurus in 357 until one blew up in my mates hand!!

Got a Alfa instead..... Great shooting piece of kit.

Will try and upload a pic.

Gonna go out on a limb and say he may have been shooting home loads?

[ordnance]

It would depend on if you were reloading or buying ammo.

.44 Magnum .44 Reminton magnum Sellier & Bellot 240gr soft point EXPANDING AMMUNITION price per 100 £58.00

[Dorset_shooter]

Here you go buddy.......

Well that's not good, was he shooting home loads or ??


I've seen some good and bad reviews , I'll look into it more.


You become limited with full bore pistols due to our laws but the Taurus isn't silly money.

[bradaz11]

Running costs?

Anything else to consider without spending a fortune??

reload.

44 brass - £27 x 100. bullets - £42 x 500. powder - bullseye £40 - 5-6 depending on load
so it will cost roughly 3p in powder, and 8p in lead, giving 12p per reload after buying the brass or 39p a pop buying brass each time.
you will get roughly 1200 shots from a bottle of powder.
so initial lot of 100 rnds inc brass is £40 after that £12

100 rnds of 44spl factory Magtech cowboy £52 or 44mag factory PPU £56

357 brass - £22 x 100. bullets - £36 x 500. powder - bullseye £40 - 3.5-4.5 depending on load. price on 4gr
so it will cost roughly 2p in powder, and 7p in lead giving 9p per reload after buying the brass or 32p a pop buying brass each time.
you will get roughly 1700 shots from a bottle of powder
so initial lot of 100 rnds inc brass is £32 after that £9

100 rnds of 38spl factory Magtech cowboy £30 £36 or 357mag factory PPU £48


add to that the cost of dies (£40) and a press kit (£200-400), then it's how much you value your time. 150 rounds in an hour is pretty easy to do.

[Daryll]

It also depends on whether you intend getting an underlever rifle at some point... makes sense to have them in the same caliber..