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Offline oldandslow

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Taylor & Company 44 magnum followed me home recently
« on: November 10, 2021, 05:53:12 AM »
It's a pretty nice revolver with an excellent trigger but has a couple of problems. It shoots extremely low with 44 special loads even with stout ones which is probably all it will ever see. Also all my brass is old Remington and Winchester and some of it won't seat fully in the chambers. Unlike a Ruger, it is bored where the rims seat in a recess and some are slightly too large. My solution is to use a 1/2" cordless drill for a lathe and a 6" mill bastard file for a cutting tool and remove just enough metal so they will easily seat. I still have a few to go.

So far I have found two fairly accurate loads, one with 200 grain lead bullets and the other with 240 grain lead and both loaded fairly stout. So far it tends to kind of scatter mild loads. Using a lot of Kentucky elevation to stay on target doesn't help in the accuracy department but I am not about to start filing down the front sight until I decide on the load I'm going to be shooting.

It is very comfortable to shoot with the 1860 Army grip that it has and using 44 special loads. I still have some full house magnum loads and I'm trying to work up enough courage to try a few out. I have a pretty good wrist brace for when my wrist acts up and that should help some in the pain department. Could be it will be one and done on the magnums.
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Re: Taylor & Company 44 magnum followed me home recently
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2021, 07:14:42 AM »
 Could Disassemble the Mag Rnds, and Reload Em with Special data....

Enjoy the New Gun!

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Re: Taylor & Company 44 magnum followed me home recently
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2021, 08:43:48 AM »
That is exactly what I had in mind. I really have no use for anything that powerful anymore. Back when I was much younger and tougher I used to shoot my Super BlackHawk at long range. Just at targets as I never went hunting with it. Right now I believe the Ruger has the Taylor's beat in the accuracy department but I will have to do more load work up to be sure. Part of it is the sights and when I get it zeroed in they may be close. I am going to enjoy doing the comparison.