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Offline 223fan

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357 Taurus Gaucho
« on: August 08, 2010, 04:02:55 AM »
I picked it up yesterday,it is in good shape and feels great in my hand.I'll shoot it sometime today, hope it shoots as well as it feels.
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Re: 357 Taurus Gaucho
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2010, 12:38:09 PM »
Well I  put about a box of my reloads through it.No problems at all,elevation was perfect but it did shot a couple of inches to the left.All I have to do now is decide to live with it shooting to the left or have the barrel turned,may just play with some more loads to see if that does anything for it.This is a sweet little revolver.
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Re: 357 Taurus Gaucho
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2010, 02:04:26 PM »
I have a buddy that has one... not bad.  We USUALLy shoot my h-110 powder/hornady xtp 125gr loads and though it's not fun to shoot in a full-length barrel w/o compensator it's good packing for s/d in the woods.

as opposed to my model 608, which is easy(ier) on the recoil but makes me walk like I'm in a sling when I have a vertical side holster, and is weighted funny, and doesn't get the velocity due to ports, and ISN'T COOL LIKE A COWBOY GUN.  Be careful with them cowboy guns though, they blind me in the sun (I hate blingy finishes).

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Re: 357 Taurus Gaucho
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010, 12:24:23 AM »
Your shooting to the left may be your fault and not the gun.  Shoot it some more from a rest and take good care to squeeze the trigger.  It it still shoots left you could do whet I did to my Uberti colt clone.  I grabbed the front sight with a pair of vise grip pliers with the jaws padded with a strip of sheet brass and carefully bent the front sight slightly to the left.  It did not take much and it now shoots to POA and the bent sight is hardly noticeable.  I have done this to a couple of revolvers now and it works fine as long as you are careful.

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Re: 357 Taurus Gaucho
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 08:23:41 AM »
Or you could do what I did with my nickel Colt; just whack the front sight against the bench.....    44 Man
But I do love them Gaucho's!  They are a fine revolver you can be proud of. 
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