Taurus PT738
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Taurus PT738
Made my usual pilgrimage to the Showmasters (Richmond) gun show today. For that show the number of vendors, selection and prices were pretty good. One of the vendors had side-by-side a pretty good selection of pocket .380's. Ended up deciding I just needed a .380 and the Taurus was the one I needed. It was priced between the black Ruger LCP ($280) and the raspberry Ruger LCP ($245). Comes with two mags. The pistol has last round hold open and I can get two fingers on the grip with the mag in.
It also comes with a really neat purse, although I saw a little orange and white number that I really preferred.
Field stripping was fairly simple although you need a flat-bladed tool to pry the retaining pin out. The recoil spring has a smaller spring in the front, which will fall and could get easily lost.
Trigger feels ok for one of these pistols. Range time tomorrow. I hope we can hit a small barn door at 7 yards. PS. .380 ammo was available and wasn't more than one arm and one leg.
It also comes with a really neat purse, although I saw a little orange and white number that I really preferred.
Field stripping was fairly simple although you need a flat-bladed tool to pry the retaining pin out. The recoil spring has a smaller spring in the front, which will fall and could get easily lost.
Trigger feels ok for one of these pistols. Range time tomorrow. I hope we can hit a small barn door at 7 yards. PS. .380 ammo was available and wasn't more than one arm and one leg.
Fired 49 rounds at the range today. the trigger was good and the pistol fired accurately at 7 yards.
I had about 15 rounds that didn't fire and had a good dent on the primer. When recycled through the pistol, they fired. About 12 rounds failed to load. I was firing 95gr FMJ purchased reloads. Don't think that had anything to do with the problem Need to find out if it is a break in, ammo or pistol problem. Until solved it isn't ready for prime time.
I had about 15 rounds that didn't fire and had a good dent on the primer. When recycled through the pistol, they fired. About 12 rounds failed to load. I was firing 95gr FMJ purchased reloads. Don't think that had anything to do with the problem Need to find out if it is a break in, ammo or pistol problem. Until solved it isn't ready for prime time.
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Hey Bob, a friend of mine just got one and he likes it. Looked like a pretty good gun to me. If I did not have my P3AT, I would buy one for sure. Have never shot any hand loads in mine, just factory ammo. Did have some original feed problems, but that was a gun problem that I solved and not ammo related.
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
Black is so outre and passe. I saw some nice concealment purses. The orange and white check looked good.bgreenea3 wrote:nice shooting pops, looks like you got a winner if you can get ammo for it.... what was the orange and white number?
PS. Showed it to your maw. Handed it to her with the slide locked back. Figured it would be nice for her to carry. She was not excited by the loose barrel and plastic frame. She thought it would blow up on the first round. I guess the light gun for her is the S&W M65.
Maw would like a PPKgreener wrote:Black is so outre and passe. I saw some nice concealment purses. The orange and white check looked good.bgreenea3 wrote:nice shooting pops, looks like you got a winner if you can get ammo for it.... what was the orange and white number?
PS. Showed it to your maw. Handed it to her with the slide locked back. Figured it would be nice for her to carry. She was not excited by the loose barrel and plastic frame. She thought it would blow up on the first round. I guess the light gun for her is the S&W M65.
Lawman 95gr FMJ fired without a failure, so the FTF was the reloaded ammo. Slide held open before the last round was loaded. Will have the thing apart in a bit. Maybe last round hold open means the slide locks back before the last round is loaded.
Shoots well.
I thought I'd just buy ammo and not reload. With all the trouble with finding any ammo, looks like Lee will be selling some .380 dies and stuff.
Shoots well.
I thought I'd just buy ammo and not reload. With all the trouble with finding any ammo, looks like Lee will be selling some .380 dies and stuff.
Be sure to inspect your empty .380 Auto cases carefully if you plan on reloading. Some .380's are Berdan primed instead of Boxer. That means you could snap or bend your decapping post if you attempt to remove the wrong kind of primer.
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I think who ever reloaded the 380 ammo that gave you problems did not fully seat the primers, which caused the problem. I've reloaded 380 and it's a tough round to reload due to it small charge. Just takes a little more time.
If you sort head stamps you will cull those beirden primers out, mainly Blazer Al.
If you sort head stamps you will cull those beirden primers out, mainly Blazer Al.
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