Taurus 30CSS10 Revolver

[TMan]

I went to my favorite dealer's today to pick up my guinea pig (her daughter was taking care of her while I was in India). While out there, I was looking through their inventory, which has shrunk a little bit in the long gun category. Over with the handguns, I noticed one Taurus box that was sticking out further than the others. I removed the boxes on top of it, and found out it was just a longer box than the others.

As most of you know, I have a lot of respect for Taurus revolvers. When I opened the box, my eyes about popped out of their sockets. It was a "Raging Thirty" it shoots 8 rounds of .30 M1 Carbine ammo, and has a 10" barrel. Heavy? Unbelievably heavy!!!

Here is the picture from the Taurus web-site:



The gun has been discontinued, by the way, but if you care to read about it, here is the link from the Taurus web-site:

www.taurususa.com/products/product-details.cfm?model=30CSS10&category=Revolver

Oh, the trigger? In SA mode it is fantastic. I have no idea where my trigger pull gauge is, but I'm guessing around 3lbs. It feels a lot lighter because the trigger is so wide. Double-action? Really hard to tell because the gun is so big I can't get a good insertion of the finger pad into the trigger guard (in SA mode, the trigger is moved back toward the grip).

[MLB]

Reminds me of the revolver Roman Maronie used in "Johnny Dangerously" ;D

[TMan]

I had some problems shooting this Taurus. It would leave a good dent in the primer, but the gun wouldn't fire. It was failing 6 out of 8 time. Sometimes it would take several attempts on a particular cartridge.

I removed the grips and found that there was an adjustment that allows you to put more tension on the hammer spring. I adjusted it for the maximum tension. This changed it so that it worked 6 out of 8 times.

Hmmm, wonder why Taurus doesn't make this revolver anymore? One of the guys at the range mentioned that the round uses a rifle primer, which takes harder hits.

The ammunition that I was using was HSM that I had obtained at Cabela's.

Thinking that I'd look like a fool sending the gun back to Taurus and then having them tell me that it was the ammunition, I stopped at Academy for a different brand ammo. Whoa, $32 for 50 rounds or Remington. (Note to self: clean the stinking garage so you can start reloading).

Well, for once I didn't look like a fool: I shot all 50 rounds without a failure.

An interesting thing was that adding the additional weight to the hammer spring by compressing it more made no appreciable change in the feel of the trigger. This thing has a very wide trigger, and feels great in SA mode.

One funny thing, to me at least, is my regular shooting buddy looked at it, and must of thought: "big gun... rifle cartridge... recoil!!!". His first shot was low and to the left. The rest were right in the bullseye. I think I've got 22's that have more recoil than this monster has.

[MLB]

Would that Taurus be useful as a hunting sidearm? Sounds like you could at least take small game with it. I'm mostly ignorant of the .30 M1 carbine unfortunately.

At the bare minimum, you could hurl it as a boomerang

[TMan]

I wouldn't want to run into a bear or hog. The bullet is 110gr, velocity is 1990, which is decent, but muzzle energy is only 977. Besides, the dang thing is heavy. I think I'd rather have the 460 S&W Magnum - not much difference in cost either.