In the past, I have heard of some S&W revolvers having a difficult time with ammunition using the same primers.If you roll your own, i would just reccommend trying a different brand of primer.It is starting to dawn on me that if I keep shooting.45 colt ammo,I am going ot have to start reloading.the last box I purchased was $30. That was last year at a gun show.Its either that or put away my 625, Bond derringer, Uberti Cattleman and Gaucho and look into a single action.357 and get buy with my old DA revolvers.For what it is worth, I like the Gaucho better too for the same reason your wife does, IE lighter operating mainspring than my older Uberti and the safety.Maybe I am turning into a sissie, LOL. There may be a problem with the revolver. But what you describe is absolutely a classic symptom of primers which have not been seated fully. The first blow of the firing pin completes seating, the second fires the round.
Taurus Seller mitchlee Available on Cal Guns Location Sacramento Description. Make: Taurus Model: Gaucho, 7 1/2 in. Barrel Caliber: 45LC Location (city or county): Sacramento Price: $375 Will ship (Y/N): N Other info: Approx 800 rounds fired. Will include 50 cartridges and my Classic Lee Loader kit (45LC) for an extra $20. Buyer pays all fees. Taurus Model Gaucho Single Action Like Colt SAA Single Action Army, Blue 7 Single Action SA Revolver & B.45 Colt Auction: 16616017.
It is quite common for primer pockets, especially in new brass, to be slightly tight with some brands of primers, requiring a bit of extra pressure in priming to do the job. Don't forget that a properly-seated primer is not only pressed completely to the bottom of the primer pocket but just a bit beyond - full seating and light stressing of the primer are critical conditions for reliable ignition.
There may be a problem with the revolver. But what you describe is absolutely a classic symptom of primers which have not been seated fully. The first blow of the firing pin completes seating, the second fires the round. It is quite common for primer pockets, especially in new brass, to be slightly tight with some brands of primers, requiring a bit of extra pressure in priming to do the job.
While sorting out the spent brass for this revolver she found one that didn't fire, musta been in the last cylinder full and she just dumped in the bag?, any way you can see from the picture that the one on the left has a light strike mark (still loaded round) and the one on the right has a heavy strike, she did lots of internet searching and found several references to the 'Gaucho' having issues in the exact same manner as this one, and some saying that when returned to and from Taurus for warranty the issue still persisted.This experience has sure Soured me on Taurus! All you need is a stronger main spring and it should clear up. When I did the spring kit on my GP100 I put in too light of a main spring and thats exactly what happened, most of the rounds fired but a few wouldn't. If Wolff doesn't make a kit for you, you can probably contact them to get one.As far as I can tell the DO NOT!? Make a kit for this revolver?, but the problem seems to be that the transfer bar is tapered on the end and doesn't engage the firing pin once you get use to the light trigger pull.
Page/Link:Page URL:HTML link:The Free Library. Retrieved Oct 04 2019 fromAuthentic down to the four clicks of the hammer's cocking,these low-priced 'Peacemakers' are amazingly tight, smooth andshootable.Early in 2005, I checked out the Taurus clones of the Colt SingleAction Army at the SHOT Show and immediately ordered a pair. It took awhile, and Taurus actually got them onto dealers' shelves beforethey sent them out to the gunwriters, which is a good thing (unlessyou're the 'gunwriter').First ImpressionsIf I hadn't already handled a bunch of them at gun shops, Iwould have thought Taurus was running the old 'cherry pick a realnice one for the gun magazine' scam. I had been pleasantlysurprised at how smooth and tight the ones in the retail flow showedthemselves to be, and my near-twin test samples were just as goodliterally 'out of the box.' One was a 5 1/2' barrel in.45 Colt, the other a 4 3/4'.357 Magnum.
Both were in brightly polished stainless, executed wellenough to resemble bright nickel of the Frontier period if youdidn't get too close. The checkered black plastic grips resembledthe gutta percha (hard rubber) of first generation SAA Colts, save forthe obvious Taurus logo. Fit of the grips to the frames was quite good,no sharp edges or protrusions, and no shortfalls in fit.Better StillThe actions were more impressive. On each, the hammer rolled backas if on ball bearings, and so did the trigger, giving a clean, surprisetrigger break and a surprisingly light pull weight for this day andlawyer-conscious age. With the hammers at rest, there was virtually nocylinder play. With the hammers cocked, both sixguns locked up tight.That's in italics because they weren't kinda tight, theyweren't sorta tight, they locked up like a Colt Python when itshammer falls. A lockup so tight it had neither lateral play norend-shake.
It felt as if you were trying to move the immovable cylinderof a cast, dummy revolver. Coltish And Colt-ishThe Gaucho revolvers were both coltish and Colt-ish means young andnew to the world, and playful. These are 'young guns,' new tothe handgun fraternity despite their old world external sculpture. Allmy local shooter friends were eager to try the Gaucho interpretation ofthe classic cowboy gun. Both the.357 and the.45 got plenty of rangetime.They are also Colt-ish, as they were meant to be, and more so thanmany modern clones of the classic single action. Aficionados say whenyou cock the hammer of the real thing, its four clicks spell C-O-L-T.Many of the newer versions-the Beretta/Uberti Stampede, the RugerVaquero, and Colt's own Cowboy-give three audible and palpableclicks as their hammers are eared back. I like to think this spellsN-E-W.Like the Stampede, the Vaquero and the Cowboy, the Gaucho foregoesthe traditional firing pin on the hammer nose and has a modern transferbar firing mechanism and frame-mounted firing pin.
This allows it to becarried safely with all six chambers loaded, something the originalSingle Action Army and its true copies do not.However, the engineers at Taurus in Brazil were actually able todesign the Gaucho in such a way it does come to full cock with fourdistinct clicks, even if the third is more muted than one might rememberfrom an antique Colt. Each click does not speak of the exact samefunction as the original, but for those who just gotta have them fourclicks, it's there in the Gaucho.Perhaps it spells N-E-A-R. It's near to the original SAA, infeel if not in exact, internal mechanical function.Other things Colt-ish are found as you become acquainted with theTaurus Gaucho. As Ruger learned, cowboy-oriented shooters want theoriginal 'small frame with a big cylinder' from the Old West,unless they're planning to shoot.44 Magnum ammunition. This is whyRuger brought out the New Vaquero in original SAA dimensions, to replacethe up-sized single action that first shot its way into thewinners' circles in cowboy action matches.
My favorite cowboycompetition leather, a two-gun rig by Greg Kramer, was made for my pairof 7 1/2' original Colts, and it perfectly fits the Taurus Gauchos.The narrow trigger of the original Colt is there, set a little tothe side as it was for Earp and Masterson and their contemporaries.It's smooth and sweet, with a gentle roll before it lets off, thebetter to allow the surprise break a real marksman wants. ShootabilityNow, there's good here, and there's bad. The good is thetightness and the smoothness and, yes, the authenticity. The bad alsocomes with the authenticity.
When the hammer falls, the sight picturedisappears, obscured by the hammer spur. This messes up 'followthrough,' which bothers traditional bull's-eye shootersmightily. It's one reason some of us actually liked those bigfirst-run Ruger Vaqueros, because their higher frames held the rearsight notch above the falling hammer. Adjustable sight single actions,shot in the Modern class in SASS (Single Action Shooting Society)matches, have the same advantage.Of course, if you're shooting for speed, you don't muchcare about follow-through after the shot is already on its way, and thiselement probably won't hurt your performance one bit. What may keepyou from shooting a Gaucho as well as an adjustable-sighted RugerBlackhawk or hard-to-find Colt New Frontier is the rear sight is bothshallow and narrow, and the front sight is rounded, which means itcatches the glare of overhead sunlight. This is particularly true whenit is polished as nicely as it is on the bright stainless Taurus Gaucho.Home On The RangeAt the 25-yard line, I put each Gaucho on the bench.
The sun washigh and bright overhead and the glare off that polished, smooth-facedfront sight did not help the human error factor any. It is for reasonslike this I measure groups twice.
One measurement is for all five shots,to answer the question, 'What can an experienced shooter expect todo with it, in calm circumstances with the gun steadily braced?' The second measurement is for the best three hits, which seems tofactor out enough of that human error to give a good prediction of whatthe same gun could do in a Ransom Rest for all five shots.The.45 Colt sample was tested exclusively with the heavy, slow,all-lead bullets around which the cartridge was designed. It shot to theright, and a little high, with everything. The best group measurementscame from Federal's self-defense load, a lead semi-wadcutterhollowpoint putting five holes 1.80' apart-center-to-center,measured to the nearest.05'-and the best three in.70'.
The.45 Colt is an inherently accurate cartridge, and revolvers locking upas tight as the Taurus Gaucho tend to be inherently accurate, too.The shorter-barrel.357 gave tighter groups for some reason and it,too, shot a tad to starboard. Remington 158-grain.38 Specialsemiwadcutter went a little high, Federal Gold Medal Match.38 wadcutterwent way low, and Winchester 158-grain.357 Magnum jacketed hollowpointclustered just a bit below the level of the sight picture. The FederalMatch delivered a 5-shot group measuring 1.40' and its threeclosest bullet holes were 1.30' apart.
The Winchester Magnum-whichdidn't kick uncomfortably at all, thanks to the 'plowhandle' grip shape-put five shots in an 1.5', and the bestthree in 1' on the nose. There were three misfires with Magnumprimers in the.357. Other than that, no malfunctions with eitherrevolver.With manufacturers' suggested retail price in the $500 range,these revolvers are excellent values in light of their tightness,smoothness and accuracy.
If it tells you anything, I intend to keepmine.GAUCHOMaker: Forjas Taurus, BrazilImporter: Taurus International16175 NW 49th Ave.Miami, FL 33014(305) 624-1115, www.taurususa.comACTION TYPE: Single Action RevolverCALIBER:.38 Special/.357Magnum,.45 Colt,.44-40CAPACITY: 6BARREL LENGTH: 4 3/4', 5 1/2', 7 1/2'OVERALL LENGTH 11' (with 5 1/2' barrel)WEIGHT: 36.7 ounces(5 1/2'.357)FINISH: Blue, blue w/ 'casehardened' frame,matte stainless, orpolished stainlessSIGHTS: FixedSTOCKS: Checkered blackplastic w/Taurus logoPRICE: $499 to $510.