Deal or no deal?

[Mgderf]

I have a chance to pick up a Taurus model 445T 5-shot titanium .44spl with a ported 2" barrel at 90% for $300.
I have other Taurus revolvers. I know this won't be a S&W or Ruger, but $300?
What say Ingo?

 

[Vendetta]

Sounds like a solid deal to me for a big bore revolver. Ive never had a bad Taurus revolver. They arent my thing personally but it doesnt sound like a deal you will lose money on either way.

 

[223 Gunner]

Sounds like a decent deal to me. When you say 90%, what is wrong with it?

 

[PGRChaplain]

Grab It! Even if you Hate it you can resell it for threefiddy.

 

[Mgderf]

Sounds like a decent deal to me. When you say 90%, what is wrong with it?

It's been fired.
Porting is filthy, but the rest of the gun is in great shape.
It's probably more like 95%.

 

[223 Gunner]

It's been fired.
Porting is filthy, but the rest of the gun is in great shape.
It's probably more like 95%.

Sounds like it may just need to be cleaned up a little

 

[tetter]

Deal! But only if you like it.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Completed gunbroker sales look like $350-$375. Not my kind of gun, but if it floats your boat seems like a good chance to get in at a decent price.

 

[JS1911]

Looks like a winner to me. I'm not into 5 shooters, but I'd take this deal. If you don't like it, flip it for a profit. There's bound to be SOMEBODY on here who would buy it off of you.

 

[printcraft]

Factory ported or dremel?

 

[Mgderf]

Factory ported or dremel?

Factory.
I told him I would take it for $300.
Kind of hard to pass up.

 

[printcraft]

DOO ITTT!

 

[KG1]

I'll take it.

 

[m82mike]

Just get it. Then see if you like shooting it enough to keep it!

 

[Vigilant]

Factory ported or dremel?

With Taurus, it's the same thing?

 

[indyjohn]

With Taurus, it's the same thing?

Wow. Too soon.

 

[mototc]

For that price, I say deal. I've heard a few dealers complain of having to return Taurus revolvers for timing issues. Do you know the age? Taurus has a search engine on their website where you can enter the serial # and it will tell you the year of manufacture. IMO the older the better.

 

[Mgderf]

Well, here she is, or a reasonable facsimile thereof,

TOTAL TITANIUM MODEL 445 .44 SPL. REVOLVER IN BRIGHT SPECTRUM BLUE

$300 out the door.
No box or manual, but who cares!
Now the only problem is ammo availability and price. I ran all over town today and all I could find was some 240gr LRN Remingtons at Gander Mountain, but they wanted $45 p/50 rounds.

I have around 50 once-fired cases that went through the Marlin 1894, and I have a bunch of 240gr LSWC, so I guess I'll be rolling my own until I can find a better deal.

 

[Mgderf]

For that price, I say deal. I've heard a few dealers complain of having to return Taurus revolvers for timing issues. Do you know the age? Taurus has a search engine on their website where you can enter the serial # and it will tell you the year of manufacture. IMO the older the better.

Year of production 2002

 

[eric001]

I've got a model 85 Titanium .38 spcl Taurus snubby that's ported, and I love it. Nice shooting little thing and it weighs almost nothing in the holster.

The only thing I don't like about a .44 spcl anything is feeding it. Personally, I like the .44 mag just because you've got so many more choices of what to run through it.

BUT, at that price? Shyaw!!