Taylor's and Company, modern revolver.

[tj3006]

I stopped by Sportsman's warehouse in Hillsboro Oregon yesterday. 
   They had a revolver on display I had never seen before. I was on a 15-minute break from and they were so busy I ran out of time before I could get my hands on it. I did not even know the brand till I got up this morning and went to Sportsmen's website.
   And is from Taylors. It runs a little over 1000,00. 
    It has a matt black finish vented rib heavy under lug. A fancy rear sight, wood grips. A revolver worth a look anyway. I think it is a .357. I wonder who actually made it? 
          PS I could not find it on Taylors web  site.

[pacecars]

I hope it looks better in person
www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/handguns/taylors-company-357-magnum-4in-matte-black-revolver-6-rounds/p/1809839

[pacecars]

It appears to be from Armi Olmi
www.olmiarmi.com/

[bigbrowndog]

Gotta agree with Pacecar, the front sight is poorly fitted and the forcing cone looks angled to the cylinder. For 1000-1100 bucks I’d look for another gun.

Trapr

[needsmostuff]

Well, it's Italian and they are well known for taking FUGLY and calling it fashionable.
Seems to be a shroud and tensioned barrel kind of beastie and that front sight will probably fall off the first time you pistol-whip anyone.
Kind of makes the Henry revolver look better.

[Encore64]

Agreed, HARD PASS...

[jeffh]

If a gun's gonna be that ugly, it had better be a LOT less expensive than that - even if it shoot's like a house afire.

Sort of like the Henry DA. I love what the proprietor is doing and don't like to criticize/don't mean to discourage, but that gun should have been a lot prettier for its price or a lot cheaper for how it looks.

Yet, I tell people I am not a vain person.

[tj3006]

Got to handle one today at another Sportsman's
It is a 7 shot .357. It has a 3 dot sight set up. I did not notice how the fron't sights was attached. The barrel is shrouded. The double action is great. Very short and light.
Single action was nothing special. I think at 600.00 i would buy one. But a 1000, no thanks. Made in Italy.
...tj

[DutchV]

For $1,000, you could have either a S&W 686 Plus, or a Ruger GP-100 seven shot, and some money left for ammo. Gonna be a hard sell for Taylor's unless they decide to drop the price.

[prisedefer]

Next to a Smith & Wesson or Colt, European double actions look like clown guns. There is nothing funny about this one though, it's just steel made ugly.

[bushog]

EeeeeeeK!

[x101airborne]

The website says 357 / 38 special / 9x19. I wonder if that is just marketing or if they really pulled it off somehow.

[oddshooter]

Their single actions look really nice and they're inexpensive.

What happened with the DA?

[singleaction]

🤮

[jeffh]

It's like they went out of their way to make it ugly.

Ugly by nature is fine with me, but when it seems like someone had to go to some effort to make something ugly,... I don't get it. And what will it do that a better-looking gun for the same money won't?

A lot of the looks, I'm sure are by virtue of modern manufacturing means, and I'm OK with that as long as the cost-efficiency associated with modern manufacturing follows it to the retail counter. Doesn't seem like that's what's happening. What it seems like is that the uglier it is, the more it should be worth to the buyer.

Savage, a long time ago, learned how to make really accurate and strong bolt-action rifles pretty cost-effectively, but for a long time, people thought they were ugly and looked cheap - but, boy would they SHOOT. They were less expensive than the prettier Winchesters, or even Remingtons, both of which, of course also evolved with modern manufacturing means to be less costly to make. Savage's rifles were "ugly" (to some, not to me) because of the efficiency of the manufacturing means, but it followed the rifle to the retail counter and "regular" people could afford a very accurate rifle.