Gun Review: Taurus Defender 856 TORO Revolver

Most of the revolvers I’ve ever owned have been from Taurus. I used to believe revolvers were the more reliable gun, but every Taurus revolver I’ve own has had some major malfunction. That includes triggers that could lock into single action, cylinders that wouldn’t advance, and right a broken Judge whose cylinder wouldn’t lock into … Read more

Gun Review: Taurus Defender 856 .38 Special +P Revolver

By Virgil Caldwell Revolvers and semi-automatics each fill my safe, and for different reasons. Quite often I carry two guns out of long habit from police work. I began with two .38s and then a semi-automatic and a backup .38. Revolvers will never die or go out of date and for very good reason. The … Read more