A UK Section One Firearm with adjustable target sights and original Taurus factory rubber grips.
Offering up six rounds of full power 44 Magnum loads, the Taurus 44 large frame revolver delivers in a big way.
Hammer forged for tough performance and confidence-boosting accuracy, this reliable decision-maker comes with a hand-fitted action, grip stabilising extension arm brace, custom UK legal 12" barrel with vented rib and a clean, crisp trigger right out of the box.
Based in Porto Alegre, Brasil, Taurus Armas is a diversified, international company and one of the largest small arms manufacturers in the world.
The company produced its first revolver in 1941. In 1970, Bangor Punta, which owned Smith & Wesson, purchased a controlling interest in Forjas Taurus.
During the next seven years, a great deal of technology and methodology was passed between the two companies.
In 1974 Beretta had won a contract to produce small arms for the Brazilian Army. The contract required Beretta to build a Brazilian factory and use Brazilian labor. When the contract ran out in 1980, Beretta sold the plant to Forjas Taurus. By that time, Forjas Taurus had new Brazilian controlling owners that had purchased Forjas Taurus from Bangor Punta in 1977.
Forjas Taurus now owned everything that once belonged to Beretta, including drawings, tooling, machinery, and employed a very experienced work force. Forjas Taurus was in the pistol business, and immediately sought to improve on the Beretta design, resulting in the popular and acclaimed Taurus PT-92 and PT-99 9mm pistols.
The next milestone for Taurus Armas came in 1982. Taurus Armas formed Taurus Holdings, Inc., in Miami, Florida. Taurus Holdings, in turn formed Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc. The Taurus brand was unknown in the United States at that time. This situation was to change dramatically in the next few years.
For the UK market following the handgun ban in 1997 this meant a lifeline and hope to all the law abiding British shooters who still wanted to shoot a centrefire revolver.
