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Taurus Armas S.A. (previously known as Forjas Taurus S.A.) is a Brazilian manufacturing conglomerate based in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Founded in 1939 as a tool and die forging plant, [2] the company now consists of Taurus Armas, its firearm division, as well as other divisions focusing on metals manufacturing, plastics, body armor, helmets and civil construction.
Model 444: .44 Magnum caliber, can also fire the shorter .44 Special. Model 444 Ultralite: Compact .44 with a 4-inch barrel. Blued and titanium finishes only. Model 454: .454 Casull caliber, can also fire the shorter .45 Colt. Model 513 (Raging Judge Magnum): .454 Casull, .45 Colt, .410 shot shell — six round cylinder
Although the more powerful .454 Casull wildcat cartridge was announced in 1959, [5] the .44 Magnum was the most powerful production cartridge until the 1980s when the first production .454 Casull revolver was produced. [31] The .44 Magnum was also bought and used by the character Travis Bickle in the 1976 film Taxi Driver during his assault on ...
The most well-known is the .44 Magnum which uses a 0.429 to 0.430 inch diameter bullet, depending on jacket or cast. Though less common than the smaller .38 caliber family of cartridges, the caliber is popular with many shooters and the .44 Magnum in particular facilitated the rise of handgun hunting .
The Taurus Judge is based on the Taurus .45 Colt revolver and is adequate for its designed rounds. It was not designed for higher pressures generated by cartridges such as .44 Magnum or .454 Casull ; to prevent the use of such rounds, the firing chambers of the Judge cylinder are choked to prevent chambering rounds larger in diameter than .410 ...
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The Model 85 is available with either 2" or 3" barrels, is capable of firing +P rated .38 Special rounds, and utilizes a transfer bar safety. Models manufactured after 1997 feature the Taurus Security System , which consists of a keyed, quarter-turn style socket-head screw which can be set to prevent the hammer from pivoting back into the frame ...