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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2007, 01:38:28 PM »
WymoreWrangler, didn't Wild Bill shoot Colt Navy 1851 .36's?

And weren't they cap and ball?

Gotta admire Wild Bill, though. He knew what he had and he knew how to use them. With his learned skill with the .36, no wonder he never went to the .44-40 or .45LC.
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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2007, 01:41:59 PM »
He knew what he had and he knew how to use them.

Back then they called it shot placement.
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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2007, 03:24:05 PM »
except the last day of his life ,he did'nt cover his six.

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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2007, 07:24:48 PM »
Don;

I have a Gaucho in .45 Colt, and it is an excellent gun! I love to shoot it, and one of these days I'm going to buy its parner so I can shoot it in SASS. Marshall Holloway has a lot more experience in SASS than I do, by the way.

I've begged Bob Morrison at Taurus to make me a .44 Special (or heck, even a .44 Magnum) Gaucho, but he points out that the only guys who'd buy one are me, John Taffin and three of our closest friends!

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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2007, 07:18:17 PM »
Picked up my Gaucho today. Very nice to look at. Click,click,click,click. Plan to do some shooting this weekend. Turns out my local FFL, Matt, and his wife participate in Cowboy Action Shooting. She brought out her Ruger Vaqueros (sp). They were quick to mention the local club.

All I need now is another six shooter, holsters, a rifle, a shotgun, a hat, chaps and spurs! Hmmm, think I'll go watch a few times first.
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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2007, 07:28:03 PM »
Congrats Don on the Gaucho....looking forward to your review.  Just don't shoot your wrists off........you need at least one hand to type on this forum. ;)
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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2007, 09:38:58 PM »
Picked up my Gaucho today. Very nice to look at. Click,click,click,click. Plan to do some shooting this weekend. Turns out my local FFL, Matt, and his wife participate in Cowboy Action Shooting. She brought out her Ruger Vaqueros (sp). They were quick to mention the local club.

All I need now is another six shooter, holsters, a rifle, a shotgun, a hat, chaps and spurs! Hmmm, think I'll go watch a few times first.

Don, if your local club is like most clubs, just show up and you will be surprised at how many folks are willing to loan you what you need to have fun with....   

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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2007, 09:42:15 PM »
WymoreWrangler, didn't Wild Bill shoot Colt Navy 1851 .36's?

And weren't they cap and ball?

Gotta admire Wild Bill, though. He knew what he had and he knew how to use them. With his learned skill with the .36, no wonder he never went to the .44-40 or .45LC.

Pathfinder, if I remember correctly, Wild Bill was known to have a pair of R/M 1851 Conversions in 38 Long Colt near the end of his short life.  It would have been alot of shorter though if he hadn't had a good lawyer when he was tried for murder 14 miles north of me after the McCandless affair....

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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2007, 06:50:05 PM »
Got home tonight just ahead of the rain. Got a few shots in with the Gaucho. It is a keeper! "I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande...

At first I thought it was going to be too light for the .45s. No problem with one hand shooting (of course I was using those sissy cowboy loads).

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Re: Taurus Gaucho - but in which caliber?
« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2007, 10:32:12 PM »
. . .  Got a few shots in with the Gaucho. It is a keeper!

Hey Don - just curious - what finish did you get on your Gaucho?  Thanx

 

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