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I can only tell you a little bit about mine, its made some time in the 1990's.
It has a three inch barrel model 441 in SS. they also came with 4 inch, 6 inch. The model 441 comes with target sights...red front post insert.
Some were made in the blue finish.
The model 431 is same revolver but has fixed sights, none adjustable...came in same configurations as above.
Both revolvers are 5 shot HE cylinders, and you should be made aware that those cylinder chambers are over-bored to about .434 diameter at their throats. While barrels are .429 in their rifling diameter.
This becomes a bit of a challenge for me to reload cartridges that my cast bullets are .430 to a maximum of .432 diameter. I've done this to acquire the best accuracy advantage this situation can afford...and it seems to work well.
What happens is the normal cast bullet of .429 to .430 can bump up a little on ignition, but sometimes lets a lot of burning powder blow-by soot up the brass and the gun in general.
A fix is done by increasing the bullet diameter to .431 or .432, this bumps up a bit more to make a better ignition seal in the cylinder throat chambers.
I have a friend cast my bullets with beagled bullet moulds that increase their girth to near that dimension. The bullets are then sized in .432 swaging die if gas checks are used, or through a Star lube-sizer press with a .432 sizing die. Or, you can have a Lee sizing die made up in .432 diameter if need be.
Now all this might scare off the average Joe who would be thinking about acquiring one of these great Taurus .44 special revolvers, but I assure you the rewards are outstanding.
The gun is butter smooth in its double action mode and lite on the trigger pull. It is the most handsome .44 special I own, and that's including two early model S&W guns...a 2nd model and a 3rd model.
Being a five shot makes for slightly less weight, the gun can be carried in IWB holster without too much fuss, I've occasionally just stuck it in my back pocket as a carry place around my property...we live in the woods up here.
Hope this helps, good luck in finding one.
TB C45