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EDIT: The model number is known, thanks Erick Tamberg, this is model 90.


Hey. Greetings from Finland

I have un used Taurus .22 LR 4" six shoot revolver
Frame size is same that S&W K-frame
Serial number is OC2185xx (six numbers)
Taurus pick up not help.

What is model and about manufacture year?
It's like model 96 but 4" barrel

 

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This is my second Taurus. I have had 941 .22 WMR in 1990's but I changed it some another gun.
I buyed this, because it's unused and I haven't never seen this kind revolver.
I was want find S&W model 17 or 18 from auction, but this was too interesting revolver, so I buyed it

 

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FIRST letter means the YEAR, beginning with A in 1981 to Z in 2006. Returned to A in 2007, changing the second letter for month.
SECOND letter means the MONTH. A to L between 1981-2006. M to X from 2007

My serial number is OC218559, so manufactured March 1995?.

 

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Model 94 is 9 shot and J-frame, this is 6 shoot and K-frame

 

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Right!
It's a Taurus Model 90.

Thanks for You The Taurus Guru

I have asked this from many FB group and gun forum, from local Taurus importer and from many gun shops in Finland, nobody don't know.
Fortunately I found this forum.and You!


Taurus model 90 is obviously a rare revolver?
I can’t find it in old brochures or gun books, so I had to search the internet for information.,

 

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Not exactly rare, but Model 90 was made in far smaller numbers that other models, about 1:6 compared to .357 Magnum revolvers (all models included).

Here in Brazil, most of these revolvers were sold to shooting associations and Police academies as instructional guns. Very few were sold in gun shops.

I mean, it’s a rare model elsewhere than in Brazil. Google gave three hits.
In Finland, police gun license persons and gun shops do not recognize this revolver.
In FB revolver groups about everyone would guess the model 94. I know the model 94, I have had the model 941 (.22 WMR).

When I saw the revolver at auction, I noticed it was unused and I’ve never seen anything like it, so I bought it. The revolver was cheap compared to the S&W model 17 or model 18.
S&W model 17 costs € 400-600 and the model 18 cost over € 700 here in the gun shops, model 18 is very rare here.

 

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Welcome aboard from Central FL - nice revolver you have there

Next week I go to range and test it

 

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3D printed speed loaders, found almost in the neighborhood.

They are made for the S&W Model 17, but fit directly into the Taurus even though it has a bigger cylinder

 

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Can anyone identify these inspection markings, where, by whom, and when the weapon was inspected?

What mean 3149 in yoke?

 

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Thanks Erick again


Revolver traveled to Finland via Germany.

My friend in Finland gave me the information:
Eagle = Germany
N = Nitro smokeless powder
Mellrichstadt is place of inspection

KF = 1995
Letters in Germany after year 1983 A=0, B=1, C=2, D=3, E=4, F=5, G=6, H=7, I=8,K=9



For some reason, Taurus factory support does not recognize the gun?

 

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I agree. Taurus has to buy the service from you!
I don’t understand why they don’t recognize the 1990 gun?
Is it so rare that they don’t know about it like you know?

On Thursday, my summer vacation ends and I go back to duty. Then I can try it on the shooting range

 

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Santa Claus live here in Finland, in place named Korvatunturi. You can see him also in Rovaniemi.

 

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New grips from Thailand, now is better that Taurus originals to my "little hand"

Green speed loader was printed with S&W mod 17 dimensions, new blacks is printed with Taurus dimensions