Different .45 a.c.p.

[cimmaronkid]

If you are a fan of the .45 acp (most of us on this forum are) and like wheel guns (a few of us are left) here is one you should give some consideration to owning. The Taurus Tracker in .45 acp is a compact frame pistol that holds five rounds and weighs in at 25 oz. in a 4" with satin stainless finish. Shells can be loaded individually and removed with your fingers or by the use of the Taurus stellar clip which holds 5 and acts as a type of speed loader. Auto rim will not work in this gun. Grip is the usual squishy Taurus grip and really absorbs recoil. Action is smooth and tight and timed perfectly. Unfortunately, Taurus has discontinued this chambering in the Tracker so if you want one, best start looking now. Best part is the price which is well below $300 for a new pistol with a lifetime warranty. CDNN has a few left. This one might replace my old S&W 19 as my carry gun.

[nalioth]

Almost as good as a double action revolver in .45 Long Colt . . . .

I'll have to look for one of those now.

[tump]

let us know how its doing after 500/1000 rounds are threw it. ive been eyeing these for a while but have seen some unfavorable reveiws.they sure do look good though.:icon_neutral:

[omerta123]

looks like a fun toy man, with a lifetime warranty i don't see why youd have to really worry unless its a limited warranty

[WildBillCody]

You can't beat Taurus's warrenty, here's one very similar, but one more round, I love it, the front sight is hard to see, but it shoots exactly were the sights are.

[esninak]

i have a buddy that is a gunsmith and he converted his wife's Taurus .45 long colt titanium to hold moon cliped .45acp as well. really like the gun, those titaniums are light

[SteelCore]

Dat's just the kinds wheelgun I'd go for! I gots tons of .45acp! Like the porting, too. (and the Silvertip HPs...it had been my exp that they open up to about the diameter of a 16garge slug on impact with soft materials, or pack into a tight cylinder if they hit meduim hard stuff loke wood)


Hey, in Pic#2, what would hold the round you show in the chamber of the cylinder in there? I mean, pic 3 shows the clip that holds the rounds, I get that....

Thanks for the review.

[okie shooter]

Steelcore, do some reading about the m-1917 colt and the 1917 smith and wesons, they were made to make up for the shortage of 1911's during the first world war. They both used half moon clips, simular to the five round clip shown above. This allows use of non rimed cartrages in revolvers. If you had the need you always could use I imagine in these .45 autorim, which is as it states a .45 acp round with a built in rim in the case.

[cimmaronkid]

Have to remember that the 45 acp round headspaces on the front of the case mouth, so they can just drop in there and you can pull them out with your fingertips after they are fired. Pain in the ass as it is about as slow as reloading an old western style revolver. I stocked up on the "moon" clips from Taurus (5 for $9) so I would always have some. Because the 45 acp case isn't rimmed, the ejector on the gun won't work without the star clip.
Taurus says that the 45 acp auto rim won't work in this gun, but I am going to try and find some and see. Says the cylinder won't close with these.

My gun does not like SWC for some reason. But feed it round nose and everything changes for the good. This gun has had over 1000 rds thru it already and is still tight and solid and most of this has been military ball. Porting works well and has very litle rise. Because of the weight, the squishy grips are nice as it thumps a little more than a 1911. Target acquisition is very fast and the trigger would rate with some of the older Smiths I own.

[okie shooter]

Cimmaronkid, I imagine it might be due to the fact the autorim was made specifally to replace diamentionally the half moon clips, thus the ejector dimensions are different on pistols using the half moons, vs the dimensions of your five round clips to the ejector.

[cimmaronkid]

Back in the days before the "Plastic Pistole" (when they were made of steel and wood) Wild Bills 1917 was used by a lot of LE departments and was quite popular. Problem for the detectives was that the barrel was too long which led to a lot of these guns being chopped and converted by smiths to 2 1/2"-3" models which made a lot of sense. They were highly prized by these guys and gave a better stopping round than the 38 special. Any 1917 revolvers are hard to find today, especially in good condition. Many moons ago, the dealers couldn't give them away.

[cimmaronkid]

Okie, I think that you are right as the Stellar clip that Taurus uses is thinner than the moon clips I have. Now to try my theory, I have to find a shop willing to break out a box of auto rim (if they have any) and see if it works.

[WildBillCody]

I prefer the moon clips the half ones are too hard to load/unload, you can use the tool either, the is a place the sells plastic ones you can load with your fingers, I haven't tried them yet. You can just drop the ACP rounds in my gun also, they fire but a pain to unload, I'm pretty sure that was a requirerment for the Army, in case you didn't have any clips you could dtill use the gun, just slower.