![]() ![]() With 30 years of service as Taurus’ financial officer, David Blenker recently retired as Taurus Holdings’ president and CEO after just two years in that role. 22-caliber 942 revolver replaced the 941, and I was told that the Raging Bull series will fade as the Raging Hunter continues in that category for its aluminum-sleeved, two-piece barrel that is easily machine for an optic rail. The controversial Curve was quietly killed off, and the 709 Slim discontinued. The five-shot Taurus 85 has been discontinued and replaced by the six-round 856. I returned home with a sense that the brand is morphing. Surrounding the main event, I was allowed to survey the company’s future wares and learned of a few cancellations. I was there for the anniversary party last November and toured the factory complex, interviewed a pair of 40-year-service employees, and soaked up the culture. It also introduced the G3, a full-size 9mm striker-fired pistol the same month that it celebrated 80 years of manufacturing in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Last year, it launched the lauded TX22 rimfire that won this magazine’s “2019 Handgun of the Year” award. ![]() manufacturing facility from Miami, Florida, to Bainbridge, Georgia. “C” could stand for “change,” a word that Taurus is especially familiar with. ![]()
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