Customer Reviews for Taurus 856 Concealed Hammer Stainless 38 Special Revolver

Great little gun. Smooth trigger. The grip could be slightly larger for comfort with sharper recoiling ammo, but is pretty good. Nice looking gun with clean lines. Had the usual hassle with FFL assignment, but generally the transaction went well. I would buy another pistol if I had the money.

solid little gun packs a punch !!

good carry pistol. I use it for hunting. Shoots good and is very light.

Great prices, super fast delivery time. Always make your purchases with Bud's.

I love this pistol.Lightweight and enjoyable to shoot

Great pistol for your glove box or concealed carry. Well made and well worth the price. Buds always delivers a great experience. You should definitely buy one you won’t be sorry! Thanks Buds!

I absolutely love this revolver. It's tough and reliable. Comfortable IWB or literally in my front pocket. Can't beat the price either!

Great gun,Bought it for my wife for her Conceal Carry gun. She has put about 100 rounds through it with no issues. Bud's is #1. When you buy a gun online or in the store they get it done!

So far it's OK. Did have one glitch in firing, might have been ammo, don't know. Downside, it weighs a ton. Wish I'd had the cash for a S&W airweight.

El pedido es estupendo y rápido le doy 5 estrellas gracias

I have put 500 rounds thru it and had no problems with the Taurus. The brass ammo expanded to the point of being difficult to eject. No fault of the gun. I'm 66 and my hands now shake but I have no issue hitting a man sized target at 15 yards. Would recommend for a purse or pocket carry.

The 856 CH makes a great carry option. Buds service was top notch and the price was the best around.

Great little revolver only a hair larger than S&W J frame and holds six rounds. Buds Gun Shop is fast to ship and a pleasure to purchase from. .

The is a great Ccw revolver .I carry this a lot easy to use good trigger . ITS a great buy for a great price

I love this gun. It's about the same size as a 5 shot. Very nice looking and excellent fit and finish. Accuracy is good. Grip is secure in the hand. I keep in the truck glove compartment. I own several Taurus guns and really like their offerings.

if I had bought it before, it would be cheaper, but it is still at a good price,becouse this revolver is great
my favorite are S&W, but this price cannot be beat, it shoots perfect, just practice to get used to the heavy trigger

Absolutely love this little revolver. For the money it is still going. I have taken the stock grips on and off eventually I found a inside the waist Band holster on the Taurus shop website. It is perfect cause I have been through leather holsters and even considered open carry like with my G17. I have the hogue wood grips on and I do not recommend laser sights because just no. The bobbed hammer looks really good. It’s one of the sexiest revolvers I have ever held just because of the smooth and curvy shape That this gun possesses. Parts compatibility and the company itself is pretty rude as far as customer service goes. 40 minutes for a phone call that got me a no for a promo that got restarted. Really Taurus. And yeah I’m talking about a broken laser by viridian and the holster I had to purchase a month later due to slow shipping too. Fair warning. On a positive and very good note, This gun and buds is a win. My second purchase and hopefully after yet another blow to our country, hopefully not my last gun buy from y’all. So from my family to yours and with love from Georgia. God bless and stay safe.
Brandon H.

Really nice would buy again

I made a few fast dry fire shots with no trouble in the pickup store. When I got home slow dry fires mostly locked up. The gun is on its way back on Fedex. I bought a 85 CH about 1996. It failed when it got hot from firing. NO more Taurus for me.

I fired a box of 50 through this baby last week, and it performed quite well. And, truth be told, the quality and the price of this snub-nosed revolver made this purchase very easy. On top of that, the prompt delivery was also amazingly fast even though I live in a very rural community. Thanks, again, Bud's Gun Shop!

Feels great, great fit and finish. I'm upgrading the grips to fit a pinky, added reduced weight springs, better than my old Smith & Wesson. Thanks again, buds!

Nice little revolver and seems to be very good quality. I did get back on Buds web site and ordered another one for my son.

I purchased 2 of these little Revolvers, and in the past purchased a Ruger LC9s Pro from Buds and am completely happy with the service Buds offers.

My FFL in SC received my 856CH in stainless about seven business days after ordering from Bud's. Good communication on the order during that time from Bud's (I was impressed). All in all, a top-notch service experience from these folks. The revolver: This is the fourth Taurus revolver for me, and I can say all are accurate and tough (I also have a S&W 686, a Browning 9mm, and a S&W 9mmShield 2.0). The 856CH is not the airweight version, and it weighs in at 20 ounces, which for me is okay because I drop a round and usually only load 5. Plus, the recoil is about the same as my Taurus 617, which is a lot of fun to shoot. Keep in mind, the stainless steel on the 856 is VERY matte--don't expect the nice S&W polished surface. It takes a little polishing with Mother's Mag polish (if you like doing that type of thing, and I do) to get the weapon semi-polished and more importantly, to get the weapon to a slicker, smoother finish when it rubs against cloth or leather, as in the ease of sliding from a fabric or leather holster. I REALLY like the--I call it a 'two stage' trigger pull--which for me is nice on a double-action-only weapon with a concealed hammer. The pull hesitates right before the final click that fires the weapon, allowing the shooter--or at least me--to get the muscle motion on the trigger out of the way before that final aim point prior to firing, if that makes any sense. Anyway, I'm pleased with both the product and the service.