No doubt they were considerably warmer(but safe) rounds than the store bought variety. The vast amount of shooting in my revolver was with reloads which I put together using bullets that I cast primarily from earlier clip-on wheel weights. Just as a matter of interest, over the years I have shot countless numbers of rounds through my pistol never with any problem and consider this pistol, like all Taurus weapons, to be outstanding and among the best made. The info on the Taurus company web site seems(at least to me) to indicate that the Porto Alegre plant was their sole plant until they bought lock, stock and barrel in 1980, the Beretta plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As for where these guns were made, I would think that they were manufactured at probably the original Forjas Taurus plant in Porto Alegre, Brazil as indicated by the roll marks on the gun barrel. Thus you gun was made earlier than mine I would think. I don't know anything about how the assigned serial numbers might relate to manufacture date but I would think that the serial numbers would go from low to high with the lowest numbers being manufactured earlier. If it may be of any help, my pistol was purchased new in box Dec1976 in Miami, FL from a gun shop there. Perusal of Taurus's web site is enlightening but doesn't answer the question concerning when this pistol was made. 38 Spl a duplicate of that of Mikeful with the exception that his appears to have an adjustable rear site which mine does not.
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