
Associated taxes and fees are the responsibility of winners. No substitutions or transfers to third parties allowed. Prizes will not be awarded if illegal in jurisdiction of winners. (IV) Winners must undergo a background check (if required) and comply with all other federal, state and local laws. To protect the privacy and security of winners, names will not be made public. Winners must respond within 30 days of receiving notification or an alternate winner will be selected. Winners will be notified by certified mail on official letterhead.

(III) Giveaway winner(s) chosen by random drawing. Employees and agents of Publishers’ Development Corp. (II) Limit one (1) entry per household multiple entries will disqualify entrants. Deployed military should use stateside address. Mail-in entries accepted send postcards (no envelopes) to: GUNS Magazine, GOM Old West 2023, PO Box 488, Escondido, CA 92033. All entries must be received by giveaway end date. Taurus notes this pistol is already shipping to retailers, so it’s probably already on display in a gun shop near you. It’s a price point sure to fit nearly every budget and I anticipate a fair number of these new handguns will find their way into the homes and holsters of a legion of armed citizens in pretty short order. Modern bullet design and new propellants deliver the goods, and the G3 platform seems like just the place to try these new loads for home defense, street carry and even for defense in the backcountry.Įqually impressive is the MSRP of $345.23 or $360.70, depending upon the specific model. Thanks to advances in ammunition over the past 20 years, the 9mm cartridge is no longer a moderate gunfighting caliber. What’s more, the Taurus G3 has uniform beveling along the front of the slide and frame, and along the back to prevent snagging on cover garments when drawing from concealment. This pistol weighs 25 oz., empty, remaining a comfortable carry piece when loaded. The overall length is 7.3″, and it’s 1.25″ at the widest point.
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The design features both a manual safety and trigger safety, plus a striker block. It’s a striker-fired sidearm, with a fixed white dot front sight and drift-adjustable white dot rear sight. It’s a single action with restrike capability, and it boasts a 6-lb.
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The frame has a molded Picatinny-type accessory rail ahead of the triggerguard and, inside, is fitted with a steel full-length recoil spring guide rod.įollowing the popularity of the duty-size G2c, the G3 is the first full-size pistol in the G series and is available with either two 15-round magazines or a 15- and 17-rounder. With cocking serrations fore and aft on the slide, the G3 sports an external extractor and an ample ejection port with loaded chamber indicator.

And a Taurus announcement reported, not surprisingly, the pistol has garnered “tremendous response from dealers, consumers and the firearms media.”īut what makes this new handgun such an attention-getter?įor starters, it’s a handsome devil, sporting a matte-black polymer frame featuring texturing around the grip surface and matching matte stainless slide. So, when Taurus recently announced the G3 self-loader in 9mm my curiosity was more than piqued.

From a compact pocket pistol to the company’s rendition of a Model 1911, all of these experiences were eye-opening and tended to reinforce the notion that one can still find an affordable handgun that works. They have worked, often superbly and never poorly. 44 Magnum, and semi-autos ranging upwards from 9mm to. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to test and evaluate a number of Taurus handguns, including revolvers from.
