Gary Reeder
I have been pushing the Caniks on my Gun Notes forever
Wednesday, July 08, 2020, 15:00

Very well made guns. I had a stuffed shirt young man come in the shop a while back and asked about doing an action job on his Springfield Armory M1A. He asked about our pistols. I showed him a couple and pulled out the Taurus G-3. He looked at it and laid it back down and said he didn't mess with any of that foreign made crap. He was carrying a Springfield Armory XD. I told him to check his XD and tell me where it was made and when he got home to check his M1A and see if it wasn't made in Brazil. He got all huffy and walked out. Nate and I were talking afterwards and wondered who is brain washing these young people into thinking like that, plus being wrong on both counts. I try not to bash the gun magazines but some of them promote real pieces of junk as great firearms. GUNS and American Handgunner magazines are the only 2 I read anymore. The rest I usually give away.

The Caniks, whether made in Turkey or Youbangeeland are great guns Like the Taurus G2C and the G3, both excellent guns. I like U.S. made guns but why turn something down that fits your needs, works perfectly and is priced right? It doesn't make sense.
Now to drift even further down the pike, and I know some will think I work for Taurus or Canik (which I don't) but why not give credit where credit is due. I just try to show guns that the major magazines ignore until they get enough people buying the guns and that there is a lot of demand for them, and that is Taurus and Canik. If it is a junk gun and not anywhere as good as it is said to be I won't promote it, no matter who made it. There are a couple of new U.S. made semi autos and at least one small revolver that are, to me, junk guns, yet the gun magazines rave about them.

So have you tried the Taurus model 856? A new stainless steel, 6 shot 38 special with a snubbie barrel, soft satin stainless finish, very good action (which is unusual for a revolver these days) and priced around $300, with their lifetime warranty. How can you beat that. Parts made at the Taurus plant in Brazil and assembled and finished in their new plant in Bainbridge Georgia. Another winner from Taurus.