Manual

REVOLVER OPERATION

The Taurus revolver has a swing out type cylinder with various numbers of

chambers, turning around a central axis which allows you to fire (five, six,

seven, eight or nine) shots. When the cylinder is locked in position, the

revolver is ready for firing. The shots may be fired by single action (by

cocking the hammer and thereafter, pulling the trigger) or by double action

(by merely pulling the trigger). Concealed hammer models are double action

only. Cocking the revolver in both single and double action causes the

cylinder to advance, aligning in succession, each of the chambers with the

barrel. The cadence of shooting is limited by the shooters skill in loading the

cylinder and his ability in operating the gun.

LOADING THE CYLINDER

With the thumb of the right hand, push the thumb piece forward and at the

same time press the cylinder, swinging it out to the left. ATTENTION: On

Model 454 using the left thumb, press down the front latch simultaneously.

Holding the gun with the muzzle pointing downward and the cylinder in its

outermost position insert the cartridges.

Once loaded, the cylinder must be closed again to its original position in the

frame. After this the locking must be checked. To unload the revolver, the

process is the same as to load it, but after opening, the barrel is pointed

upward.

Cartridges are then ejected by pressing sharply on the extractor rod. Be sure

that all fired cartridges are ejected. The cylinder is now ready to be reloaded.