Manufactured by Iver Johnson and sold by J.P. The Defender were made from 1875 to 1888 and the Defender from 1889 to 1895.22 short r.f. Caliber, 7 shot single action Defender no 1 revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, 2 1/4' round barrel, fluted cylinder, birdhead grips, walnut or c heckered black rubber, nickeled, marked DEFENDER.32 short r.f.
Taurus' skilled pistol smiths hand-fit and tune each gun with 19 standard features, using quality parts built 100% in a state-of-the-art factory, then mark the slide, barrel and frame with matching serial numbers. Just called Taurus asking about the recall issued on Millennium. I called the 800 number for Taurus few minutes ago and they said that there was nothing issued and the representative was very quick to dismiss the notion of a recall with no proof given. Taurus does not have significantly more problems proportionally than any other gun.
Caliber, 5 shot single action Defender no 2 revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, 2 1/2' round or octagonal barrel, fluted cylinder, birdhead grips, walnut or checkered black rubber, nickeled, marked DEFENDER.38 short r.f. Caliber, 5 shot single action Defender no 3 revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, as above.41 short r.f. Caliber, 5 shot single action Defender no 4 revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, as above In 1882 they were sold at Defender no 1 = $1.50 Defender no 2 = $2.85 Defender no 3 = $4.10 Defender no 4 = $5.60.22 r.f. Caliber, 7 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, 2 1/8' to 2 1/2' round or octagonal barrel, fluted cylinder, birdhead or square butt checkered black rubber grips, nickeled, blued or case hardened on in combination of that, marked DEFENDER 89 (improvement introduced in 1889).32 r.f.
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Caliber, 5 shot single action revolver, spur trigger, solid frame, 2 1/8' to 2 1/2' octagonal barrel, fluted cylinder, saw-handle square butt checkered black rubber grips, nickeled, marked DEFENDER 89 (improvement introduced in 1889).