TexasCHLforum.com

Waco1959 wrote:I looked at the photo on Bass Pro and I wonder if this is a fake or a prototype photo. I have a 709 and I've seen a bunch and none have had a cutout on the grip or white filled lettering and mine from several years ago is identical to what is shown on the Taurus website.

What it DOES look like is a PT738 with 709 written on it and a ambi safety added. I think the Bass Pro marketing people were playing with Photoshop and got carried away.

Waco1959,

Might well be the case. I've found many companies' websites that had errors on them.

Crash

Pawpaw wrote:Dunno. I just went to the Taurus USA website, typed "709" into the search box and there it was.

True, the Taurus website shows the latest 709, but if you notice, the indentation is back in the middle of the grip, not just behind the trigger as shown on the weblink you sent me.

Pawpaw wrote:Sorry, I don't know anything about Taurus firearms. I just put my Google-fu to work.

Funny--I called Taurus and their rep claimed not to know anything about a previous model. I suspect he didn't know much about any of the models, past or present--he was just a "phone-answerer."

Crash

Pawpaw wrote:Apparently there was an older model that was made that way.

http://www.taurususa.com/product-detail ... umbseries=

Pawpaw,


Thanks. Do you know if the new 709 has any advantages over the old one?

Crash

In its latest flyer, Bass Pro Shops advertises a Taurus PT709 for $289.99. However, it looks different than the PT709 on the Taurus website. The one that BPS has for sale has a slight indentation in the grip right behind the trigger. The one on the Taurus website has the indentation farther back on the grip, right in the middle. I contacted Taurus and they have no explanation for it. Does anyone know if this was the previous model PT709 that BPS has for sale as a clearance item? I contacted BPS about it (via e-mail), but they want me to give them my phone number so they can talk to me about it, which I won't do.

Help!

Crash