Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless 9mm 10+1 — Superb Compact Pistol

Description

The Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless pairs a matte stainless slide with an olive drab polymer frame, in the ten-round configuration of Taurus’s compact 9mm: a 3.37-inch stainless barrel, an accessory rail and two magazines.

The stainless slide is the practical half of the pairing. A pistol carried close to the body lives somewhere warm, humid and salty, and stainless resists that in the metal rather than depending on a coating that wears through where a holster rubs. The Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless puts the corrosion resistance in the steel and the character in the frame — and olive is about as understated as a coloured frame gets.

How it is built

• A 3.37-inch matte stainless barrel inside a matte stainless slide, serrated front and rear.
• An OD green polymer frame with the colour pigmented through the material rather than sprayed over it.
• The Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless holds ten rounds plus one in a flush-fitting magazine, with two magazines included.
• A Picatinny rail moulded into the dust cover for a weapon light.
• Stippling across both grip panels, the front strap and the backstrap, so the Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless does not shift in a wet hand.

Ten rounds without giving anything up

• Nothing is shortened to reach ten. The frame, the grip and the barrel are identical to the thirteen-round GX2 — only the follower and the count differ.
• So you keep a full three-finger hold, which is the thing that most determines whether a compact pistol can be controlled under pressure.
• Buying a subcompact to comply with a magazine limit trades grip and barrel away for nothing.
• If you move to a state without a limit, the thirteen-round magazines drop straight in and nothing else changes.
• Holsters, lights and accessories for any GX2 fit the Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless, so equipping it is cheap.
• There is no price penalty for the colour or the stainless slide.
• Slide serrations run front and rear, so press checks and one-handed manipulations against a belt edge both work without a special technique.
• The trigger returns with a reset you can feel through a glove, which matters more in a defensive pistol than a light break does.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 1-GX2939O-10
• UPC: 725327636977
• Calibre: 9mm Luger
• Capacity: 10+1
• Barrel: 3.37 in, matte stainless steel
• Slide: matte stainless steel, serrated front and rear
• Frame: OD green polymer with Picatinny rail
• Action: striker-fired
• Safety: trigger blade and striker block
• Sights: fixed
• Magazines: two

9mm Luger is standardised by SAAMI — the same dimensions and pressure ceiling from every manufacturer, made in enormous volume, and therefore cheap. That is the real argument for an affordable pistol: the money saved buys the range time that actually makes someone competent with it.

The same olive frame is stocked with a black slide and thirteen rounds. Other colours include grey, cyan, light purple, tan and plain black. For a smaller gun in the same colour, the GX4 micro in OD Green.

Why the Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless earns its place

• The Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless uses stainless steel on both barrel and slide, at a price where coated carbon steel is the norm.
• A full-size grip and barrel inside a ten-round limit.
• Colour moulded through the frame rather than painted on.
• An accessory rail and two magazines included.
• Parts, magazines and holsters shared across the whole GX2 family.

This suits a first pistol, a household pistol and a carry gun for anyone in a ten-round jurisdiction — particularly someone who carries against the body or works outdoors, where the stainless slide earns its keep. The trigger is serviceable rather than refined and the sights are plain black. The Taurus GX2 OD Green Stainless competes on value, and on being the quietest of the coloured frames.

In stock now at MAG5 Firearms in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Handgun sales ship to a licensed dealer in your state, where you will complete a Form 4473 and the background check before taking delivery.