Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round 9mm 3.37in — Superb Compact Pistol

Description

The Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round is the mint-framed, ten-shot version of Taurus’s compact striker-fired 9mm: a 3.37-inch stainless barrel, a matte black stainless slide, a cyan polymer frame with an accessory rail, and two magazines in the box.

Colour on a handgun divides people, and it should not. A cyan frame is easier to identify in a drawer or a safe under stress, harder to mistake for someone else’s gun at a range, and — the part nobody says out loud — pleasant to own, which is a real reason people shoot more. The Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round is mechanically identical to the black one; the frame polymer is simply pigmented all the way through rather than painted.

Why the colour is moulded, not coated

• The cyan is in the polymer itself. Scratch the frame and the material underneath is the same colour, so the gun does not develop the scuffed, chipped look that a sprayed finish gets.
• That also means the colour cannot rub off on a holster, a bag lining or a shirt.
• Only the frame is coloured. The slide on the Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round is matte black stainless steel, and the barrel underneath it is matte stainless.
• Texture is moulded in at the same time — aggressive stippling on both grip panels, the front strap and the backstrap.
• A Picatinny rail runs under the dust cover for a weapon light or a laser.

The ten-round question

• On the Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round, ten rounds is a magazine limit, not a size limit. The frame, the grip and the magazine body are the same as the thirteen-round GX2 — only the follower and the count change.
• So you keep a full three-finger grip. This is not a cut-down subcompact pretending to be a service pistol.
• If your state has no limit, the thirteen-round GX2 is the same gun at the same price and worth buying instead.
• Two magazines ship with the Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round, which is more than several pistols at twice the money manage.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 1-GX2931C-10
• UPC: 725327637059
• Calibre: 9mm Luger
• Capacity: 10+1
• Barrel: 3.37 in, matte stainless steel
• Slide: matte black stainless steel, serrated front and rear
• Frame: cyan polymer with Picatinny rail
• Action: striker-fired
• Safety: trigger blade and striker block
• Sights: fixed
• Magazines: two

9mm Luger is the most heavily standardised handgun cartridge there is — dimensions and pressure ceiling published by SAAMI, built to the same drawing by every major maker, and made in enormous volume. That is why it is cheap, and why a pistol at this price is a sensible first centre-fire handgun: the savings go into range time, which is the only thing that actually produces a competent shooter.

The GX2 comes in a long list of frame colours, all in stock: cyan with thirteen rounds, cyan with a stainless slide, tan, grey and the plain black GX2. If you want to mount a red dot, the GX2 TORO is the optic-cut version.

Why the Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round earns its place

• The Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round puts a full-length grip on a compact slide, which is the combination that shoots well and still hides.
• Colour moulded through the frame rather than sprayed on top of it.
• Stainless steel under the finish on both slide and barrel.
• A rail, which plenty of pistols at this price still leave off.
• Two magazines included, and cheap enough that the ammunition budget survives.

This is a first pistol, a household pistol, a range gun, and a sensible choice for anyone in a ten-round jurisdiction who does not want to trade grip length for legality. The trigger is serviceable rather than refined and the sights are plain black — the Taurus GX2 Cyan 10 Round is not pretending to be a competition gun. It is an honest, inexpensive, well-shaped 9mm in a colour that will not be mistaken for anyone else’s.

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.