Taurus Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 in. Two-Tone 6-Shot Revolver – Superb Straight-Wall Hunter

Description

The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 is the shortest barrel Taurus offers on its straight-wall rifle cartridge revolver, and it is the handiest of the three. A matte stainless frame carries a matte black oxide cylinder and a black barrel shroud with a full-length Picatinny rail, and it holds six rounds.

The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 is an unusual idea that works better than it sounds. The cartridge was designed for straight-wall hunting states, and a revolver chambered for it makes a genuinely capable deer gun that is far easier to carry than a carbine.

What the Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 offers

• The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 holds six rounds, two more than the five-shot big bores on the same frame
• 8.38-inch barrel with gas ports cut into the top of the shroud
• Full-length Picatinny rail on the shroud, with room to position a scope for your own eye relief
• Matte stainless frame with a matte black oxide cylinder and black shroud
• Black rubber grip with a cushioned insert down the backstrap
• Adjustable rear sight and an exposed hammer for deliberate single-action shots
• A legal deer cartridge in the straight-wall states where bottlenecked rifle rounds are not permitted

The one thing you must know: moon clips

• .350 Legend is a rimless cartridge, designed for a magazine-fed rifle, so there is no rim for an extractor star to push against
• The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 therefore feeds from moon clips, which hold the rounds by their extractor grooves
• The clips are not optional. Without one the rounds will drop too far into the chambers and the extractor will not lift them out
• Buy spares at the same time as the gun. They are cheap, they bend if you are careless, and a bent clip will tie up the cylinder
• The upside is genuinely fast reloads: six rounds go in as a single unit
• Keep them flat in a pocket or a case rather than loose in a bag

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 2-35085RH
• Caliber: .350 Legend
• Capacity: 6 rounds, moon clip fed
• Barrel: 8.38 in., matte black with Picatinny rail, ported
• Cylinder: matte black oxide
• Frame: large frame, matte stainless steel with Picatinny rail
• Grip: black rubber with cushioned insert
• Action: single and double action, exposed hammer
• Safety: transfer bar
• UPC: 725327639039

.350 Legend is a standardised cartridge with chamber dimensions and pressure limits published by SAAMI. It was introduced to give hunters in straight-wall-only states a modern option, and most of the ammunition on the shelf is loaded for rifle barrels rather than handgun ones, so expect real-world velocities below the figures on the box.

One honest note on what the short barrel costs. A Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 gives up velocity to the ten-and-a-half and fourteen-inch versions, and .350 Legend is a cartridge that rewards barrel length. Inside a hundred yards on deer that difference does not matter much. If you intend to stretch beyond that, buy the longer gun.

Why this revolver earns its place

• A legal deer cartridge in straight-wall states, in a handgun you can carry all day
• Six rounds rather than the five the big bores offer on the same frame
• The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 is the handiest of the three barrel lengths
• A factory optics rail, which on a hunting handgun matters more than anything else
• Recoil is mild compared with any of the big-bore Raging Hunters
• Moon clip reloads that are genuinely faster than loading a cylinder one round at a time

Deer hunters in straight-wall cartridge states, and anyone who wants a hunting revolver without the recoil and ammunition cost of a .454 or a .500. The Raging Hunter 350 Legend 8.38 is a specialist, and inside its speciality it is very good.

For more barrel and more velocity, the 10.5-inch two-tone, the 10.5-inch black and the 14-inch two-tone are the longer options.

If a conventional revolver cartridge suits you better, the seven-shot .357 Magnum Raging Hunter is the mildest of the family and the .44 Magnum is the classic hunting choice.

Every Raging Hunter we ship comes with the factory case, moon clips, the manual and a lock. Transfers go to your FFL and our end of the paperwork is done the same day.