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Why is it called a talo edition
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Dennis in MA
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Talo is a company that customizes firearms. They had a run of engraved PPK's many years ago that I missed out on. They redid them with different engraving that wasn't nearly as nice.
I look at them like Shelby edition wahtever's from Ford. At one point, it meant something special. But over time, it was just a few aftermarket parts for a bit price bump.
Man, that must have been a long long time ago they did those PPK's. It was around the same time that Mitchell's Mausers still had Lugers, I think. At the very least, Mitchell had "overpriced" Mausers but they were actually the best of the best versus the $89-150 ones that everyone else was pushing on C&R licensees.
I look at them like Shelby edition wahtever's from Ford. At one point, it meant something special. But over time, it was just a few aftermarket parts for a bit price bump.
Man, that must have been a long long time ago they did those PPK's. It was around the same time that Mitchell's Mausers still had Lugers, I think. At the very least, Mitchell had "overpriced" Mausers but they were actually the best of the best versus the $89-150 ones that everyone else was pushing on C&R licensees.
TALO is an acronym for Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. I forget if it is a single firearm distributor for the region or a collection of them in those states. Every once in a while they will come out with a special edition of a firearm. Sometimes it is a special color, sometimes it’s engraved. I’m not sure how collectible they are or if they are limited production runs.
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Walther PPKS .380 Royal Oak
Walther PPKS .380 Royal Oak part of Talo's Walther Arms Collection | Full slide coverage in high-relief , sculpted engraving in traditional Germanic themes of oak leaves and acorns, symbols of endurance
taloinc.com
Some of it is just that Franklin Mint type stuff. OK, maybe not. Maybe halfway between a special Colt edition SAA and a Franklin Mint ruined firearm.
dcmdon
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Generally they work with manufacturers to "upscale" a gun. Sometimes it's just tarting it up. Cerakote, grips, etc.
Other times it's an upgraded sight package. But it's always minor stuff. Never anything that matters really.
Typically a Taco special edition is also a distributor exclusive. So this configuration may only be available from Lipsey's, and that one may only be available from RSR.
Other times it's an upgraded sight package. But it's always minor stuff. Never anything that matters really.
Typically a Taco special edition is also a distributor exclusive. So this configuration may only be available from Lipsey's, and that one may only be available from RSR.
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Huh. Sigs are made in China? Seriously.
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Thats more the stuff i was referring too... i feel like they pumped out a shit ton of those
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Talo isn't really a distributor in the normal sense of the word.
Dealers can't buy guns from them like they can with Lipsey's or RSR.
They customize guns and then send them to the real distributors.
This is a screen scrape of some Talo guns on Lipsey's, including Ruger's, Colt, CZ, and Glock.
On their website they mention that they work with the following manufacturers.
Talo Distributors Custom Firearm Collections
TALO commissions a large collection of both short and long-term editions of popular firearms.
taloinc.com
And distribute through the following distributors
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Houge makes some nice knives but i get the sentiment
Although at least the legion generally is a paint job upgraded trigger nice case and some things added to the gun
Talo was literally... heres a front sight in iridium
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I have the Talo edition Ruger Night Watchman 1911. Black ceracote frame and slide, Novak Tritium night sights, oversized beavertail grip safety and I think that's it for the "Talo" modifications. I love the look of it. Never had a stock Ruger 1911 so I can't compare the two.
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i have a smith talo edition 3" .44 mag 629. when it was introduced, it was "special" meaning the 3" barreled .44 mag was back, along with a rounded butt and speciality wood grips. when that talo contract was filled, that "talo" edition morphed into the 629 3" "deluxe" you see still cataloged at smith. i had to find one, and ship up, from texas. oddly, several massachusetts dealers, well known dealers, said this talo edition wasn't legal to sell in massachusetts. strange because every smith revolver is legal to own, sell, toss in the lake legal.
i don't know if they worked the internals when smith made the talo's. two of the best out of box triggers were s&w guns. this talo .44 mag and a e-series 1911. i smile to myself when gun know-it-alls profess that the triggers on smith revolvers with that hillary hole lock suck. mine don't and the dozens of folks who i let shoot it agree with me. super nice out of the box. sort of the same debate regarding the pre series 80 colt 1911 triggers suck and nothing can be done with them. well, a gunsmith that knows what they're doing certainly can work on one. if a gunsmith says they are terminally ill triggers on those series 80's find another smith.
while not a talo, my e-series trigger was the selling point for me. the salesman at 4s let me dry fire it in the store 2x. that's all it took. i had no intention i was going home with an entry level 1911 that morning...but i did.
sorry, as usual, i go off on a nut. that 3" is the only talo edition i'm intimate with.
i don't know if they worked the internals when smith made the talo's. two of the best out of box triggers were s&w guns. this talo .44 mag and a e-series 1911. i smile to myself when gun know-it-alls profess that the triggers on smith revolvers with that hillary hole lock suck. mine don't and the dozens of folks who i let shoot it agree with me. super nice out of the box. sort of the same debate regarding the pre series 80 colt 1911 triggers suck and nothing can be done with them. well, a gunsmith that knows what they're doing certainly can work on one. if a gunsmith says they are terminally ill triggers on those series 80's find another smith.
while not a talo, my e-series trigger was the selling point for me. the salesman at 4s let me dry fire it in the store 2x. that's all it took. i had no intention i was going home with an entry level 1911 that morning...but i did.
sorry, as usual, i go off on a nut. that 3" is the only talo edition i'm intimate with.
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Nothing super special. I just like the finish.
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Talo isn't really a distributor in the normal sense of the word.
Dealers can't buy guns from them like they can with Lipsey's or RSR.
They customize guns and then send them to the real distributors.
This is a screen scrape of some Talo guns on Lipsey's, including Ruger's, Colt, CZ, and Glock.
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On their website they mention that they work with the following manufacturers.
Talo Distributors Custom Firearm Collections
TALO commissions a large collection of both short and long-term editions of popular firearms.
And distribute through the following distributors
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Lipsey's s*ck. I had to re-do the cerakote on theory 22/45 storm trooper. The dudes didn't do any prep work, ot was peeling off before I fired a shot.
Besides a bad cerakote job, they did nothing special to the gun. Lipsey's special ... special piece of sh*t.
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Say it isn't so.
Second SIG production plant in China now up and running
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dcmdon
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That's a milk production factory. Ha.Say it isn't so.
Second SIG production plant in China now up and running
SIG’s second state-of-the-art production plant for aseptic carton packaging in China is now up and running. Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, the large-scale project has been successfully implemented, once again demonstrating SIG’s ongoing commitment to engineering excellence and...
dcmdon
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Lipseys is just a distributor.
They don't make or paint anything.
A Lipsey's distributor special is made by the gun manufacturer in a unique configuration for the distributor.
If you had sent it back to Ruger, they would have taken care of it. The only example of this not being the case that I know if is with some Glocks that have an American Flag or $100 bill on them. But in the product description it explicitly says that the dip/paint job was done by ABC company.
So based on the description, this gun was 100% made by SR. So they own any repairs.
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Arkansas, not Arizona.
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Not to be confused with the Harry Belafonte “Day-O” Tallyman editions.
Well ... they should check the stuff they distribute. No way I was putting all the stocks parts back in the gun and sending it back for them to do a sh*t job a second time. I decided to have it done the right way.
But I will still talk sh*t, because it speaks to the quality of people they work with. There are probably hundreds of people with the same issue I had.
I will give them one positive, they were very quick to reply to my Email and tell me to ship it to Ruger. :/
I went to @Golddiggie house, we were ripping the Cerakote with our fingers. Zero prep work underneath. I wonder how many were sprayed that way.
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If you like bronze, consider PVD - more durable than Cerakote.
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