The grips are great, I don’t know about trying in .44, because it is an awfully light gun, but at the same time I think that .44 Special would be just the pill for self-defense with that gun. Galco makes a great carry holster for the Tracker series, I have one that I wear regularly.

We still prohibit campus carry, which I hope Gov. Rick Perry will address soon with the Legislature.

I bought a Taurus Tracker 44 mag yesterday. I always like how the sales clerks react when I pull out my CHL along with my TX driver’s license…ususally big smiles and “oh, another easy one–sweet!” or ” ah, our kind of people…”
It’s my first 44 mag revolver, haven’t shot it yet. I picked up a box of Winchester white box 44 mag, but also a box of Blazer 44 special, for comparison, if the 44 mag recoil is too unpleasant. Although the barrel is only 4 inches, at least it’s ported, and the grips seem pretty robust, so it should be alright. So far I’ve only ever shot .357 mags up to this point; in my 6 inch GP101, the .357 mag is fine; ditto my Uberti Cattleman’s single action. But in my Taurus 651 snub, .357 mag makes for very unpleasant shooting.

The Tracker is obviously too big/powerful to conceal/carry, but it will make a fine coffee table gun (inside the drawers, that is, not on it)…something I can reach for quickly if someone busts in while I’m lounging on the couch watching the TV. My Uberti cattleman’s single action is serving in that capacity now, but I look forward to swapping them out, so I can have a double-action revolver at the ready versus a single action.