The Taurus Deputy Is the New Two-Cylinder Sheriff in Town

Its classic looks with a modern twist make the Taurus Deputy six-shooter exactly three times the fun.

There’s a new Deputy in town, and he’s packing two cylinders’ worth of shooting fun and all kinds of different applications. It’s the newest Taurus Deputy, a single-action revolver that looks like an Old West six-gun but functions in ways most modern.

Taurus re-entered the Old West single-action category in 2025 with the Deputy line. Offered in .45 Colt and .357 Magnum, the Deputies are available with either 4.75- or 5.5-inch barrels.

Now, the newest and most modern Deputy comes with two different cylinders, one of which takes .357 Magnum and .38 Special loads, the other using the very popular 9mm. Translation: Swap out cylinders for a Deputy that shoots three different cartridges from the very same handgun!

Primed for Plinking and Defense

Plinking, cowboy action, home and backwoods self-defense, truck gun and patrolling the homestead for varmints—the two cylinder/three ammo setup lets you choose the rounds needed for the job required.

I headed right to my shooting range as soon as my test model Deputy arrived and ran a few dozen rounds through it to get a sense of just what it was Taurus had achieved with the revolver.

I switched out cylinders a couple of times, which was very easy to do, and shot various brands of .357 Mag., .38 Special and 9mm ammo.

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The Deputy balanced nicely and pointed easily and quickly. The single-action trigger snapped off crisply.

The texturing on the black polymer grips melded to my palms. Cylinders indexed correctly every time, and the ejector rod worked very smoothly to pop out empty brass.

The shiny black finish on the barrel frame and cylinders looked cool and tough.

The Deputy relies on the classic “four-click” single-action operation. Pull back the hammer to the first click, and you are in the old-time Colt safety notch.

The second click has the hammer in the loading notch, where the cylinder spins freely and, with the loading gate open, can be loaded and unloaded.

The third click/notch really doesn’t do anything. But pull the hammer back all the way into click/notch number four, and the revolver is ready to fire.

With its 5.5-inch barrel and precise 1:16.5, six-groove rifling, the Deputy was quite accurate. True to its Western heritage, the revolver featured a half-moon front sight blade and a smallish, fixed rear notch.

These aren’t competition sights, of course, and may take some time and practice to use effectively. But after a couple of cylinders’ worth of ammunition, I had no problem pegging a 1.5-inch group of six rounds at 7 and 10 yards, shooting offhand.

At 41.6 ounces unloaded and an overall length of 11 inches, the Deputy is certainly a substantial handgun. That’s something I really appreciated when shooting full-power .357 Mag. loads.

That size and weight made muzzle flip and recoil very manageable with the 158-grain .357 Mag. rounds I ran. It also reduced recoil with both 9mm and .38 Special rounds.

In addition to the dual cylinders, the Deputy featured modern shooter upgrades such as a transfer-bar safety and, quite obviously, precision tolerances. All the while, the revolver carried itself with an Old West mystique that’s unapologetically American.