Forjas Taurus is headquartered in Brazil, with operations in Miami Florida. Most guns are made in Brazil.
fabrique nationale & Taurus
IMBEL, Taurus Boito, Rossi
Taurus owns Rossi. Taurus is a Brazilian company.
If you wish to purchase Taurus guns they are available from GunBroker, and Buds Gun Shop. They can also be bought direct from Taurus through the company website.
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SPESCO was not the maker- they were the importer of firearms made outside the US. It is POSSIBLE that your .38 Special was one of the early guns made by Taurus in Brazil. Value of the early guns is fairly low- about $75-$100, depending on condition.
This question is completely unanswerable. Taurus has made many different 9mm handguns from a full size Beretta 92 clone to a pocket revolver. This description covers 30 or more different guns of different values.
About the same
Long guns and hand guns.
guns were made for self defense and hunting
Brazil
There are dozens of models of rifles and a few revolvers that fire the .17 HMR cartridge. Rifles in that caliber are made by Remington, Winchester, Marlin, Mossberg, Savage, Taurus and others.