Caleb Giddings on Taurus: TX-22, TX-9, and the Revolver Renaissance
Caleb Giddings on Taurus: TX-22, TX-9, and the Revolver Renaissance. Taurus marketing lead and revolver expert Caleb Giddings breaks down the TX-22's dominance, the new TX-9 9mm striker-fired pistol, and why the 32 H&R Magnum { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com#person", "name": "Guns.com", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com", "description": "Guns.com is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/bf709d2c-5917-4bcf-9b86-740396d311c9.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/caleb-giddings-taurus-tx22-tx9-interview#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/caleb-giddings-taurus-tx22-tx9-interview" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/caleb-giddings-taurus-tx22-tx9-interview", "headline": "Caleb Giddings on Taurus: TX-22, TX-9, and the Revolver Renaissance", "name": "Caleb Giddings on Taurus: TX-22, TX-9, and the Revolver Renaissance", "description": "Taurus marketing lead and revolver expert Caleb Giddings breaks down the TX-22's dominance, the new TX-9 9mm striker-fired pistol, and why the 32 H&R Magnum deserves another look.", "articleSection": "Firearms", "articleBody": "Caleb Giddings, the marketing manager at Taurus USA and one of the most credentialed revolver shooters working inside a firearms marketing department, sat down with Alex Reville and Chris Eager on the Second Best Gun Podcast to walk through the state of the Taurus lineup. The conversation covered the TX-22's runaway dominance , the brand-new TX-9 striker-fired 9mm, the 692 Executive Grade, the Brawler SBR, and Giddings' personal evangelism for the 32 H&R Magnum as a serious carry round. What makes the interview worth reading isn't the product rundown alone — it's that Giddings is an NRA-affiliated competitor, a multiple-time ICORE championship shooter, a Gunsite guest instructor, and one of the lead instructors at Revolver Fest on the East Coast. He's had direct design input on current Taurus guns and ran the design-phase conversations that shaped the TX-9. When he talks about triggers, ergonomics, and why a specific revolver hits, he's speaking from 20 years of trigger time. The through-line across the whole conversation: Taurus has kept its willingness to try unusual things — curved grips, convertible cylinders, single-shot lever-action pistols — but has paired that with execution the brand wasn't known for a decade ago. Giddings makes the case plainly. Key Takeaways Giddings calls the TX-22 the best mass-produced .22 handgun on the market — more …