I bought a Taurus 85 for my wife for self defense in 1998. It was shot to establish point-of-impact relative to point-of-aim with +P Fed Nyclad. Then it was mostly a desk queen at work for her. It gave her peace of mind; a suspicious character entered her business once, later it was found he had robbed a place with a weapon he was carrying in his arm sling. Since her retirement 2008 I have shot it a few times and cleaned it. Since her passing in 2014 I have taken it out and shot it a bit more. It seems to be a good five shot .38 revolver based on my admittedly limited experience. I kinda like .38spl/357 mag. I shoot a Ruger Security Six and it was my woods walking gun; my carry piece is a J frame Rossi .38 snub; I shot my son's GP100 at the club matches til he bought it back for what I had loaned him for it.
The only problem I have ever had with my wife's Tauris 85 was that when debris accumulated in the locking notches of the cylinder, the action would bind. Taking a toothbrush and Hoppes #9 cleaner to the locking notches fixed that. I suspect any revolver kept for years in case in a desk drawer or night stand could develop a lint in the locking notch problem. Good excuse to take a gun to the range, shoot it and clean it more often.
Added: But back to the OP #1 -- that was a revolver I bought in 1998: marked Taurus Int Mfg Miami FL USA. However, the Taurus pump .22 mag carbine I bought since then has been a bet-my-life wooods walking gun.
As with every manufacturer, every model, you will find people who got a lemon and will complain, condemning the maker and gun forever after. All I got to go by is my experience.