This is the first Taurus thread I've ever responded to.
I've stayed out if them because I've personally only owned 1 Taurus product, a late '80's PT92 9mm that was as good as any other firearm I've ever owned, no revolvers.
In the early '90's a friend had a new stainless 669VR (I think, memory is a little fuzzy)
It wasn't particularly accurate but the real problem he had was he had to use a pair of vice grips to pull spent brass out: light .38spl all the way up to full magnums.
Sample of one, so not much help.
My take on Taurus these days is (speaking from a strictly personal perspective) I'm lucky in that I own many firearms that I am familiar with and they have had their reliability vetted over many years so, I wouldn't be purchasing a Taurus as my only firearm; if I would be unlucky to get one with problems, I have others to fall back on while I decided a course of action (fix it, trade/ sell it, try another model etc)
If buying a firearm to be my
only one, I would probably make a serious attempt to save more money to purchase a S&W, Ruger, Colt...(not that these brands can't have their share of issues also)
Having said this, I would like to have a stainless steel, 4" .44mag revolver just to play around with.
I have a couple of S&W 629's but they're 6" and I can't currently justify the cost of another S&W so, a Taurus is definitely an option for me.
Just my opinion, worth what you paid