I am just back from the range after taking the Taurus TCP for a spin. I am very favorably impressed. I did 100 rounds today, which is all my hand can handle on a mini .380. This is a softer shooting gun than my Kel-Tec, but not by much, and my trigger finger feels it by the end of the session - both guns, I get the bottom of my trigger finger battered by the trigger guard during recoil.
The little Taurus groups wonderfully - I didn't measure, but it definitely shoots better than minute-of-bad-guy, which is all I ask from a pocket pistol. It fed my hollowpoints flawlessly - that was the first 31 rounds, because that's what I had available and I haven't found any more available locally. I needed to save a few for carry Then it was UMC 95 gr round nose. I had 1 FTF on round 92. At that point the gun was super filthy, so I don't fault it as much as the condition and the fact that my hand was tired. Earlier in the session I did do some one-handed shooting, both right and left hand, and had no failures with either.
Extraction was flawless, and done with gusto - the casings were landing well behind me and to my right. The early failures I had read about with this gun were FTE, so it seems they have the extractor tuned better now. I had read over at the Taurus forums that the guns with serial numbers ending in "A" had been since the problems were worked out. Mine ends in A, so I can believe that.
I want another hundred round of break-in, but I'm definitely pleased and feel that this is a good little shooter.
The little Taurus groups wonderfully - I didn't measure, but it definitely shoots better than minute-of-bad-guy, which is all I ask from a pocket pistol. It fed my hollowpoints flawlessly - that was the first 31 rounds, because that's what I had available and I haven't found any more available locally. I needed to save a few for carry Then it was UMC 95 gr round nose. I had 1 FTF on round 92. At that point the gun was super filthy, so I don't fault it as much as the condition and the fact that my hand was tired. Earlier in the session I did do some one-handed shooting, both right and left hand, and had no failures with either.
Extraction was flawless, and done with gusto - the casings were landing well behind me and to my right. The early failures I had read about with this gun were FTE, so it seems they have the extractor tuned better now. I had read over at the Taurus forums that the guns with serial numbers ending in "A" had been since the problems were worked out. Mine ends in A, so I can believe that.
I want another hundred round of break-in, but I'm definitely pleased and feel that this is a good little shooter.