500 rounds problem free and it's a Taurus!

[coebam]

thats pretty good for a gun made in brazil...

Springfield makes most of their firearms in Brazil....

 

[JR47]

They failed to finish machining the barrel blank, fitted it to the revolver, finished it, boxed it, sent it to Miami, who then sold it to a distributor, that sold it to a dealer that finally caught it.

Right. Just like the photo-shopped picture of a S&W 686 with the barrel installed upside down "from the factory".

I have a collection of semi-auto pistols that exceeds 100 units, without counting duplicates. Of that, I own six Taurus semi-autos, some of them 25+ years old. My PT92 has almost 30K through it, with the only replacement being recoil springs. My PT101 has passed the 15K mark, without failure. None of the others has less than 5K through it.

Failures? Let's see, a Sig P229 that cracked it's slide somewhere before the 75 round mark. An HK USP that patterned until HK replaced the new barrel. A Colt 1911 that had an oversize rear dovetail, allowing the sight to travel freely whenever fired. ALL of these guns cost considerably more than my Taurus guns.

As for a weapon for CCW rotation, if it didn't work the first time, you just don't try to fix it? That's odd. I'll bet if it had been a Kimber, you'd have thought differently.

 

[raz-0]

Amd, Reaper, you saw this gun with your own eyes did ya? I call BS on it, personally, tool of the Taurus haters on the net, photochopped or something. That pic is so old it has dust on it, started around 6 or 8 years ago.

It's probably not a photoshop. Short barreled pistols aren't importable because of "sporting purposes" So fo import, they ship with a longer barrel and are dismantled and reassembled with a longer barrel.

My guess is taurus imports them like that, pops them in a machine wchich cuts them and finishes the crown for their US market snubbies.

Heck, the 4.25" M&P pistols have 5"+ barrels that poke awkwardly out of the end of the slide to comply with Australian regulations for import.

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

500 rounds problem free and it's a Taurus!

 

[hardluk1]

It should not matter if a firearm is 2000 dollars or 200 dollars on a handgun. If you have a issue its all the same even if 1 out of 10,000. A person better run 400 to 600 rounds trouble free rounds thru any handgun befor you carry it carry. Be it a kimber, brown, taurus or keltec. I have a great old taurus 85SS and a 94

 

[basicblur]

As for a weapon for CCW rotation, if it didn't work the first time, you just don't try to fix it?

As stated, I haven't had it back out to the range again to troubleshoot-it's been taking up space in the safe since it's first/last range trip.
I also have enough dependable makes/models than I do CC (XD, SIG) that even after it's 'fixed', I may just sell it.
I thought long and hard before I took the chance-it won't happen again.

I'll bet if it had been a Kimber, you'd have thought differently.

You betcha! If it was a Kimber, I'd probably have had it fixed long ago due to the value of the gun-then I'd probably have sold it.

Heck-I could get my relative to look at it (he's a gunsmith) but I'm a bit 'fraid to.
I'm pretty sure he's still got that Brownells catalog he wanted to beat me over the head with when I originally bought it...

 

[ritepath]

Let me send you my Gen III PT's magazines....I can't shoot 5 rounds in a row without nosing a round into the front of the magazine. I love the gun but it won't even feed FMJ's for some reason. I bought a 24/7 12 round mag and I get the same results as the factory mags that come with it.

PS: I can shoot it great...

 

[justice06rr]

Another satisfied Taurus owner here with my 740Slim. while its still new to me (only a couple hundred rounds) it hasn't had any issues yet and it seems to be a very solid pistol.

As long as it proves problem-free and reliable, i'll keep shooting it...