I recently purchased a new M94 with a five inch barrel. Yup, that d.a. trigger pull is hard, but that is not my concern here. I wish to ask other owners of this weapon if they could check a few things on there's so I can make a comparison with mine, as I'm a little concerned about a few things. I would GREATLY appreciate the few minutes spent examining your revolver and letting me know.
1. My new Taurus has a bit of gritty take-up in the trigger, just before the d.a. is engaged. During this take up, the cylinder is released, allowing the cylinder to spin free if the trigger is held right at this junction before the d.a. pull starts. I didn't notice this when it was new, but after a few hundreds rounds, it's definitely noticeable now.
2. Barrel crown has a noticeable bright spot, where it looks like a small area was touched by a grinding stone slightly. The muzzle fouling also reflects this, forming a different pattern in this area. I know this is not intentional, but is such sloppiness common on this revolver?
3. A stamp on the face of the cylinder is right next to a chamber, slightly distorting the chamber by making it out-of-round, i.e. by displacing the steel.
4. The front of several chambers look as though someone has taken a small Dremel grinding stone and just rammed it into the chambers, so that it looks as though half of the circumference of these chambers at the exit has been ground out a bit and made funnel-shaped on one side. Many of the chamber exits on the face of the cylinder are not round, but instead are sad interpretations of this shape. In conjunction with the above two points, this can't be very conducive to accuracy.
5. In order to shoot to point of aim at fifteen yards, the sight must be raised as far as it will go, with no more room to be raised higher. Also, the "square" cut-out in the rear sight blade is so horribly mangled that it is more of a disfigured ovalish/roundish cut-out, with asymmetrical grinding around the cut out causing a horrible sight picture.
6. One of the two holes in the extractor that fits over the small pins in the cylinder has not been drilled properly round, and a pin sticks, causing me to have to press the extractor rod very hard to eject the spent cases. I then have to push down hard on the star to get it to seat on the pins so that the cylinder will close.
Are these normal for a modern Taurus, and nothing can be done? How is their customer service? Would they fix these problems, or would it just be a hassle and waste of time to even try?
1. My new Taurus has a bit of gritty take-up in the trigger, just before the d.a. is engaged. During this take up, the cylinder is released, allowing the cylinder to spin free if the trigger is held right at this junction before the d.a. pull starts. I didn't notice this when it was new, but after a few hundreds rounds, it's definitely noticeable now.
2. Barrel crown has a noticeable bright spot, where it looks like a small area was touched by a grinding stone slightly. The muzzle fouling also reflects this, forming a different pattern in this area. I know this is not intentional, but is such sloppiness common on this revolver?
3. A stamp on the face of the cylinder is right next to a chamber, slightly distorting the chamber by making it out-of-round, i.e. by displacing the steel.
4. The front of several chambers look as though someone has taken a small Dremel grinding stone and just rammed it into the chambers, so that it looks as though half of the circumference of these chambers at the exit has been ground out a bit and made funnel-shaped on one side. Many of the chamber exits on the face of the cylinder are not round, but instead are sad interpretations of this shape. In conjunction with the above two points, this can't be very conducive to accuracy.
5. In order to shoot to point of aim at fifteen yards, the sight must be raised as far as it will go, with no more room to be raised higher. Also, the "square" cut-out in the rear sight blade is so horribly mangled that it is more of a disfigured ovalish/roundish cut-out, with asymmetrical grinding around the cut out causing a horrible sight picture.
6. One of the two holes in the extractor that fits over the small pins in the cylinder has not been drilled properly round, and a pin sticks, causing me to have to press the extractor rod very hard to eject the spent cases. I then have to push down hard on the star to get it to seat on the pins so that the cylinder will close.
Are these normal for a modern Taurus, and nothing can be done? How is their customer service? Would they fix these problems, or would it just be a hassle and waste of time to even try?
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