My problem with Taurus is, between my, not so great experience with a couple over the years and for whatever its worth, allowing for the internet and the litany of bitching about them pretty much anywhere you go, their rep is just too sketchy to want to bet my life on one.
I have a couple of 26's, and have been shooting one a couple of times a month for over a decade now, and at last count, when I quit counting with it, it had over 25K through it, and all Ive had to replace were routine maintenance RSA's.
I think a lot of the problem here with this sort of thing too is, how much do people really shoot what they have to even know? I dedicate a couple of duplicate guns I use to just practice and do my best to shoot the snot out of them every week. I have a real good idea as to what to expect from the guns and if something is going to go south, and break or be a problem, Ill know about it and in a realistic time frame.
One thing I get a kick out of is when people say they have "never" had a stoppage of any kind in thousands of rounds. Doesnt matter what it is, if that's truly the case, "Matheeewww, thats amazzzzzing".
If you shoot enough, you are going to have stoppages. Just too many variables going on not to.
I have random stoppages with every gun I shoot on a pretty regular basis, mostly due to worn out reload brass, but they do happen, and it doesn't matter what the gun is.
Only way I know to find out if you like one better than another, is to get one and shoot the snot out of it. Youll figure things out and know whats likely the better gun. At the very least, you'll have learned something new about both.
