Need some suggestions on misfires

[mugsie]

I have a Taurus 81 series snubbie in 38 cal. The gun has less than 300 rounds through it. I've noticed that when I fire in single action, it fires every time. When I fire in double action however I get light primer strikes on maybe one or two in a cylinder. I can rotate back to the misfired rounds and try double action several times yet they still fail to fire. If I then try it in single action they fire perfectly. Any ideas guys as to what I can do to try and fix this short of returning it to the great hole in Florida called Taurus repair?

I've owned a total of two Taurus's so far and both have had problems. The tracker needed to be returned for repair to have the "missing parts" installed (whatever they may have been because they would not tell me and I bought the gun new)! It is now one of my favorites and behaves properly each time I pull the trigger. The other one is the snubbie but now it too is giving me problems. If I can't get this fixed on my own I shutter to think it may need to go back for repair too.:banghead:

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks....

 

[Gbro]

can you post pic's of the primmers that didn't fire/
better yet a pic of the full cyl where there is 1 or 2 missfires.

What kind of ammo are you useing?

 

[greatgoogamooga]

Any chance you're reloading with CCI primers? they are notoriously hard and I know plenty of people who do not use them for revolvers, myself included.

Goog

 

[mugsie]

I'll try to take a few pics next time.

As far as CCI primers - yes, I am using CCI primers. I use them in everything I load and have never had a problem to date (maybe this is the first). What strikes me as strange however is when I cock the gun in single action, and pull the trigger it goes bang every time. Double action - nope. Single action I have never had a problem. The logic doesn't seem to work but that's what's happening.

What primers do you suggest?

 

[GRIZ22]

What strikes me as strange however is when I cock the gun in single action, and pull the trigger it goes bang every time. Double action - nope. Single action I have never had a problem. The logic doesn't seem to work but that's what's happening.



Unload your revolver and slowly try double action while holding the hammer with your thumb and forefinger. You'll see that the hammer falls earlier when you fire double action and comes back further when you cock it for single action. The hammer has a little more force in single action as it compresses the spring a little more.

I have a Taurus 85 and always use CCI primers and have never had a problem. I've used them almost exclusively for about 35 years. I have heard people complain about the fact they are a little harder but I've had no problems.

Rather than switch primers I'd send the gun to Taurus. Switching primers is okay but that would give me a lack of confidence if all I had to shoot were CCI/Speer ammo. The little extra oomph in a heavier spring won't effect your trigger pull that much and will give you a relaibility margin.

 

[Glockman17366]

"Rather than switch primers I'd send the gun to Taurus."

I had exactly the same problem with my 85 Multi-Alloy when I first got it (7-8 years ago).
GRIZ22 has the right idea...send it back. I did, had the gun back in 2 or 3 weeks...never a problem since.