RE. Taurus autos.
In the past most with experience with the metal framed guns were extremely happy. They are very reliable, durable and accurate.
Taurus did have some major problems with the original Millenium line. The .45acp had frame cracks develop very commonly and the 9mm and .40S&W pretty commonly had pins shear.
As a result few people who regularly visit gun forums buy them so it is hard to tell if they have truely fixed the problem (kinda like Consumer Reports readers stopped buying Hyundai after the early ones had tons of problems- Hyundai now makes a much better car but Consumer Reports can't comment on their reliability because not enough of their readers buy them to get good survey results). Anyway, those who do have more recent Millenium guns, or who kept the old ones after the fix, mostly report that the problem seems fixed.
Comments about the new guns:
-Because of the problems w/ the early Millenium guns and distrust of the new ones I think revamping the line is a good idea. I don't expect any problems with these and hope to get one next summer (since I have other priorities first). By then hopefully some people will have bought them and the "controversy" will be put to rest.
-The new polymer mid-sized frame gun, the 24/7 (hate the name), sounds interesting. Seems like a perfect light weight police duty gun or civilian CCW.
-I'm very interested in their new .22lr target pistol. I am not that big a fan of the Ruger MkII or 22/45 (sacrilige, I know) or the S&W 22 and there are never many Buckmarks around here so this is a welcome alternative.
-I am very excited to see the new series of 9mm snubs (I know this is the auto section, sorry). I've wanted a 9mm snub since my 605 didn't work out (too much weight IMO for only .38 and+P use, to light for defensive use of .357mag). I figure 9mm in a snub should be similiar in recoil to .38 or maybe .38+P, while being much more powerful (9mm seems to lose far less velocity in a short barrel than revolver calibers), in fact the better loads should be simliar to .357mag power out of snubs. Not to mention, I absolutely love 9mm- very versatile (really cheap practice loadings, very good defensive loadings, very powerful +Ps).
In the past most with experience with the metal framed guns were extremely happy. They are very reliable, durable and accurate.
Taurus did have some major problems with the original Millenium line. The .45acp had frame cracks develop very commonly and the 9mm and .40S&W pretty commonly had pins shear.
As a result few people who regularly visit gun forums buy them so it is hard to tell if they have truely fixed the problem (kinda like Consumer Reports readers stopped buying Hyundai after the early ones had tons of problems- Hyundai now makes a much better car but Consumer Reports can't comment on their reliability because not enough of their readers buy them to get good survey results). Anyway, those who do have more recent Millenium guns, or who kept the old ones after the fix, mostly report that the problem seems fixed.
Comments about the new guns:
-Because of the problems w/ the early Millenium guns and distrust of the new ones I think revamping the line is a good idea. I don't expect any problems with these and hope to get one next summer (since I have other priorities first). By then hopefully some people will have bought them and the "controversy" will be put to rest.
-The new polymer mid-sized frame gun, the 24/7 (hate the name), sounds interesting. Seems like a perfect light weight police duty gun or civilian CCW.
-I'm very interested in their new .22lr target pistol. I am not that big a fan of the Ruger MkII or 22/45 (sacrilige, I know) or the S&W 22 and there are never many Buckmarks around here so this is a welcome alternative.
-I am very excited to see the new series of 9mm snubs (I know this is the auto section, sorry). I've wanted a 9mm snub since my 605 didn't work out (too much weight IMO for only .38 and+P use, to light for defensive use of .357mag). I figure 9mm in a snub should be similiar in recoil to .38 or maybe .38+P, while being much more powerful (9mm seems to lose far less velocity in a short barrel than revolver calibers), in fact the better loads should be simliar to .357mag power out of snubs. Not to mention, I absolutely love 9mm- very versatile (really cheap practice loadings, very good defensive loadings, very powerful +Ps).
). I can't say I particularly care for the takedown procedure on the Millenium series guns or the wishy-washy reassembly instructions, but I like the overall design and hope to see it succeed.
