SO from person experience, Taurus sucks.

[improperlyaged]

I have now owned 5 different Taurus pistol, trying to give them the benefit of teh doubt. 4 of the 5 have been horrible pieces of CRAP and I will never own one again. Utter piles of garbage.

But I tried, I really did, I gave them 5 times and that was 4 times too many. The first Taurus I owned was one of their 92 clones. It worked fine for the first 100 rounds. Then it started stove piping and failing to eject and even worse, double feeds. Sold it at a loss. Then there was the PT Millennium in .45. Again worked fine for the first 100 or so rounds and then started having the same issues. Double feeds, FTF, FTE, and so on. I traded it for a 4 wheeler. Finally I bought a NIB 740 slim that the extractor broke within 50 rounds. I bought it because I had heard that Taurus had fixed the issues they were having and were now a stand up company. They refused to have anything but me send them the gun and to pay for it to be done. Sold it for a loss. Then I got a Taurus TCP. I like the trigger and definitely like that it had a last round hold open when the others didn't. Plus I couldn't pass it up at the price it was at the time. And I loved it. It shot beautifully, it was accurate and it went everywhere with me. I regret trading it off but I really wanted an SKS and it was a straight trade. SO today I find another TCP at a local pawn shop for 199.99. He says he will do 200 OTD and it goes home with me. I figured that since the Former TCP was such a great deal I had to have another one.

Took it to the range... and got 3 rounds in before the gun locked up, with a loaded round. I couldn't budge the dang thing. It was just locked shut with the hammer down. Range officer came over and inspected it and somehow with some magic was able to get it open and remove the live round. There gunsmith came out and looked at it, said everything looked good. Then he put 6 rounds into the mag and again at the 3rd round it locked up. They were able to get the live round out but the gun is still locked up and won't budge at all.

UTTER PILES OF GARBAGE. NEVER again Taurus, I should have quit at the Millenium

 

[Salmoneye]

My 94 stainless has been utterly reliable through about a thousand rounds...

 

[The Red Hot Rider]

And awaaay we go!!

I do not like them either. BUT, let the games begin!!

 

[lone duck]

I have taurus pt-111 that shot great for the first 11 rounds, number 12 the gun blew up in my hand.I guess you know what i think about those piles of ----.

 

[C0untZer0]

You did it 5 times? You're either a glutton for punishment or you were trying to prove something.

 

[LiveLife]

first Taurus ... 92 clones. It worked fine for the first 100 rounds. Then it started stove piping and failing to eject and even worse, double feeds. Sold it at a loss.

Then there was the PT Millennium in .45. Again worked fine for the first 100 or so rounds and then started having the same issues. Double feeds, FTF, FTE, and so on. I traded it for a 4 wheeler.

Both firearms "worked fine" initially then experienced issues. The issues could have been ammo related. Since you did not determine the root cause, we won't know if it was firearms or ammo.

So were the PT92/PT145 bought used?

NIB 740 slim that the extractor broke within 50 rounds ... They refused to have anything but me send them the gun and to pay for it to be done. Sold it for a loss.

OK, so a new 740 extractor broke and Taurus offered to repair under their "lifetime" repair warranty.

Then I got a Taurus TCP. I like the trigger and definitely like that it had a last round hold open when the others didn't. Plus I couldn't pass it up at the price it was at the time. And I loved it. It shot beautifully, it was accurate and it went everywhere with me. I regret trading it off but I really wanted an SKS.

I would have kept the TCP and bought the SKS ...

I find another TCP at a local pawn shop ... Took it to the range... and got 3 rounds in before the gun locked up

Since you bought a used firearm, we don't know what the previous owner did to the gun.

UTTER PILES OF GARBAGE. NEVER again Taurus, I should have quit at the Millenium

Wait, but you LIKED the new TCP?

I never cared for Taurus pistols or their DAO triggers before. Then I tried a stainless MilPro PT145 with SA/DA trigger and really like it. So much that it replaced my Glock 30 (and yes, I like Glocks). It will digest all kinds of factory ammo and even sloppy reloads. When wife wanted a pocket pistol to use along with G27, found a stainless TCP that has reliably fired factory and reloads.

Maybe I got lucky with these two but I would gladly buy another PT145/TCP.

 

[Sam1911]

Thanks for the points of data. Some have good experiences with them, others do not. Some folks have a little good and a little bad and keep rolling the dice.

It is important for us to hear the bad and the good to be informed consumers.

No reason to have a flame war over it. This thread is just one person relating their experiences, and no one can tell them they didn't have those experiences, or that those experiences are not important.

 

[amd6547]

I've actually never heard a bad thing about the PT92...and recently, I've been reading about them a lot, since I bought a used/like new one one from Summit Gun Brokers. Price was quite a bit less than $300. I haven't shot it yet, but it seems like it should work as well as the Beretta 92FS I used to own.

 

[Twiki357]

I only have one Taurus, a PT 1911 in 38 Super. I’ve only put about 500+ rounds through it and never had a problem; 100% reliable so far. My son-in-law has a 9mm Taurus (Model unknown) and as far as I know, he’s never had a problem with it. I guess it’s just the luck of the draw.

 

[Robert]

OP I appreciate your issues but these threads never end well.