evan price
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I bought a Taurus 327 snub in bi-tone a few years ago from a major online retailer. It's been mostly a safe queen in the box with a very low round count. This weekend I had it out shooting Federal American Eagle 100-gr factory ammo (all it's shot ever) and after shooting one cylinder, when the cylinder was opened the crane and cylinder fell out into the dirt.
Looks like the crane retainer screw sheared off in the sideplate. I put the cylinder back in and made sure it was pressed fully into position, and the cylinder free-spins. I don't know what happened to the cylinder stop, it is stuck down. Maybe a piece of the broken screw is in there.
Going to have to ship this basically brand new gun to Taurus and see how their world-class service holds up.
This gun has had not even one box of ammo through it. This is why I never put any gun into CCW rotation without shooting the heck out of it first.
Looks like the crane retainer screw sheared off in the sideplate. I put the cylinder back in and made sure it was pressed fully into position, and the cylinder free-spins. I don't know what happened to the cylinder stop, it is stuck down. Maybe a piece of the broken screw is in there.
Going to have to ship this basically brand new gun to Taurus and see how their world-class service holds up.
This gun has had not even one box of ammo through it. This is why I never put any gun into CCW rotation without shooting the heck out of it first.