Taurus Intl. Firearms

[MMCSRET]

For new handguns, I have owned more Rugers than all others combined. Had problems with half of them (8). I've owned 4 Taurus new, never had a problem. I suspect the performance and reliability percentage is shaded heavily towards Taurus. You do the math!!!!!!!

 

[Ignatius]

I have had very good experiences with Taurus pistols. I owned a PT-92 that would feed and shoot any brand of ammo with zero issues. I sold it and "upgraded" for a Beretta that I just didnt like as much, I wish I had kept the PT-92.

Now the Pistol I love the most is my box stock PT-1911! I had never shot
1911's much and ran a few magazines thru a friends Springfield Mil-Spec and I liked it so I went out and got a stainless Springer....then I started noticing the things I wanted to change, I immediately upgraded the springer with a beavertail and a better hammer and I was really thinking about better sights...then I realized that I was gonna put $400 into a gun that I had already paid $500 for. I started to take note of what upgrades I *really* wanted on a 1911 and I read several write ups on the PT 1911 including a favorable 6000 round test by my hero Clint Smith in an old G&A. I went ahead and sold the springer and found a lightly used PT 1911 at my local gun shop a year ago and I have been tickled pink with it. It shoots very well, has no feed issues with any ammo I have tried and with all of the checkering on the front and backstrap, it really "fits" my hand well. The trigger is really really sweet and breaks like a glass rod at 4 lbs. The finish is OK and my gun has 2 small spots where it has been dropped or something that goes all the way thru the finish, I am going to get it parkerized next year but mainly because I dont like seeing the 2 bare metal spots, mechanically its a super pistol!

I have heard some very vocal opponents of Taurus, and guns are really a personal thing. I think Glocks are great weapons, but I dont personally like shooting them and I think SIG's are just....better somehow, but thats My own opinion based on past guns I have owned and decided to trade or sell. I advise you to try a Taurus at a range and see if it fits you and you shoot it well, then buy it if you like it and dont worry about what is written on the side of your gun...there are gun snobs just like there are car snobs and house snobs.

 

[iamhistory]

I have shot several Taurus handguns, have friends who own them and I own them.........I have never had any major issues with mine, nor have I heard of any of my friends having problems with theirs.

I enjoyed the Taurus pistols I've fired and would not hesitate to purchase or shoot another. I too have my favorite brands and I wouldn't say Taurus is one that I seek out and go crazy over........but I certainly don't discount them either. I have had more problems with my Ruger handguns than I ever have any Taurus products and I kind of came to dislike many Beretta handguns that I have shot or owned. I really love Glock, Springfield, S&W (most of them, not Sigmas for one) Colt, etc. and I have given Taurus my business as well. As a matter of fact, two of my last three handgun purchases have been Taurus guns.

My PT1911 sometimes wouldn't achieve slidelock after the last round when it was new, but that's more than likely a mag follower issue than it is the handgun and I haven't experienced that minor annoyance lately at all.

I will give all firearm brands a reasonable try. I will support them as long as they give me reason to do so. When they prove undeserving of that support, I will no longer give them my business.

For me, guns are like women...........I love them all and want to try them all out.....my favorites are the ones that are within reach and I have the easiest access to.

 

[Katana8869]

Right now I am at a ratio of 2 good, 1 not so good. My PT145 went 1500 rounds with no issues at all other than a bad magazine which came with the gun. That was solved in one phone call. Taurus sent a replacement to me free of charge. No biggie. I had the same thing happen with a Springfield Armory Mil-Spec about ten years ago. I have a Tracker in .357 that has been perfect in every way. It is going along with me as a back up piece on a hog hunt tommorow.

My problem child is the new one that I bought last week. It's an 85UL that is suffering from timing issues and a broken firing pin. Pin is my fault. Taurus doesn't make it very obvious in their manual so I will say "Don't dry fire their revolvers!" I am waiting to see how Taurus handles the repair as this will be my first experience with their warrantee service.