Taurus TCP not firing

[Ryanxia]

Hi all, I have a Taurus TCP DA .380 that has recently starting having issues. When I pull the trigger all the way back it often doesn't fire. I can see the hammer going all the way back (just cleaned it, shouldn't be any obstructions) but it won't drop. It has just started occurring, often if I pull the trigger 3-4 times one of those will make the hammer drop.

I know Taurus has a warranty but hoping it's something I can fix myself, anything I should look for? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Jim K]

Working on it yourself may void the warranty, so if you would ever want to use it, you couldn't. Try Taurus customer service, though some folks report poor results from that source.

Jim

 

[Mac's Precision]

Jim has a good point. Your warranty will likely be void.... My experience with Taurus warranty center has not been good. Your options are finding a skilled local gunsmith to have a look at it for you....or call Taurus and ship it back to them. I'd suggest the latter....get it back fixed....and then run...don't walk to the nearest gun shop and trade it off ASAP. Then....vow to never spend any more money with the Taurus brand name.

 

[Ryanxia]

Thanks Jim, I've had to use Taurus customer service only once before and had excellent results so we'll see what happens.

Mac- thanks for the ''your brand sucks, trade it off and never buy another one'' I was worried someone wouldn't think to post that.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Ryanxia,

Let us know what they found wrong with it. I have a friend that bought this same pistol and it is doing the same thing.

He asked me what I thought was wrong with it, I told him to call Taurus and wouldn't offer any more than that because of warrenty issues also.

I'm the one that's curious about what is wrong with it. My friend will still have to call Taurus himself. If he want to Bubba his own gun, he will do it on his own accord.

I'm just naturally curious about it.

 

[Ryanxia]

Sure thing tightgroup. Just want to make sure there's nothing obvious I can check before sending it in.

 

[orionengnr]

Mac- thanks for the ''your brand sucks, trade it off and never buy another one'' I was worried someone wouldn't think to post that.

Perhaps if you took a look at his website, at his experience and qualifications, you might offer a bit more reasoned and less snarky response.

Just because he is telling you something you don't want to hear...does not mean it is not good advice. I have heard and read similar advice from other respected gunsmiths...start with Grant Cunningham.

 

[Ryanxia]

orionengnr - a response to the question, 'having this issue, what could be the cause?' and saying ' buy another gun' is not advice regardless if someone is a gunsmith or not. But I'm not going to waste any more time on this.

I brought it to my LGS and we figured it out it's probably the disconnector stretching out. I'm sure we could take the frame apart and 'bend it back' but I'm just going to send it in to Taurus.

 

[25cschaefer]

On the TCP, if you short stroke (don't pull the trigger all the way), it will not fire and you have to rack the slide in order to get it to work again. Some people would call this a design flaw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEPqBwUIr6k

 

[Ryanxia]

This was an issue awhile back but they've since corrected it. People even mention it in the comments of that video.

Mine is a newer one that doesn't have that particular issue but it's interesting to see that some of them might.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

This was an issue awhile back but they've since corrected it.

The one my friend has is brand new and only fired about 10 shots and now you can't pull the trigger far enough back to let the hammer go.

With his it wasn't a reset issue from not letting the trigger reset, we tried everything with it, it just wouldn't release the hammer.

If the reset problem was taken care of a while back then this may be a different issue.

This is making me wonder though if the trigger isn't coming back forward enough to let it reset. That would be a different issue.

 

[orionengnr]

a response to the question, 'having this issue, what could be the cause?' and saying ' buy another gun' is not advice regardless if someone is a gunsmith or not. But I'm not going to waste any more time on this.

I did not say "buy another gun". You can project anything you choose to...your call. Bury your head in the sand if you so choose.

Or maybe, read what I actually posted, and comment on that.