Taurus

[smee781]

Mabye I am just having bad luck with taurus, I'm now sending back another taurus for repair. This is the last time I will have to use the lifetime (Customer service sucks)warrenty, I have 3 tauruses and 4 smiths and have never had to send back a smith yet. Not that I don't like taurus but from now on I am sticking with the smith's.:banghead:

 

[LubeckTech]

What Taurus do you have and what type of problem is it having?? I own a Taurus PT 92 I bought about 8 years ago and have had no real problem with but I definately would not buy any of their polymer guns at this point in time. After knowing of a fellow who had a pair of Gauchos he was having problems with at a Cowboy Action match puls the reluctance of many gunsmiths to do action jobs on their revolvers I wouldn't buy one unless it was at a price I couldn't refuse. It seems to me they are trying to produce guns at a price point where the product becomes hit and miss as far as quality is concerned. It has been said that when you pay peanuts you get monkeys and I think that is where the problem lies. Most of their guns are made in brazil with cheap labor - poorly paid people tend to produce poor craftsmanship hence you have problem prone problems. Just for the sake of hypocracy however if I were in the market for a 1911 I would probably get one of their PT1911s because I have read more good things than bad.

 

[smee781]

I have a model 85 ultra lite ti and the screw that holds the crane and cylinder to the gun fell out and the hole was stripped. I had never touched it with a screw driver, and now the snubby 9mm revolver (model 905 I think) Has done the same thing after only 150 rounds. I had to wait 2 months to get my first gun back and who knows how long till this one will get back. I have come to the conclusion that you get what you pay for and will not make another mistake. Unless someone has a raging 30 then that is a whole different story.

Smee781

 

[MCgunner]

My 85UL has been through probably 6K or so rounds without a problem.

 

[dstorm1911]

Harmonics and steel screws is an issue with alot of alloy guns

we have probably 30 Taurus MilPro's in the family all in either .45 or .40 that get used ALOT as everyone in our family are advid shooters most of em are carried by cops as backups or CCW guns I'm the gunsmith for everyone and outa the hundreds of handguns owned by our family steel, alloy, plastic etc.. the only ones I've never had to do anything with aside from trigger jobs are the Taurus Millenium Pro, they just keep going full of sand or left totally dry with no lube they just don't stop going Bang when ya pull the trigger.

My wife started it all off by buying a MilPro .40 cause she thought it was cute... well after shooting hers I bought a MilPro 145 then everyone started buyin em her original .40 just hit its 15,000 rnd mark and its finally broken the lil filler block in the back of the slide flew out last weekend while playing it has no effect on function but sure shoulda been made of something a lil more durable........ my MilPro 145 is up to 8,000 rnds has been cleaned twice other than wipe downs it rides on my hip everyday looks like hell as I don't drive cars ride a Harley and the Taurus came outa its holster at 80 MPH bout 3 months ago bounced around I-10 and got ran over by at least one car as I was tryin to dodge out an retrieve it....... still shoots great just fuggly

I won't own a Taurus revolver, the original M85 was plagued with issues and I just can't forget that sloppy rattlin piece of junk so no Taurus wheel guns but their plastic guns are great!!

 

[MCgunner]

Ever heard of loctite?

 

[Glockensig]

I won't own a Taurus revolver, the original M85 was plagued with issues and I just can't forget that sloppy rattlin piece of junk so no Taurus wheel guns but their plastic guns are great!!

I have 3 revolvers ( two 669's and a 851 ) and they have been great thus far... glad to know about the milpros - wish they made one in 357 sig....

 

[smee781]

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[smee781]

mcgunner, loctite is for mounting a scope on you gun, its not to hold the dam thing together. I mean come on its not duck tape. The screw stripped the hole clean out and they had to go with an oversized screw on the first one! Now how can that be a quality made product when it strips itself apart after 150 rounds fresh out of the box brand new? N-E-Way its not a problem I will come across anytime soon because it will be at taurus getting repaired for the next 6-8 weeks (if I;m lucky)!:banghead: I was a full believer in taurus before this happened again. I forgot I also had a pt145 mil before there was a pro version and it had to be sent back because the frame cracked!:banghead:

Thanks for the info on the mil pro's, I hope they are better than the old mils from the past.

smee781

 

[MCgunner]

I've used loctite on lots of applications. Tis better to drop a dab of blue loctite on the screw and not try to torque it down so tight in aluminum alloy threads, than to strip out the threads. Having worked on motorcycles all my life, I have some experience with aluminum threads. Unfortunately, they don't make helicoil kits as small as a revolver screw. I've never had a problem with mine, though, never laid a screw driver on it in some 6K rounds. I've got one M85UL and two M66s that are fantastic. I had a M19 Smith that was so, so accurate and I sold it. My only regret is that on the used market, I could have gotten TWICE what I paid for it in the first place if I'd hung on to it until now. I just didn't care much for the lack luster accuracy of the thing with .38 loads. My 4" Taurus will put those wadcutter loads into a little 1" cluster at 25 yards and will do the same with 140 grain .357 magnums using a Speer bullet. Out of four different brands/models, the Taurus is the most accurate and I shoot it a lot. So far, it's given me nothing to complain about.