I used to be a Taurus supporter. I have owned 7 of their guns. Each one has had "issues" from failure to go into battery, misfires, light primer strikes, trigger slaps, disappearing firing pins, failure for the cylinder to lock up. I thought I could live with them. Nope.
Here's what I owned and the problems I had with them:
Taurus PT22:
I am not sure why I bought this one; it has a stiff DAO trigger and only holds 8+1 .22 LR rounds in a pistol this thick, I should have at least had 10+1. The second time I fired this one, I heard a faint "ping". Took it to the gunsmith, he asked where the firing pin was.
So, I sent it back to Taurus. 35 dollars for an overnight package to replace a $3.85 part. Worked ok, then the grip screws started loosening everytime I shot it. It's gone now to a happier home.
Taurus PT 745C
Actually, probably the best of the bunch. It shot low. Could never figure out why. Still a 7 shot .45 ACP with a DAO trigger seemed ok. Then, I saw the PT 145.
Taurus PT 145 SS
Disappointment from the start. Had problems going back into battery from day one. Made the mistake of shooting +P ammo through it (only two magazines) and the recoil spring started coming out of the slide underneath the barrel through the hole that the guidespring rod comes out. Called Taurus to get part. Weekly nagging got it to me 4 months later. Put the new part in, the failure to go into battery issue was still there. Disgusted, I sold it.
Taurus 94 Revolver:
HIDEOUS DA trigger pull. Had 2 guaranteed misfires whenever I shot it. Had a local smith put in some Taurus "approved" springs to lighten up the pull. The 2guaranteed misfires more than doubled to 5 per cylinder. I still have it, and want to get rid of it. Any takers?
Taurus Gaucho Revolvers:
Both are in .357 and are Satin Stainless. Nice LOOKING guns. 1 has a 4 3/4 inch barrel. For some wierd reason, every 4th cylinder or so, there are light primer strikes. The local smith can't figure it out. Put it up for sale last night
2nd Taurus Gaucho has a 5 1/2 inch barrel. For some reason, every 3rd cylinder, three rounds will give my finger a "trigger slap" causing some pain in the tip of my index finger. Smith is clueless on this one too. Put it up for sale last night
Taurus 905SS in 9MM. This was going to be my new carry gun. Now, the cylinder won't lock once it is closed. It will literally spin around unless I manipulate the cylinder release button to get it to the point where it locks. I took the sideplate off, found all kinds of metal shavings, and after cleaning them out with some motor oil, brake cleaner, and tweezers, the damned thing still won't stop spinning. Tired of taking them to the smith. He says his oldest son thanks me for getting him through his freshman year of college and for the new car.
By this point I am done with Taurus. I am washing my hands of them. I am not going to recommend them to anyone. These guns are quite simply, junk. No, junk is too fine a word for these machined pieces of potmetal.
For those of you that have these and they work for you, fantastic! Just put the flamethowers away. I figured I gave it the old college try (one gun for each of my years in college) and since I had issues with every one of these guns, I think my representative samples speak for themselves. My Springfields, my Smith and Wessons and my Ruger don't have any problems like this. Shoot, I turned in my main match CAS guns for two Nagants. At least I know the Nagants will work...