Here's my pennies, I have several of the big brands and several of the "on the cheaper side" guns. All in all, I have on only had trouble with 2 of my handguns. Any guesses? I bought a taurus 709 slim, and it shot the first 100 flawlessly. The next 300 was nothing but a nightmare. FTF, FTE over and over again. Sent it back, and half box into "repaired" gun was the same. Back to factory and returned "fixed" and same thing. It now sits in bottom of safe. I finally got my nerve up to buy another taurus product, the 38+p protector poly. This thing shoots great, until I got through 50 rounds. Now the cylinder will not open. Back to factory for a new cylinder release. I really want to like taurus, good looking and affordable, but I just don't trust them. It's a shame too, because these 2 guns are some of the most accurate ones I own.