Faith in Repaired Guns

What caused it to malfunction after a flawless 500 rounds? Do you expect the problem to happen again after another 500 flawless rounds? These are rhetorical questions of course, but to be honest, for me the deciding factor would be that the gun is a Taurus, and based on my experience with Taurus, I would not trust the firearm to be reliable over the long run. Your mileage may vary.
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What's your definition of over the long run? I've only shot 500-600 rounds through my new bought this year Taurus but my older one was made in the 70s. How much longer will it take for it to be reliable over the long term?
 
I've owned several examples from the major manufactures and more than half have been back to the factory for repairs. Not all of them were SD guns, but of those that were, I trusted once verifying for myself they were repaired. However, the only manufactures to ever return guns unrepaired to me was Kimber and Taurus. This was 10 years ago and I have not owned either since.
 
Factory quality control issues seem to be more common these days. I have returned two guns to the manufacturer. In both cases, they were returned, not only with the problem solved, but with a full report detailing that each was given a thorough inspection, other parts repaced, adjusted and polished, and a narrative of the test procedures, including ammo used. After my own tests, they ran better than new.
 
Many times when you send a gun back to the manufacturer it comes back better than new--- fact. I once sent a gun back for a minor warranty issue and when they returned it there was a note informing me they had fine tuned the trigger. And they had. Still within spec, but a trigger job that many folks would have paid a gunsmith dearly for. I would almost go so far as to suggest it is a blessing to receive a new gun with a defect because the service center will go through it with a fine tooth comb and you will more than likely end up with a gun that is in all regards better than most coming out of the factory...
 
I'd test it ...and if it ran for at least 200 rds or so, I'd trust it.

I don't know if I'd trust the factory better than a local gunsmith I could actually discuss the issue with...whatever caused your gun to fail after only 500 rds would worry me a lot / like it might be a design flaw....and the factory repairing it with the same parts that might have failed..sure isn't going to make me feel warm and fuzzy...
 
Seems to me, a shooting a factory-(or self-, or gunsmith-) repaired gun is like driving on a tire that had a puncture but has been properly repaired: other tires can still have a punctures; it can have a puncture, again - or fail for other reasons that aren't obvious.

If the gun has been otherwise reliable and the gun or gun maker has a reputation for reliability, NOT shooting it is a bit like not driving the car which had the flat tire because you're afraid of having another flat tire...

Most of the complaints about gun repairs are with the repairs themselves, but with the crappy service folks receive from a gun company's customer service staff. Even the best guns can have failures -- but how they fix them seems to be where quality shows itself most often.

As someone else has said earlier -- unless the failure is due to a known DESIGN FLAW -- STUFF happens. It can happen with door locks, computer, or even things as critical as pacemakers in someone's chest.
 
If you trusted the gun from the factory when you bought it, why do you not trust the gun from the factory now?
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But you didn't trust it before running some rounds through it, I bet. I agree with those who say that I wouldn't inherently distrust it because it needed repair, but personally I would treat it like a new gun, and run some practice ammo and at least a couple of mags of carry ammo through it. Allow it to re-earn your trust, and if it does, fine.
 
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