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Qwiks draw
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Join Date: August 14, 2006
Posts: 800 Heck, I dumped my S&W and got a Taurus. Made you look.
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=8478.0
This can go both ways gentlemen.
I do own quite a few Tauri in revolver guise. 3 much older ones and a sprinkling of newer ones.
First off the bat are a model 66 with 4inch barrel and 65 in nickel with a 2.5 in barrel. Then there is a 85CH snub.
All three revolvers are 20+ years old and have and are still being used extensively. The cylinder lock up is tight, no end shake, cylinder alignment is good, and that's true for all the revolvers. No bobbles, no problems.
Next up is 94 in .22lrf with a 5 inch barrel. I use it as an understudy gun for the center fire revolvers. Yes, the trigger was gritty, but dry firing with snap caps (yes, they do exist) for about 500 repetitions smoothed things out just fine. No troubles with this one either.
Moving on there is the new model 66 with 7 shots over the older 66's 6 shots only. This one is in stainless steel and a 4 incher. It's built solid, shoots everything I feed it and the accuracy is good. No problems.
Then there is the Taurus snub in .327 Federal. That's a 6 shot.
After several box fulls of Federal Hydra-shok ammo and many .32 H&R magnum rounds and assorted .32 S&W Longs there are no troubles with the revolver.
Since my older revolvers are all in excellent condition I don't see the need to dump on Taurus.
Yes, the 990 probably did have problems. Some do. That's true for the other brands as well.
It's the OP's right to do what he wants to do with his guns. No problem. Just don't broad brush stroke a brand. I can haul down the problems with S&W,Ruger, or any other brand you care to name. Many, many ongoing or recent history or older history.
Want to go in that direction? Let's.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923844
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923849
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923868
Yes, there's a lot of reading and stuff to go through. However it is the evidence for Taurus products. If something was in the links and you missed it, oh well. Consider going through them all as anything I was going to say... and others for that matter (it's their story after all) is in those links. So are the facts and truth.
If you don't like Taurus guns,fine and dandy. Let it be. You do not have to go there as you do not have them. Let others who do be in peace.
For instance in another recent thread there is a OP who asks about carrying ammo safely in his revolver. Most of the respondents were courteous, helpful, and to the point. Nice.
Then one guy has to blow it all by going off on a tangent how his same model revolver was allegedly broken. No details of course and not the actual subject. Not even close. How that had anything in common with the OP's situation, when it was being asked if it was safe to carry six instead of five cartridges boggles the mind. No relevance. None.
One example doth not make a bad brand. Bring me the overwhelming evidence for the negativity. I brought the for stuff for positive.
Yes, there will be some who have a bad experience. Get over it. Get on with life. Mature people do.
There are those who spend a great deal of time in the "brand x,y,or z all suck." Why? Life is so much better when you get away from depressing happenings. I've got better things to do then describe how life mistreats me or has. Same goes for anything that doesn't work. Might make mention from time to time, but that is rare. You folks have nothing better to do than complain non-stop. Wow.
The vast majority of people don't.
If the post is a second hand account it is not relevant in any way. Nor does having only1 example and 1 experience make one an overall expert on the brand. You can speak for your example if it is true and nothing more.
Those who are anti-Taurus and go out of your way to go to most if not all the threads and bought more than 1 Taurus product, what were you thinking? Did you make a close examination overall, inside and out to see any problem areas? How about using good old common sense to make the purchase? We're you educated enough and paying attention to what you were doing?
The reason for the questions is that a lot of what needs to be done in purchasing a firearm is ignored at time. I've done it. I just had to have an early Ruger SR9. It went back because of a recall and safety trigger issue. Pleased? No way. Frustrated and angry? You bet.
I worked through the anger and sent the gun back as per Customer Service instructions. That was a job that both the CS gal and I are glad to get it over with. She did everything right. Just that it took time an we had to go slow to make sure we were both on the same page.
The gun was gone for about a little over a month. It came back with a new trigger system and worked like a dream. Still does. Does this sour me on SR9s and Ruger products. No. I went out a few days ago and procured a new SR9c. Has yet to be tested, but I took my time and examined the gun closely and followed good common sense. Do that for all my guns. Almost. Ding me for 1. Oh,well.
Anyhow I did not go to the 2 Ruger forums listed in my avatar,complain,whine,gnash the teeth, and go off as to how all Ruger guns are crap? No. Didn't do that. No good reason to. Just acted mature and got on with life. Lesson learned. Hey, it works.
So one can either be the solution to the problem rather than be the problem.
Venting is good. Once that is over, it is time to fix the gun,get it fixed by a competent gunsmith, or get rid of it.
Pop into other brand threads and rain on the parade? What good does it do.
I might make someone aware that a problem might exist if it is an ongoing verifiable one out there. Other than that. Nada.
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#60
Qwiks draw
Senior Member
Join Date: August 14, 2006
Posts: 800 Heck, I dumped my S&W and got a Taurus. Made you look.
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=8478.0
This can go both ways gentlemen.
I do own quite a few Tauri in revolver guise. 3 much older ones and a sprinkling of newer ones.
First off the bat are a model 66 with 4inch barrel and 65 in nickel with a 2.5 in barrel. Then there is a 85CH snub.
All three revolvers are 20+ years old and have and are still being used extensively. The cylinder lock up is tight, no end shake, cylinder alignment is good, and that's true for all the revolvers. No bobbles, no problems.
Next up is 94 in .22lrf with a 5 inch barrel. I use it as an understudy gun for the center fire revolvers. Yes, the trigger was gritty, but dry firing with snap caps (yes, they do exist) for about 500 repetitions smoothed things out just fine. No troubles with this one either.
Moving on there is the new model 66 with 7 shots over the older 66's 6 shots only. This one is in stainless steel and a 4 incher. It's built solid, shoots everything I feed it and the accuracy is good. No problems.
Then there is the Taurus snub in .327 Federal. That's a 6 shot.
After several box fulls of Federal Hydra-shok ammo and many .32 H&R magnum rounds and assorted .32 S&W Longs there are no troubles with the revolver.
Since my older revolvers are all in excellent condition I don't see the need to dump on Taurus.
Yes, the 990 probably did have problems. Some do. That's true for the other brands as well.
It's the OP's right to do what he wants to do with his guns. No problem. Just don't broad brush stroke a brand. I can haul down the problems with S&W,Ruger, or any other brand you care to name. Many, many ongoing or recent history or older history.
Want to go in that direction? Let's.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923844
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923849
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3923868
Yes, there's a lot of reading and stuff to go through. However it is the evidence for Taurus products. If something was in the links and you missed it, oh well. Consider going through them all as anything I was going to say... and others for that matter (it's their story after all) is in those links. So are the facts and truth.
If you don't like Taurus guns,fine and dandy. Let it be. You do not have to go there as you do not have them. Let others who do be in peace.
For instance in another recent thread there is a OP who asks about carrying ammo safely in his revolver. Most of the respondents were courteous, helpful, and to the point. Nice.
Then one guy has to blow it all by going off on a tangent how his same model revolver was allegedly broken. No details of course and not the actual subject. Not even close. How that had anything in common with the OP's situation, when it was being asked if it was safe to carry six instead of five cartridges boggles the mind. No relevance. None.
One example doth not make a bad brand. Bring me the overwhelming evidence for the negativity. I brought the for stuff for positive.
Yes, there will be some who have a bad experience. Get over it. Get on with life. Mature people do.
There are those who spend a great deal of time in the "brand x,y,or z all suck." Why? Life is so much better when you get away from depressing happenings. I've got better things to do then describe how life mistreats me or has. Same goes for anything that doesn't work. Might make mention from time to time, but that is rare. You folks have nothing better to do than complain non-stop. Wow.
The vast majority of people don't.
If the post is a second hand account it is not relevant in any way. Nor does having only1 example and 1 experience make one an overall expert on the brand. You can speak for your example if it is true and nothing more.
Those who are anti-Taurus and go out of your way to go to most if not all the threads and bought more than 1 Taurus product, what were you thinking? Did you make a close examination overall, inside and out to see any problem areas? How about using good old common sense to make the purchase? We're you educated enough and paying attention to what you were doing?
The reason for the questions is that a lot of what needs to be done in purchasing a firearm is ignored at time. I've done it. I just had to have an early Ruger SR9. It went back because of a recall and safety trigger issue. Pleased? No way. Frustrated and angry? You bet.
I worked through the anger and sent the gun back as per Customer Service instructions. That was a job that both the CS gal and I are glad to get it over with. She did everything right. Just that it took time an we had to go slow to make sure we were both on the same page.
The gun was gone for about a little over a month. It came back with a new trigger system and worked like a dream. Still does. Does this sour me on SR9s and Ruger products. No. I went out a few days ago and procured a new SR9c. Has yet to be tested, but I took my time and examined the gun closely and followed good common sense. Do that for all my guns. Almost. Ding me for 1. Oh,well.
Anyhow I did not go to the 2 Ruger forums listed in my avatar,complain,whine,gnash the teeth, and go off as to how all Ruger guns are crap? No. Didn't do that. No good reason to. Just acted mature and got on with life. Lesson learned. Hey, it works.
So one can either be the solution to the problem rather than be the problem.
Venting is good. Once that is over, it is time to fix the gun,get it fixed by a competent gunsmith, or get rid of it.
Pop into other brand threads and rain on the parade? What good does it do.
I might make someone aware that a problem might exist if it is an ongoing verifiable one out there. Other than that. Nada.
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