Opinion of Taurus?

[Firepower!]

I chose the last of the options. I have had a few threads on Taurus coupled with my own bad experiences that there is no need for me to even touch a Taurus again.
A friend forecfully sold me one and I am not sure how to get rid of this junk...just bringing my entire collection value down.

 

[seanie]

What gun is it? I might be willing to take it off your hands on the cheap if it's junk.

 

[Benderx4]

Own a Taurus Pt-92c since the mid-80s and love it! Probably more than 15K rounds through it without a problem ever.

 

[Amendtwo]

There are two Taurus handguns in my CCW collection: M85 that rides to and from the office in my briefcase; PT111 that is one of several CCW choices outside of the office. While the PT111 had some problems initially, it now functions well with a few good brands of 9x19 self-defense ammo.

 

[Hog Hunter]

Own two taurus .357's, a 66 and a 610 i belive it is. The only problem i had with them is the screw on the side of my snub nose that keeps the cylinder from slideing when open feel out while i was shooting. i called taurus and they told me to send the gun in and they would send it back in a month or so. They wouldnt send me the part, so i just went to my gunsmith and got them to order the part for me. cant find another rear blade for my 66 either. but other than that i love them and carry the 610 most of the time.

 

[DasFriek]

Im at the point now that when im on any gun based website besides Taurusarmed that id like to have the word "Taurus" added to the swear filter.
Its the only way to stop the bashing Taurus and thier owners see daily.

Im not saying mods arent doing thier jobs here or elsewhere,they just cant be everywhere and also cant be nazi'ish and stop free speech.

Even when it isnt outright bashing its small nit picking comments.
Yes i need to quit worrying about it,over look it and also report bad situations.
But for me i cant even discuss failure to feed issues with my PT1911 without someone stepping up and reminding "the issue is because i bought a Taurus".

 

[madmag]

But for me i cant even discuss failure to feed issues with my PT1911 without someone stepping up and reminding "the issue is because i bought a Taurus".

That seems to be the case. If a Colt or Wilson combat, etc. has FTF then it's the ammo, magazine, extractor adjustment, or just needs a little polish. But if it's a PT1911, then it's your fault because you should have never purchased a Taurus.

My 1911 happens to be a Colt. Purchased new. Trigger broke once. Cracked in two in the bow area. But the good news is it was not because my Colt is a cheap junk gun, it was because my high quality Colt had a failure in just one part. Now I feel better.

 

[Lexter]

Another vote for finding another brand.

I had a PT140 that broke shortly after purchasing it. Customer-no-service sucks, parts were backordered, etc.


There's plenty of other gun makers that can fill the need you're looking for.

 

[madmag]

Customer-no-service sucks, parts were backordered, etc.

Hard to deny that's not a real problem. Never had to send in my Taurus, but I do pay attention to those that have had problems. Unlike the general debate about Taurus, the customer service complaints are by definition made by owners.....and Taurus does not seem to have a good customer relations record. Seems dumb (to me) that Taurus should let this area of business slip by. Why not make more effort to please customers?

Added: I am going to guess that you might feel differently about your Taurus had you been given good service. I have several Rugers and have had two occasions to deal with the factory for repair parts. The service was outstanding and immediate...at no cost to me. Otherwise I might be bad mouthing Ruger.

 

[Lexter]

Yep, had 3 Rugers. Customer service always rocks!! They sent me a small part that I lost (my fault). They charged me $0 for it. I remember stuff like that!!

 

[mouse07410]

I used Taurus customer service (small issues) and am quite happy with both their courtesy and the final resolution.

I also like Taurus guns (pistols and revolvers) quite a bit - like try to beat Raging Bull. Though I think Ruger revolvers usually are better-made.

If you're curious what Taurus guns I've dealt with - Raging Bull (.4X calibers), Model 608 (.357 Mag), 24/7 OSS (.45ACP).

 

[Colorado Redneck]

had two and loved them both

Model 85 38spec snubbie was a great car gun. Gave it to my daughter and all told it has probably had 2500 rounds put through it. Never a glitch.

Tracker 357. shot it a lot for a year or two, and traded it on a 25-06 to give to my son. Only reason that gun was traded is that my boss lady likes the S&W 66 so much that we decided to keep it. I can't get time to shoot the guns I have, and most of the time it boils down to prairie dog whacking.

 

[Firepower!]

I have had three PT 24/7s and they all sucked, for the lack of better word. One that was somewhat better was the one in .45 cal. However, it has some accuracy problems- no FTF or FTE.

The one I have now and want to get rid of is Taurus PT1911. It is just crime to make Taurus in 1911. Cant say more.

 

[Delaware_Dan]

Guys, look at the picture on page 2 again. It says .357 MAGNUN. Not magnum, magnun. Taurus is junk

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Guys, look at the picture on page 2 again. It says .357 MAGNUN

Say, I'd keep that one pristine. Might be worth a ton someday. You know, kinda like the Ken doll in drag, still in the package.

 

[deadcoyote]

Taurus rules!!

All you need to invade france is a hi-point 9mm carbine and a taurus as your back up gun. I would have my buddy back me up with a Chachaut (spelling?). Double points to you if you got that joke.

 

[Firepower!]

+1 Delaware Dan.
If they spell their own name corectly what else do you expect????

 

[Qwiks draw]

From the horses mouth.
February 12, 2008, 12:57 PM #74
Firepower!
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What dont you like about the Glock trigger? Are you comparing it with the Taurus pro model's? If so, they are both very different.

Before Taurus came out with the PRO model in PT24/7, I hated thier triggers since they had a long squeeze before firing. But the problem is fixed in the PRO model.

If you are only hitting targets at 15 yards, then I think there is a problem since you should get much more out of your pistol regardless of what you paid for it- since hitting off target bullets over and beyond 15 yards is just not acceptable to me. Seems like a problem which I have heard of now from more than just one person.

Do you know anyone else with a similar complain? Have you tried different gun to see how close you hit the target?

BUSTED.

Nothing wrong with that one Taurus and no in depth details about the 24/7 in .45 ACP? Why is that?

You had three 24/7s and didn't like them? Why oh, why would you buy a third if one is good and the other one isn't? Can't have it both ways. Either they work and there is one case there, then it is a positive experience. If not,why keep getting them?

If the third was bad,which after reading the few details, the pistol's problems would be apparent before buying it.

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Posts: 1,488 I have had three PT 24/7s and they all sucked, for the lack of better word. One that was somewhat better was the one in .45 cal. However, it has some accuracy problems- no FTF or FTE.

The one I have now and want to get rid of is Taurus PT1911. It is just crime to make Taurus in 1911. Cant say more.
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Let me get this straight. Few details on the 3 24/7s that suck, yet one worked for you, and then you went and bought a brand of 1911 that you could not stand? Since you could not trust the 24/7s as you claim,why oh why would you get a PT1911 from a company brand you cannot stand at all?

Interesting.

Not to mention that a number of anti Taurus threads were started by you. Care to do a search. I have.

No where do you go into real in depth detail of what transpired with the three ( one worked) 24/7 pistols. Odd to say the least.

Then there is the lack of recent actual Taurus ownership by a number of the anti-Taurus crowd who come in here often at this forum. Or actual in depth details as to what went down with their own specimen. Yet they denigrate the whole company with broad brush strokes. Not a good thing to do.

 

[Qwiks draw]

Since there seem to be lot of anti-threads lately this is going to be what the anti crowd likes to do. Note the difference in the hysterical rants from the clear and concise truth of matters as they really are. Note the fiction and lies.
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=14337.0

http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=14058.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=13446.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=11406.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=13014.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=15222.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=8478.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=14951.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17227.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19777.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19904.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19722.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19366.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19433.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=19166.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17791.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17791.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17216.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=18438.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17752.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17608.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=17658.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=13014.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=15222.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=16755.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=14951.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=9270.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=9895.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=14304.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=11351.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=4582.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=8657.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=1649.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=9347.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=8192.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=7436.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=6848.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=1878.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=3801.0
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250992

The truth and the lies are within all those links. Yes, people should go through it all. That's evidence there folks to go through.

I'll let the common sense people go through what they want to and make a educated decision on their own.

In many of these the tainted bias becomes apparent. No witty repartee without substance, insulting and being disrespectful of the owners and their choices, no broad brush painting a company is being done by any sane individual in any of those links. Not by the common sense and rational people anyway.

To go and negatively broad brush a company/brand for exactly what happens to the other companies/brands,even lie about it, and then go on endlessly with it speaks volumes about the anti-crowd.

Being overly obsessive about one brand and one brand only, trashing the people and their choices, having no hard evidence, and compounding things by not having anything to hang the hat on is not the norm in society or anywhere else.

Not saying that Taurus is perfect or that there have not been problems along the line. There have. Like other makers Taurus does deal with them and take care of them. That is in the links. Not perfect, but neither are the other companies as well. There are CS hiccups and brands that had less than sterling makes and models in the links besides Taurus.

A majority of Taurus owners have many other brands of guns. Those were done with clear thinking and common sense. They did not go glassy eyed or nuts,get a Taurus, and then keep it. Then fall back into being normal. Doesn't work that way. They found a product that fit their needs,niches, and were satisified for good reason with their choices.

There are those who have few firearms, bought Taurus to fill the needs and niches, and found them satisfactory for good reason. They never had a need to go to anything else and the guns work just fine.

There are those who didn't have a good experience with them. they are in the minority, but it does happen.

These people either worked the problem through,got the gun repaired locally by an accredited gun smith, sent it back to Taurus for repair, or got rid of the gun.
Selling a broken gun without telling the buyer about what is wrong is unethical at best. If the buyer knows of the defect and buys the gun anyway, the onus is then on the buyer.

If he buys it and then finds out about the defect, then ones credibilty has gone down the drain as a seller. Getting a buyer steamed at you seems like bad way to do things.

Also, you cannot own an example of a satisfactory gun and then trash a company overall. Nor does one bad example broad brush paint a whole gun maker. It's okay to do it to Taurus, but nobody else? Doesn't make sense.

If one has many bad examples of a firearm company's products, and then they complain, that just means the owner is a poor buyer and should take more pains to inspect the gun before purchase. That or their judgement to do such things is impaired.

The devil is in the details. Give precise believable evidence of what happened.

In the complaints links the individual was discredited. Lot of those there.

In the legit complaints actual recourse was taken by the owner. One way or another and worked things through with the repsondents to the thread. Amazing how that works.

 

[Qwiks draw]

Oh,yes. Going into queries where a one of kind model is being asked about, do not rant and rave like a lunatic about the company when having no experience with that particular model at all.

No experience with that model makes the repondent's posting irrelavent.

Going in and offering an alternative with good sound reason is at least constructive and not destructive to the poster's credibility.

I often do give alternatives of other brands,makes, and models other than brand X just because one size does not fit all.

It is also the OP's decision as to what is right for them. Then respect the OP's choice.

As was observed by members here and at other gun forums, polls can be used as a biased way to try and get a certain result. Open ended questions on a regular poll are used the same way.