I have a Taurus .22 Tracker with a problem or two.
From the first use, I experienced some issues with what I felt to be too much gas escaping and actually hitting my hand to the left side of the cylinder (my weak hand).
When I came out of the range I offered it to the guy behind the gun shop counter for a look, and he discovered a serious-ish problem with the cylinder lockup:
Not only is it a bit less tight than he said it should be (I have to take his word for it, I am not a revolver expert and this is my first and only one). I do understand that cylinder-to-forcing cone alignment is paramount, is it not?
So anyway, then he discovers that on at least one of the chambers, you can simply rotate the cylinder by hand and advance to the next chamber! This should be LOCKED unless the trigger is pulled. It shouldn't be able to happen. Inspection shows that the machining of the indentation on the cylinder (I don't know the name for this) is less than perfect, and different from the others. Also, that little "nubbin" that sticks up from the frame to lock the cylinder seems to be a little angled and not quite machined square.
Has anyone had this kind of issue with a Taurus revolver? If I send it back (I keep procrastinating), should I be expecting them to actually replace the cylinder and that other part?
And lastly, how should I send it back to them. I don't exactly have a "my gun shop" or "my gun dealer" around here. Would I save money by sending it UPS, or leaving it with an FFL at a shop to ship to Taurus. I know they charge a fee for it.
Seems a shame I have to pay to ship a gun that was defective from the get-go, but that's life, I guess.
-blackmind
From the first use, I experienced some issues with what I felt to be too much gas escaping and actually hitting my hand to the left side of the cylinder (my weak hand).
When I came out of the range I offered it to the guy behind the gun shop counter for a look, and he discovered a serious-ish problem with the cylinder lockup:
Not only is it a bit less tight than he said it should be (I have to take his word for it, I am not a revolver expert and this is my first and only one). I do understand that cylinder-to-forcing cone alignment is paramount, is it not?
So anyway, then he discovers that on at least one of the chambers, you can simply rotate the cylinder by hand and advance to the next chamber! This should be LOCKED unless the trigger is pulled. It shouldn't be able to happen. Inspection shows that the machining of the indentation on the cylinder (I don't know the name for this) is less than perfect, and different from the others. Also, that little "nubbin" that sticks up from the frame to lock the cylinder seems to be a little angled and not quite machined square.
Has anyone had this kind of issue with a Taurus revolver? If I send it back (I keep procrastinating), should I be expecting them to actually replace the cylinder and that other part?
And lastly, how should I send it back to them. I don't exactly have a "my gun shop" or "my gun dealer" around here. Would I save money by sending it UPS, or leaving it with an FFL at a shop to ship to Taurus. I know they charge a fee for it.
Seems a shame I have to pay to ship a gun that was defective from the get-go, but that's life, I guess.
-blackmind
