Taurus must have a complex...

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jcsturgeon

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Why does Taurus feel the need to put the name of their company in big letters on their pistols? The PT-1911, the Taurus PT 92... etc.

They feel the need to slap their name all over a gun, what other company does this? I don't think any other gun company does this as obviously as Taurus. There's a guy selling a PT-1911 in town for $450 which is a nice price... but that stamping is just too dang ugly for me... anyone else notice/have a problem with this?
 
I don’t like it myself, but I don’t think that Taurus does that bad of a job.
Now if you want to complain about markings,,, just look at Rugers Gettysburg address the Ruger lawyers put on their barrels.:(
 
There's a guy selling a PT-1911 in town for $450 which is a nice price... but that stamping is just too dang ugly for me... anyone else notice/have a problem with this?
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I'd worry less about the stamping and more about the gun's function.

Now that I got that out of the way, I don't care for Ruger's lawyer statement but it hasn't stopped me from buying their guns.
 
I have to say that it hasn't bothered me with any of the Taurus' I've owned. And while I own more Rugers than any other, I also dislike the CYA lawyer proofing on most of their guns.
 
With wine it is easy. You simply keep a nice empty bottle around and pour the boxed stuff in there straight from the fridge. With a gun it is hard to pretend that is a quality brand gun with their logo plastered everywhere.
 
I've never been bothered by the lawyering on my Ruger, but it's really just not that noticeable to me. I think Berettas say "Read Instructions Before Use" or some such stuff and I think it's lame. In regards to the OP, this is exactly what I dislike about Rock Island Armory. I've always wanted one of their 1911s because the price can't be beat and I hear they're great, but that gigantic stamping on the side just makes me move on every time. Same goes for Charles Daly. I've always preferred the belgian hi powers because the stamping is small and neat. Same goes for old Colt autos.
 
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I remember seeing that stamped in huge letters on the barrel of a revolver I saw once.:p. I still liked that gun and it doesn't really bother much on the Ruger or taurus. I wish they weren't there but it doesn't affect my purchase decision.
 
Kreyzhorse said:
I'd worry less about the stamping and more about the gun's function.

Now that I got that out of the way, I don't care for Ruger's lawyer statement but it hasn't stopped me from buying their guns.
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Agreed.... A lot of companies do it. Early S&W 1911 had billboards on the side of their guns and as others mentioned the Ruger legal document. Another one that comes to mind is the STI Spartan. One manufacture that gets it right is Kahr.
 
no worse than all the ruger bs stamped everywhere, they all have it. what makes me more mad is i have a late 1800's revolver with no name and no numbers stamped only what looks like a couple of proof marks. not even the caliber is stamped. i wish it had some of those ugly stamping so i would know what i have.
 
taurus isnt bad. and besides, even khar glock springfield put billboards up. taurus doesnt use a larger font or use more space to label it. they just irritate people more because it says TAURUS.
 
Notice that many good-looking ladies have 'noisy-tramp-stamps.' For some guys it's a deal killer and for others not. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I never really noticed it until this thread and I own three different models.

-Cheers
 
I bought a PT-92 back in 1989, and the markings on the flats of the slide were far more subdued than they are on the current models. Be that as it may, the sucker shot everything I put in it with zero problems. P.S.: For my own 2 cents worth, I've met scores of women with the aforementioned "tramp stamps"...but I've yet to meet a LADY with one. ;)
 
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