Taurus® Acquires Heritage Manufacturing

I never expected to say these words, but....
This is a rare case where Taurus quality exceeds that of the company they just purchased.

It must be snowing in purgatory... :rolleyes:
 
their is NOTHING wrong with heritage.
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Except that the barrel is pressed into the frame and held in place with glue.

Except that the receivers and grip frames are made of pot metal.

Except that the steel they use is the lowest grade used anywhere in firearms' manufacture.

Except that the finishes are sprayed on.

Except that the grips are atrocious and cheap.

Except that the ejector button is plastic and prone to breakage.

Except that they have a hideous and unnecessary thumb safety.

Except that they are notorious for rough actions and gritty triggers.

Except that a used Ruger, which is built the same way and with the same materials as its centerfire brethren is only slightly more expensive.

Other than that they are fine. :rolleyes:
 
You get what you pay for. If you pay a low price for a pistol that other manufacturer's charge much more for, there is a reason. Prices dont exist without a reason. Cheap parts=cheap product.
 
I have no problems with my Rough rider. Plenty accurate for plinking with minute of beer can accuracy to 25+ yards. For ground shots on squirrels it does an excellent job at that range as well. Of course for the price it isn't as "pretty" as a Single Six, but I didn't buy it to show off my taste in finely finished firearms. I bought it to shoot, and that it does quite well. The one thing I do agree with from the critics is that stupid safety!
 
I think this might be a good thing for Taurus. They need to make drastic changes to their quality control(as stated above, mainly with the parts coming from brazil). Maybe they can work with Heritage and their Pietta counterpart to get their quality under control.
 
I think this might be a good thing for Taurus. They need to make drastic changes to their quality control(as stated above, mainly with the parts coming from brazil).
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Brazil isn't the problem. Their firearms manufacturing industry is just as varied as our own. They have good companies, average companies, and bad companies.
Taurus is the latter.
 
I ran across this article about the buy-out. It is good to read that the current Heritage employees will remain on the job and the existing operation will remain open.

As far as any thoughts about Taurus quality, these statements from the Taurus CEO admitting Taurus earning their bad rep sort of says enough about the issue. It is good that Taurus is confronting this problem and at least admitting to the problem of QC. http://www.guns.com/taurus-acquires-heritage-manufacturing-rough-rider-sass-7527.html

Getting someone else to build their guns to better their rep makes sense. The Heritage Big Bores getting re-branded under a new Taurus name would seem to be a definate possibility. The Gaucho marketing name/model is tainted. Do not use the name again and drag all the previous baggage in with the re-brand.
 
I wonder what it's like to be the budget line brand for the budget line brand's budget line brand?

Taurus... first buys Charter Arms, now buys Heritage? LOL.
 
What I have seen posted by Heritage owners is more like their guns then hate them.

Some have issues but at least they have someone they can talk too to get the thing fixed.

Actually amazing for an (formerly All American) gun company that has to be making about a dollar on for every one they sell.
 
I'm glad I got mine before the Taurus purchase. I liked that Heritage was an American based/owned company. Also to add to the record here, I've only purchased 1 Heritage, but it's not had any problems. Compared to 7 Taurus firearms, over half of which required trips back to the factory. If I had been looking at the Heritage after the Taurus buyout, I probably wouldn't have bought the gun.
 
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Guess I was wrong? I am actually not at all sure where I heard that, come to think of it. Thought it was in one of the gun rags, but I'm not going to dig through all the last six months' worth of them to find out.
 
That's a minority opinion. Their owners like `em but everybody smart enough not to buy one.....doesn't.
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I guess translated, that means that gun snobs that don't have a clue don't like them but people who actually use them do like them.
 
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