Taurus Revolver Quality

I'm not a "hater" of any of them myself... 2 of the revolvers in my daily carry battery are side lock Smiths, as is the one I referenced earlier with the frequent flier miles back & forth between S&W & myself...( not by choice of course ), but because they made ( both of my carry guns are also discontinued, the S&W 610, a gun no one else made anything similar ) something that I wanted, & was not available from somene else... Taurus is very good about offering up specialty revolvers, that no one else did, or were copies of something else that had already been discontinued... unfortunately this often puts us as consumers buying a compromise... it might be a S&W with a lock & MIM parts, or a Taurus 9mm revolver...

as long as the gun functions & or can be made so, I'm afraid we are stuck, as long as we wanted something bad enough to overlook the negitives... I can understand the bias towards Taurus, for those that tried to get non functional guns fixed, but how does that make them any worse than my expirience with S&W ???

again it goes back to how / what they did to make the revolver more affordable, & it's resulting failure rate... likely Taurus has a higher failure rate, but as long as they can fix them, like S&W ( after 3 return trips ) was able to do, how can I as a consumer that has all the brands feel any worse about one than the other ( especially considering the Tauri I own have functioned perfectly since I've had them, & both have been owned for 10-12 years each, & they are "so" cheap to buy in comparision )

Honestly, I was sick over this S&W thing for a long time... not for self pitty, but because of the demise of the American gun manufacterers, & pitty for all American Consumers over the lack of QC on one of America's premium fire arms manufacturers... again, for the money difference between S&W & "the cheaper models" ( often more than 3 times the price difference ) you can bet Taurus is going to sell guns, especially in a tight economic market... IMO, if S&W, & Ruger are going to sell guns at 2-3 times the price of a bargan gun, the guns aught to be perfect leaving the factory... if they are not, then it sure seems that the bargan revolvers are doing something "better" than the "big names"
 
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I own 2 Taurus revolvers and I've always been pleased with them. I own the model 85 in .38 special+p, and the tracker 44 in .44 magnum. As far as quality, personally I don't rate them any lower than the others. And for the price, you can't beat the lifetime warranty on the gun and not the person. I'm in the process of adding another Taurus to my collection. :D
 
I have an 85 ul that came into my shop used. i think i gave 125 for it with a fobus holster, i intended on using it for a few days while i have my back a rest from my 45. that was 8 months ago, still carry it every day, has been 100 percent reliable, lightweight, good ergonomics with the packmyer grips on it, i am kinda ashamed to say it but i love mine
 
I shot my first TAURUS a couple weeks ago. Twas a 6'' 357. My neighbor and I were shooting his 15 year old gun along with my 30 year old Colt and Smith.
All went Bang. I had no complaint with the gun at all. Was it junk? No. Would I buy one. Prolly not. Look at a new one. Aint as smooth as my 30 year old Smiths. Hey. The new Smiths seem nice but are WAY over priced. I can buy a nice 30 year old Smith for the price of a new Taurus. I can buy 2 30 year old Smits for the price of a new Smith
 
My first M85 broke and I attributed this to dry-firing it without snapcaps. Taurus sent me a brand new gun and it seemed to work fine. I did a lot of dry firing but I used snapcaps. Then, it started seizing up every few times I pulled the trigger. No more. I went out the next day and bought a S&W 642.


I've had good luck with Taurus automatics, but from now on I'll buy revolvers from S&W or Ruger.
 
I had not idea that Taurus had a such well deserved poor reputation for manufacturing quality and gunsmithing. I just got rid if my model 9 shot .22 revolver. After about 300 rounds the double and single action shooting became almost impossible. It was almost completely locked up, Cocking would wear the skin off your thumb. It also had many cosmetic defects. I returned the gun and it was returned with cosmetics repaired but the shooting problem returned in about 100 rounds I returned it again and it took 63 rounds for the problem to come back. I returned it again and shot several hundred rounds OK. By this time they had shaved the hammer so the firing pin would practically peen the case to the cylinder. The barrel to cylinder gap, which was originally .003"" was now .013". It was out of time (carry up?) on one of the cylinder bores. The bolt would not click into place when cocked until your rotated the cylinder slightly. The barrel to cylinder alignment was slightly off and it would shave lead into the throat. I did not send the gun in for a 4th time. I traded it in for a Smith. It was not an even trade but well worth the difference.
 
My experiances with Taurus in general has been less than satisfactory.

I have a good friend who is a dealer in another state that sells quite a number of them. People want them because they cost significantly less than S&W or Ruger. My friend makes it clear to his buyers that Taurus has QC issues and sales are final. He further lets buyers know that Taurus can make their guns work if you send them back, and sometimes it takes two or more trips.

A local dealer was taking a brand new Taurus revolver out of the box to show a customer how to load it, when the cylinder release broke off. :eek:
 
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