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Awards in 2005 as follows: Shooting Industry Manufacturer of the Year award, National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers Manufacturer of the Year, and SHOT Business Manufacturer of the Year.
NRA awards were more recent but would have to research to see which two they were.
So Taurus is doing something right. Bashers and trolls ignore that completely.
The latest bash technique is to say that Customer Service is unresponsive or insulting to callers. That may have been true a year ago or more. Those staff at Taurus that did that are all fired and gone.
Since I have contacted Taurus Customer service to ask questions several times this year responses were positive in each case.
Time in getting the gun back however can still be a source of frustration though.
Losing the gun is another favorite basher technique. "They don't know where it is and still don't", goes the cry. Trolls are still kicking that one around every chance they get. That is not true either. They have been tracking where guns go pretty well.
The above is a quote I used in another post in another thread. Taurus recieved 3 awards in 2005 and several more from the NRA and other sources in the last year or so.
So Taurus is doing things right for the most part. Manufacturers have to work hard to get these awards.
Bashers , whiners, and trolls ignore this exclusively. "Conventional Wisdom" to the contrary, Taurus is putting out decent products. "Conventional Wisdom" is not always wise.
This is a quote from your truly from another forum. And what is said still stands. The above is about 3 prestigious awards that Taurus has won as well as several form the NRA since or in 2005.
It does not surprise me that when all avenues are closed for whining and complaining, new ones are tried to be opened up.
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The above is a quote from another thread here and at other forums. This was put up for the record that Taurus does make a good product.
While I cannot say that I own a PT1911, there are others who do who like them and have posted here and at other forums. I do own 6 Taurus products and all give excellent service.
This needed to be posted to keep the record straight.
There are satisfied PT1911 owners at
www.taurusarmed.net as well as here. Members here are members there. Peruse the archives, old threads, and recent ones for those who want another source.
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Not necessarily so. There are Taurus Trackers and Raging Bull that have satified users and there are S&W and other company users who are satisfied. So budget is not always a consideration nor does budget mean poorly made though "conventional wisdom" would suppose.
There are many companies that make middle of the road priced firearms and the users are happy with the. Price is no indicator of quality.
There is a history of this in the firearms industry.
Merwin and Hulbert, Forehand and Wadsworth, Harrington and Richardson,Remington, and a host of other manufacturers made serviceable handguns. These were picked up an used daily and gave decent serviceable use.
True, there were other companies, but those folded for a number of reasons. Bought out by the bigger companies(Colt and others didn't like having competition), models that worked but weren't popular ( public being fickle at times), and some did make poor weapons and those guys went away after a year or two or three.
So present day has seen the old guard replaced by new one, with middle of the road pricing on a host of brands, makes and models.
There is a segment of society that will not give these firearms or their users nothing but disdain.
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Figured this may need to be posted to set the record straight on a few things.
The nay-sayers here would have you believe that the shooting industry and NRA as a whole in picking Taurus for their awards, are complete incompetents and idiots of the first order. If Taurus makes trash then these industry folks would have to be idiots and incompetents, wouldn't they?
Then there are those who claim to be dealers, gun store clerks,and distributors ( may be they are what they claim) who claim that all Taurus products passing through there area is trash. This despite evidence to the contrary.
One has to ignore the positive completely to make negative claims as well as overlook the rest of what has been presented.
It is not said that Taurus does not have an some guns slip by QC anywhere in this discourse. It even acknowledges that.
So say what you will. Be careful what is said since history is documented and can be brought to bear when needed.
