Are we getting a lot of international reports showing a higher percentage of Taurus problems overseas? I would certainly expect, for example, to hear of a TON more Taurus than S&W problems in Brazil because I would expect that there are a TON more Tauruses than S&Ws sold and used in Brazil. But I don't have any information on a comparison of problems in Brazil with S&W and Taurus guns and no one has presented any.So if Taurus sells as many guns in the rest of the world as they do in the U.S. their actual production, and therefore the potential for a problem is higher.
In fact, as far as I can tell, all participants on this thread are in the U.S. and discussing issues with guns in the U.S. where S&W outsells Taurus by a factor of about two to one. Logically speaking, if we were to assume a similar percentage of problems with both lines, in the U.S., we would expect to hear of S&W problems about twice as often as Taurus problems.
Overseas? Who knows? Who's collecting any overseas trouble data that would even make it worthwhile to try to make an assessment? Certainly no one on this thread.
Just so it's clear, nothing in my previous post comparing S&W and Taurus should be taken to relate to anything other than U.S. sales.