I don't own any Taurus semi autos due to the fact I'm a long time Glock 9mm guy so I can't comment on those but I did buy a Raging Bull 44 mag a few weeks ago because I liked the size and weight,I had a 629 about 15 yrs ago and didn't like it so I let the 44 mag go and stayed with the 38/357 then I bought a 1894 44mag not to long ago and wanted a wheel gun to go with it so along comes this Raging Bull in 44 mag,did a lot of reading and reserch and decided to buy one,I now have 200 rounds of AE 240gr through it with out as much as a burp,sure the double latch took a bit to get used to but it's much nicer to shoot then the 629 in my book just because of the weight mostly so I can't say anything negative about Taurus all I can say is my 44 is a nice revolver and shoots fine,my other revolvers are Ruger and I do have a older Rossi stub nose 357 that's a nice shooter for what it is.