My First Experiance With Rossi/Taurus = I Should've Listened To The Haters LOL

Friends don't let friends buy Glocks

Click to expand...

There, fixed it for ya.

Actually, I made the mistake of buying a G17 Gen4. What a POS that thing is.

I made the mistake of buying a G17 Gen4. What a POS that thing is.

Click to expand...

What is that? Post and run?

You need to back that up with specifics.

I wish this thread were locked.

^

Me too!

Hey come on now Glocks are not a bad gun

Click to expand...

I can say the same about Taurus and Rossi referring to my own experience with them.

The Glock comment caught my eye. I have not had a problem. I don't understand the different "generations" of the various Glock handguns. I must have Gen 1 or Gen 2?

I don't buy Taurus, Rossi, or Charter Arms revolvers. I just don't need the aggravation. Heck, it has only been about 10 years now that I would consider buying a Ruger revolver. The Mark II (22) has been a mainstay in my shooting guns however.

I own two(2) Taurus guns, a PT24/7 Pro in 9mm and a 606, and the only problem that I've ever had with either of them was a broken takedown latch on the PT24/7 Pro. A call to Taurus CS got me a repair number and and address to send my latch in to. I got a new one around two(2) weeks later.

Taurus is what it is: a budget gun manufacturer that makes an okay product for the price. Has the internet managed to make a mountain out of a molehill with horror stories? Maybe. Maybe it's deserved, maybe it's not. Just remember that this is the internet. Look at how many threads have been started about Chinese manufactured ammo blowing up a .44mag, when that wasn't even the case. I've learned to take everything I read and see on the internet with a grain of salt. I've also learned that I have a hard time respecting grown men who use the term "lol". Your mileage may vary, however.

The only 2 Taurus guns I'd even consider buying would be the old SS model 85 and a PT92. Other than that, no thanks. My experiences with Taurus QC has been idenitical to so many others here. Months of waiting.

Years ago, a friend of mine received a Taurus 66 for some work done. The revolver was a POS, it was missing a few parts and had some blatant broken parts.
My friend sent it in for a repair estimate. Taurus send him a brand new revolver free of charge in lew of repairing his $75.00 revolver.

I have four Taurus weapons and they work fine.

When I first saw a Taurus, the gun store owner had me hold it. It seemed alright, the price was low.

All I needed to see was Made in Brazil instead of my S&W's which say Made in USA and I said NO THANKS.

When I really scrutinized it, I could immediately see that it was NOT A SMITH.

All I needed to see was Made in Brazil instead of my S&W's which say Made in USA and I said NO THANKS.

Click to expand...

All I needed to see was Smith's dwindling reputation for quality, their history of cooperation with anti gun organizations, MIM parts, and a price tag meant for the rich and famous and I said "NO THANKS".

My first experience with Taurus/Rossi=I should never have listened to the haters....LOL

When I first saw a Taurus, the gun store owner had me hold it. It seemed alright, the price was low.

All I needed to see was Made in Brazil instead of my S&W's which say Made in USA and I said NO THANKS.

Click to expand...

I used to go through the "won't buy jap crap" thing with my step father, the big union man. He hated my Toyotas, Suzukis, Hondas, Kawasakis, and Yamahas. That's okay, he didn't have to drive/ride them or pay for 'em. I didn't want Detroit junk, that's why I bought Japanese. I've owned Dodge, Ford, and Chevy. But, I prefer the Japanese stuff. It's better quality, better built. There are some things they don't make, though, like large vans, motorhomes, diesel trucks, that sort of thing. I did get tired of his racial rants about the Japanese, though. He always reminded me of Archie Bunker on steroids. I'm as proud to be American...more appropriately TEXAN....as the next guy. I just don't let it go to my buying habits. I buy American when it really is worth the cost, like Ruger, or Kel Tec.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/smith-wesson_dark.htm

When I first saw a Taurus, the gun store owner had me hold it. It seemed alright, the price was low.

All I needed to see was Made in Brazil instead of my S&W's which say Made in USA and I said NO THANKS.

Click to expand...

I see no facts here, just blind hatred of imports.

You do realize that not everything can be made here and be cost effective...The happy meals at McDonald's would cost a fortune if we had to make all those crappy plastic toys in the states.

We in the states need to make better mousetraps, not wasting our time manufacturing things that are cheaper abroad.

I worked in a gun shop about 12 years ago. We would order guns for customers from wholesale catalogs for them and charge a flat twenty dollar fee.

We ordered two PT92's over a year for two different customers. Neither one knew the other one. Both came back within a very short time with broken locking blocks.

At my CHL class a guy was shooting a Taurus automatic and it jammed so much the instructor advised him not to continue and asked me if the guy could use my other .45. I don't know the model because the instructor only mentioned "A Taurus" when he asked me if the guy could borrow mine.

Last...a young friend of mine bought a Rossi .38 from a friend and asked me to look at it. The gun only worked in single action and not in double action.

I hope if I ever get in a gunfight...the other guy is using a Taurus.

Bexar

hope if I ever get in a gunfight...the other guy is using a Taurus

Click to expand...

He would only need it to go bang once to completely ruin your day.

At my CHL class a guy was shooting a Taurus automatic and it jammed so much the instructor advised him not to continue and asked me if the guy could use my other .45. I don't know the model because the instructor only mentioned "A Taurus" when he asked me if the guy could borrow mine.

Click to expand...

The jammingest gun I've ever seen at competitions is the 1911. They can be very finicky about ammo if not fed ball and the cheaper ones tend to be "maypops". The guys that know how to make 'em run, can make 'em run. The novices have no clue. That pretty much goes for many autoloaders. That's why I tend to tell newbs to get a revolver. All I have to do to produce a jam in my otherwise flawless Ruger P90 is load 1 grain of Bullseye behind a 200 grain SWC. It won't have enough power to cycle. Ammo can be the problem more so than the gun. Anyone that knows autoloaders knows there ae lots of variables to making them run right. Even the shooter's technique or lack there of can produce jams.

I hope if I ever get in a gunfight...the other guy is using a Taurus

Click to expand...

You'd better hope that if you ever get in a gun fight with a guy with a Taurus or Rossi, it ain't with a guy like me, who's damned good and knows his guns and ammo. No brag, just fact. Fortunately for us all, most gang banger types are not "gun nuts" and don't handload and don't practice and don't understand their weapon and don't have 50 years of shooting behind 'em. That's a good thing. If I ever am forced into a gun fight, I hope it's with some punk idiot that shoots with his gun sideways. If he's carrying a Glock, maybe he'll shoot himself first as he pulls it from the wasteband of his sweats.

I have owned several PT92s and shot many many many thousands of rounds through each without issue.

There are some brands (e.g. Taurus, Rossi, Charter, Para, and others) that have experienced a greater-than-average failure rate for specific models. Extrapolating that behavior across their entire line is quite often illogical.

More to the point, being rude to others because of the brand of gun that they use is unacceptable and not on The High Road.

i am re-opening this tread at the request of the jkulysses, so that he can post a follow-up.

I would like to remind y'all that intolerant and/or immature behavior will be addressed via temporary or permanent forum bans.

Sorry to hear your experience with them on the phone wasn't a pleasant one.

Last week, I had need to call them to find a firing pin for a Rossi revolver (before they melded with Taurus). I found them to be quite pleasant and provided me with the name/number of a source for replacement (factory) parts for that model (they no longer offer).

Glad to hear your issue was finally resolved.