So...I bought this Taurus...

[CajunBass]

I bought a Taurus the other day. It was on sale, and I had a couple of store gift cards that dropped the price to around $225.00 so I figured I had nothing to lose really. I've never owned a Taurus semi before, but I'm somewhat a sucker for guns with a bad reputation.

The gun in question is a G-3, T.O.R.O., optics ready polymer framed, striker fired, semi, that comes with two magazines, one fifteen and one seventeen rounds. The trigger is a semi-conventional "Glock type" trigger, with the trigger dingus, but that allows second strike capability. Got a dud round? Just pull the trigger again. Oh, the trigger breaks about five pounds, but does have a long takeup before hitting "the wall." Once at the wall, it's a nice clean break. Reset is short, and distinctive. (The second strike thing, at least for me, seems to be of dubious value. I actually had a dud strike round in my first range trip with it, and I never thought about the second strike. I just racked the side, ejected the round/chambered the next and went back to shooting. Upon recovery of the "dud" it fired fine upon being reloaded, so at least in theory, the second strike might have been faster.) There is also a manual safety in the normal 1911 type position. Sights are white dot front, black rear, steel, using a Glock type mounting system to allow for use of any sight that will work on a glock.

The gun came with four mounting plates for various optics, something I probably won't take advantage of, but it's nice that it is there. Maybe someday.





I took it to the range, and put 100 rounds through it, all FMJ. Fifty Sarsilzmag left over from the great ammo shortage, and another 50 of blazer brass. No malfunctions of any kind. I shot it about as poorly as I do most other guns, but no worse. I don't know how many times I've "dry fired" it with a laser cartridge, but it shoots that well, like a laser beam.

First 50 rounds, Blazer brass 115 FMJ from the 7 yard line.



I think I'm going to like this one. Excuse the pictures. The gun was dirty, and I could see I needed to clean the Ren Wax out of the roll marks.

 

[Shooterbob]

I have several Taurus a revolver and 3autos all shoot well and function great never any problems.I have other peoples autos that they said jammed constantly .I cleaned them and didn’t limp wrist and those autos worked fine for me also.

 

[CajunBass]

Bob, I've been a big fan of Taurus revolvers for years. At least the "old" ones from the late 70's to the early 90's or so. Those were great guns. I know nothing about their current production revolvers however. I had a 431, five shot, 44 Special that I still kick myself for selling.

 

[5-SHOTS]

I have the G3. I like it. For the price it is impossible to beat and it's still a good striker-fired polymer pistol regardless of the price. Very interesting the second strike capability and the thumb safety option.
I made a review here:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/my-new-taurus-g3-alot-of-pics.877292/

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I have a Millennium G2C. I love it. I had a SW SDVE at the time too, The Taurus stayed. The SW went on down the road. Congrats on your new Taurus.

 

[Steven_Seagull]

I have a PT25, in .25ACP.

Ultra reliable, I prefer my Taurus to the Kimber I threw away after it choked on JHP.
Taurus is very reliable and I wouldn't doubt them for a second. Anyone who has isn't being honest.

 

[buck460XVR]

I think a lot of folks that like to trash Taurus, have never owned one. They do have some stinkers, but they also have some very good guns too. Enjoy.

 

[dweis]

When Taurus guns work they work well. Like all manufacturers the have lemons that come off the production line. My experience was buying a G2C. Trigger spring broke on first range trip. I found that annoying but that kind of stuff can happen with any gun. My use was that they would not sell me a trigger spring thus making me send the gun in for warranty service. I sent it in and it took a bit over 6 weeks to get it back. That to me was excessive for a trigger spring replacement. I sold the gun because of poor service not poor quality. I had only one repair for one of the six Rugers I owned. It was a mag release problem. The turnaround time for door to door repair wad 9 days and no charge. That’s one reason why I buy Rugers.

 

[AlexanderA]

The Taurus so-called "lifetime" warranty is problematic. Their Customer Service has a bad reputation (non-responsive, etc.). And they are known for having a limited stateside inventory of spare parts. You may have to wait months to get a needed spare part. So their warranty, on paper, is a selling point, but woe to you if you ever actually have to use it.

I'm not convinced that any gun warranty is worthwhile. If I can't repair it myself I'll just retire the gun and consider the whole experience a mistake.

 

[Tallball]

I'm glad you like it. I had a G2C that I liked a lot, and recently got a GX4 that seems good. I don't know if the three pistols are related mechanically. It's good to see that people can arm themselves with a decent firearm that functions well, doesn't cost a lot, and is made in the USA (Georgia, IIRC).

 

[buck460XVR]

The Taurus so-called "lifetime" warranty is problematic. Their Customer Service has a bad reputation (non-responsive, etc.). I'm not convinced that any gun warranty is worthwhile. If I can't repair it myself I'll just retire the gun and consider the whole experience a mistake.

For folks that have had to use the S&W "lifetime" warranty, it comes with very good customer service. Ruger, while not giving any written warranty, stands behind their guns well too. I have used both. I have has only one experience with Taurus and their customer service, and that was with a model 92 Lever action .357. The fix was free and turn around was less than 3 weeks. I give that a "Thumbs up!". There are issues that even the most mechanically inclined cannot fix, like cracked frames or bad barrels. Many times these result in a new gun. Seems worthwhile to me. Now, many of my firearms either did not come with a warranty or the warranty has run out. If in those instances the manufacturer will not stand behind them, or offer to fix at a reasonable cost, I too would "retire" the firearm or fix it myself.

 

[CajunBass]

The Taurus so-called "lifetime" warranty is problematic. Their Customer Service has a bad reputation (non-responsive, etc.). And they are known for having a limited stateside inventory of spare parts. You may have to wait months to get a needed spare part. So their warranty, on paper, is a selling point, but woe to you if you ever actually have to use it.

I'm not convinced that any gun warranty is worthwhile. If I can't repair it myself I'll just retire the gun and consider the whole experience a mistake.

Pretty much the way I am. The warranty is the last thing I ever think about, IF I even think about it at all. The only gun I've ever had to send back was of all things, a Ruger Security-Six 357 back in the 80's I guess it was. Got it back in a week? maybe two, I forget now, Problem seemed to be gone. AFAIK, my ex still has that gun. I tried to buy it off her a couple of times, but that girl always did know a good gun when she she shot it.

This G-3 is a "fun of it" gun. If it works out, maybe I'll carry it. Maybe I won't. It's just another gun really.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

When Taurus guns work they work well. Like all manufacturers the have lemons that come off the production line. My experience was buying a G2C. Trigger spring broke on first range trip. I found that annoying but that kind of stuff can happen with any gun. My use was that they would not sell me a trigger spring thus making me send the gun in for warranty service. I sent it in and it took a bit over 6 weeks to get it back. That to me was excessive for a trigger spring replacement. I sold the gun because of poor service not poor quality. I had only one repair for one of the six Rugers I owned. It was a mag release problem. The turnaround time for door to door repair wad 9 days and no charge. That’s one reason why I buy Rugers.

I agree it seams silly to send a gun in for a spring. I needed a new slide stop for one of my 1911's. RIA said i had to send it in. So off it went. 2 week turn around time. While they had it there. They gave it a complete tune up. I was a happy camper.

 

[Hugger-4641]

The Taurus so-called "lifetime" warranty is problematic. Their Customer Service has a bad reputation (non-responsive, etc.). And they are known for having a limited stateside inventory of spare parts. You may have to wait months to get a needed spare part. So their warranty, on paper, is a selling point, but woe to you if you ever actually have to use it.

I'm not convinced that any gun warranty is worthwhile. If I can't repair it myself I'll just retire the gun and consider the whole experience a mistake.

Can't say I agree totally, but Taurus is actually one that I haven't had to use thier service dept yet.
I had a junk Taurus auto back in the 90's and I swore them off for a couple decades. But I've recently given them a second chance and so far they've redeemed themselves. I've got a .357, .380, and a couple 9mm Taurus that have been flawless so far.
I have had to use warranty service for Ruger, S&W, Savage, and SCCY.
S&W was the slowest and I had to pay shipping.

SCCY was the quickest and easiest. They paid shipping both ways.

Savage just sent me a new bolt for my 110, no hassle.

Ruger was a mag problem with a LCP and they sent me a new one, but it took a few weeks.

 

[red rick]

A friend of mine had to send is .22 revolver back to Taurus . They had discontinued that model , 94 . They replace the revolver , with a quick turnaround . The only thing that I have didn’t like , is his revolver was a 5” and they replaced it with a 3” because that’s the longest length barrel the replacement revolver came in model 942 . He said that he was probably just going to sell it .

 

[ericuda]

How in the world did the op turn into a warranty discussion on taurus. There was nothing mentioned on that. I'm like op the warranty is last thing.

Anyway, nice auto. I recently got the baby bro gx4. Shooting it in 2 minutes.

 

[Old Dog]

How in the world did the op turn into a warranty discussion on taurus.

Because this is apparently an internet firearms forum unwritten rule: any time anyone ever mentions Taurus (and Kimber and Colt), and has anything good to say about one of their products, there will inevitably, almost always, be posters chiming in to relate problems that they (or a buddy or their dad or their brother) had with one of these manufacturers' products and/or the companies' customer service. If you don't believe this, do a search with any of these brand names...

It's as though some want to complain about these firearms even absent any recent, if any ever, experience.

I don't consider myself a Taurus fan, but I've owned several Taurus pistols over the years and the only one that gave me any problems was a PT-908 with constant feeding problems which actually turned out to be magazine problems. One I got rid of was a Taurus Millenium (pre-Pro) two-tone PT-145 that fed every bullet profile perfectly, was accurate but possessed of a very long, sproingy trigger. 10+1 rounds of .45 ACP in a very concealable package, never once malfunctioned and I still don't know why I traded it away (guess I decided I didn't like the trigger, which was perfectly fine for short-range defensive purposes). My 1991 (or '92?) PT-92 has a mediocre DA pull but has over 8,000 rounds through it over the years with zero malfunctions, ever. Several of my junior officers over the past few years picked up versions of the G2 as off-duty pistols, because they were very affordable compared to the comparable Glocks or S&W Shields, and all seemed to be pleased with them, at least I never heard any complaints. I see a lot of Taurus products at the indoor ranges I frequent, that's for sure.

 

[ericuda]

Very well said old dog.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

The 7th post. He shared his warranty experience. Nothing wrong about sharing info that could help others IMO.

 

[Tinman357]

I've never been a fan of Taurus after 1 bad experiance decades ago. But, I've been hearing good things lately.

Bought a 3" 856 defender recently. After doing my normal touch ups that I do on every revolver, it's proved itself reliable and accurate. No, it doesn't have the panache of my other revolvers, but it shoots just as well and seems durable.

My Colt KC on the other hand has had 3 major issues that would get me killed in a fight. 2 broken trigger return springs and a broken hammer. Fixed for now, but hard to trust.

Both have about the same number of rounds. If I had to choose one to sell, it'd be the Colt. Actually looking at picking up the Taurus 65 soon. I expect I'll be happy with it.

 

[ericuda]

The 7th post. He shared his warranty experience. Nothing wrong about sharing info that could help others IMO.

Nothing about warranty in 7th post. None of the comments here help anyone on warranty. It's not first hand it is what someone else said. It's pure bashing taurus while stating warranty and what happened years ago.

 

[CajunBass]

Gun bashing doesn't bother me. I don't ask anyone on a forum what to buy, and my friends know better than to try to "not let me buy" something. I'm just as likely to buy something just to see if it's as bad as the internet says it is. Kel-Tec, High Point, Smith and Wesson SD semi's, Smith and Wesson revolvers with locks, Heritage Rough Riders Charter Arms revolvers, one of the first 2020 Pythons and of course, Taurus have all passed through here just to see if they were as "bad" as "everyone" said they were. I didn't think any of them were bad really. They all worked for me. I don't claim to have torture tested them or anything, but at least I did shoot them all. And I never had any trouble selling them when I got bored with them and didn't have to take a big price beating on them.

I remember a fellow on another forum who absolutly hated Hi-Points. I think a Hi Point must have stolen his lunch money, kicked sand in his face, and stolen his best girl. I don't know that he ever posted anything that wasn't ripping into Hi-Point for one reason or another. He talking of having shot dozens if not hundreds of them and not one would fire two shots in a row. Naturally I had to buy a Hi-Point. Until he came along I'd never even heard of them. I had a lot of fun with that silly thing. It worked and shot just fine. Sold it for as much as I had in it.

I'm thinking a Jimenez 9mm might be my next "piece of junk" to buy. I'll have to see if Bud's has them.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Right here. Maybe i counted the post wrong.
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When Taurus guns work they work well. Like all manufacturers the have lemons that come off the production line. My experience was buying a G2C. Trigger spring broke on first range trip. I found that annoying but that kind of stuff can happen with any gun. My use was that they would not sell me a trigger spring thus making me send the gun in for warranty service. I sent it in and it took a bit over 6 weeks to get it back. That to me was excessive for a trigger spring replacement. I sold the gun because of poor service not poor quality. I had only one repair for one of the six Rugers I owned. It was a mag release problem. The turnaround time for door to door repair wad 9 days and no charge. That’s one reason why I buy Rugers.''

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[ericuda]

Nice buy though. I picked my gx4 toro up for 320. Baby brother. Value is out there for sure.

 

[entropy]

I have a Taurus PT1911AR, PT-145, G2C, Gx4TORO, and a TCP738. The PT145 and G2C have the aforementioned long sproingy trigger, but they can turn in decent accuracy with practice. The Gx4 has a very good trigger, I set the 1911's where I like them.
I have no complaints about any of them. My son had a Taurus 66 .357, that was a good one also; I was made at him when he traded it away, I wanted it.