Taurus GX4 safety notice 5/23/2023
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Added to the Manufacturer's Recall Notices & Alerts list.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Rebel Dave
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Taurus has added more serial #s to the list as of today (5-26-2023). I just bought my GX4 on May 6th. Mine is not affected. I just hope they don't keep adding serial #s.
Dan-O
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Dont drop your gun…..problem solved
I just saw this and wanted to pass it on to all that own a Taurus GX4 pistol. There is a safety recall that the GX4 can fire when dropped. More info can be found here:
https://gx4safetynotice.com/
https://gx4safetynotice.com/
Alllen Bundy
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Seriously? There is NO excuse for drop firing issues. Load a shell case with a primer, suspend the pistol, and WHACK it with a hammer from every direction. If you have a drop firing design issue you should know it within a couple hours of testing. If the pistol passes the hammer test, THEN you can perform the carefully controlled officially prescribed drop firing testing.
It's that simple, UNLESS your drop firing protection design has maintenance issues.
This really isn't rocket science. This is high school physics.
It's that simple, UNLESS your drop firing protection design has maintenance issues.
This really isn't rocket science. This is high school physics.
chicharrones
needs more ammo
Need to turn off gravity due to probability that someone will drop their gun.
Well, Sig couldn’t figure it out either at first. No wonder the majority of L.E have ditched their products and aren’t allowed for duty/off duty anymore.
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The Last Outlaw
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You must have missed the memo that we are all the beta testers for the manufacturers now.
Alllen Bundy
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The question is whether or not Sig learned their lesson with the P320. I know the lawsuits continue even with the new and improved design. But I haven't seen anyone actually demonstrate the alleged uncommanded discharge problem with the new design, so there is a good chance that those lawsuits are BS. We'll have to wait and see.
The P365 series now appears to be a good solid design AFTER they let their customer find the design bugs for them.
I've worked for a dozen corporations over the years and I would only consider one of them to be both competent AND ethical. I actually had one employer ask me to falsify a UL Safety Test report. Needless to say I don't have a lot of faith in any corporations.
Unfortunately that happens way too often in the last few years.
Alllen Bundy
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If quality control is the problem that is ALSO a serious indictment of the company!!! Good quality control starts with a good design using good manufacturing processes. Not all designs are production worthy. Inspection is only necessary to prove that your processes are up to snuff. But if a product is critical, 100% inspection and testing should be performed. Unfortunately the quality control of many companies leaves something to be desired.
A company's culture can have a huge impact on quality. A Pennywise and Dollar Foolish company that I worked at for a short time was selling a testing instrument that sold for $52K. But they were so cheap that they wouldn't spend the money to buy the proper terminal crimper for the terminals that they were using. Instead they had the assemblers tin the ends of the wire with solder and then crimp on the terminal. The crimp was so bad that you could slide the terminal back and forth over the wire. Needless to say this caused an intermittent connection. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Their products were plagued with quality control problems. I wonder why?
bdickens
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Sure. Its just that easy....
Yeah. 'Cause none of the "top tier" manufacturers have ever had to issue a safety recall....
