I read just page #68 of this thread and the stuff that gets said in a thread like this is truly remarkable. I own a Taurus, a .40 S&W, a Remington 870 Express, and a Mossberg. All were slammed on page #68 here. Every one of my examples is an outstanding gun.
I know some Taurus guns are junk. Not all are though. Most aren't. Mine is fantastic. It shoots .45's with target accuracy, holds more rounds than any .45 even close to it's size and has never had one single issue with feeding or ejecting or firing a round. I did have one round that took an extra strike (something Taurus makes easy) and since it did fire on the second strike that clearly shows it was an ammo problem and not a gun problem. The fact I've fired over 5000 rounds through it without another similar incident pretty much proves the point. I had a friend set up 3 empty .45 cartridges with 2 being at 20 yards and the other at 25 yards. He wanted to see how well I could shoot. I hit the two cartridges at 20 yards to the point that they could not be found to inspect the damage. I missed the third one by less than an inch. Not bad for a gun with less than a 2" barrel. Lifetime warranty, very narrow for a double stack (more narrow than some single stack .45's), a rail, a fine trigger and several other good features like a first class grip and nearly perfect ergonomics (for me of course). I wouldn't sell that pistol for 3 times what I paid for it.
I can hear it now about the Express. Rust bucket, misfires, misfeeds, blah blah blah. None of those things are true of my Express. It doesn't have a speck of rust on it after 5 years. It never misfires. It never fails to feed. The bead is set perfectly and I can swap barrels on it in 30 seconds if I feel like it and chokes aren't much of a hassle either. What's not to like?
My Mossberg has been working perfectly for over 60 years. I did have to have it re-blued once about 20 years ago.
I bought a .40 because it is heavier than a 9mm and faster than a .45. Plus they make ammo for it that will penetrate car door steel and car windshields even at an angle (which is almost always the case with windshields). If you travel the roads at all you will likely have had idiots harass you from their car. Some jerks near where I live followed people around shooting up their cars not so long ago. That's when I bought the .40. I saw an article on Hornady Critical Duty ammo and I knew I needed a carry gun that fired that ammo. And it is extremely good ammo. The pistol holds 15+1 rounds which is close to 9mm capacity but it has more power. Not bad IMO.
This is why I think these threads are a waste of time. People hear things and they repeat them never knowing if they're really true for one thing. I was hanging out on a shotgun board once and a guy came on asking about what shotguns to own and there was one guy who constantly ragged on the Express because he had left his in a foam case and it rusted. No amount of telling him that any gun would rust in those conditions made any difference. The guy was told that the Express was a rust bucket. Within a week the guy was arguing with me about what junk the Express was. I had about 45 years experience with shotguns. I literally grew up on a trap range. Well it was in my back yard but people came from all over 3 states to shoot there. He had exactly one week of advice he got on the net. I had an Express with no rust on it. That didn't matter. He assured me that it would rust in no time. That was about 4.5 years ago. I still don't have any rust on that Express. And I'd bet that bozo is still telling people that they will rust in no time. One week and he was an expert that knew more than me. Yeah right. He probably slept in a Holiday Inn the night before that comment or something. But it probably wasn't a real Holiday Inn. He just thought he was super genius shotgun man - after one week.