Hey Michael, about Taurus pistols...

[CJS3]

I've had 12 Taurus weapons from 1990 to present. I still have 7. The only problem I'v ever had was with a 44spl revolver that lost timing. Two weeks after sending it in, it came back good as new. I sold it a few years ago to a friend who still has it.
I took a white tail with the model 689 and I carry the PT145 as my CCW. I have no complaints about the product.

[PegLeg45]

Nice collection, CJ.....really like the looks of those panels on that 1911.

[sjones66]

I've had several taurus pistols over the years.I now have a 709 slim.I've put about 350 rounds through it and the only problem I've had is on the fully adjustable rear sight.The windage adjustment was fine but the elevation wouldn'r raise the sight.I called taurus and they said send the sight back and they would send me another one.Othe than that it functioned perfectly,no other problems.As far as size,its really nice,you hardly know its there.There is very little recoil to speak of.It doesn't feel any worse than my glock 19. sj

[Michael Bane]

Bob Morrison, the top guy at Taurus, is a good good friend of mine (even though he once spent a whole afternoon trying to talk me into buying a Norton-yellow Ducati cafe racer in Miami). I have bought up those hard questions with him, and his response has always been Taurus will unconditionally stand behind their guns. Period. Yes, I have seen Tauruses tank, but I have seen virtually every brand of gun tank at one time or the other. My Taurus lightweight snub .38 is a gun I've carried for years off and on; now my Sweetie carries it (believe me, I wouldn't let her carry anything that wasn't 100%). We shot the snot out of my Taurus 1911 and it ran flawlessly and remains extremely accurate and totally reliable. Ditto for one of their .357 Raging Bulls I've had for years. I think the Judge is a brilliant concept executed brilliantly...I've shot a lot of them and they have all been flawless. At the offices in Florida I've shot pretty much every gun in the line, and there's none of them that give me pause. I've also spent time with their QC people, and they are serious and thorough. My philosophy on guns remains that they're all individuals, and I won't carry or recommend one that I haven't personally put the rounds through. I'm interested in getting a 9mm Slim myself, because it is an intelligent package. I'd also like to point out that Taurus has never put 1 penny in any of my projects!

Michael B

[Jkwas]

The Wife and I were at the range this week and being the sales clerks were standing around doing nothing at the time, I had them show us a number of pistols in the display case.  We looked at the SR9C, Walther PPS, Glock 19, a few Berettas and the Taurus Slim.  Out of the whole batch the only one that really impressed us was the Slim.  It's like a trimmed down Millenium pro with a number of improvements.  And the Ergo's are really nice.  If I didn't already have a Pt111 Mil pro that I'm completely satisfied with for five years I would definately consider this gun.  The biggest disapointment was the PPS.  It was much bigger and heavier than I thought it would be.   
I have two Taurus handguns, both work great.

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[seeker_two]

What I've noticed about Taurus is the guns that they've been making for a long time (PT92, M85, M94/941, etc.) tend to be reliable performers. Their QC problems tend to pop up when they introduce a new product....seems to take them a longer time to resolve QC issues and get the product reliable (remember the "Total Titanium" line?) than some other gunmakers.  If Taurus would spend a little more time on the front end getting the design right, they'd save a lot of money & hassle on warranty work.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy one of the more "established" Taurus designs if the price was right.  And I'd rather spend the money that I'd pay on shipping a Taurus back to Florida on having my local gunsmith fix the problem....most of the time, he can.

[kmbrman]

  As of late, as in the last few years I've watched Taurus pull even with the Big Boys  such as Smith, and Ruger's snubs.  I recently had a Taurus 605 snub that had a lock-up like a bank vault ,better than Smiths. Also the BC gap was much tighter .  The accuracy was very good but my ageing eyes needed a better sight picture. I traded for a Glock 26, I can see the sights better. Nothing was wrong with the Taurus. Good pistol !

[Walter45Auto]

You sorta ripped the other guy off in that one, kmbrman.

[Jkwas]

You sorta ripped the other guy off in that one, kmbrman.

Let me tell you.  The Taurus 605SS is the first handgun I purchased and it is still my preferred carry gun.  It's extremely accurate, has thousands of rounds thru it and I wouldn't give it up. I'm sure I would do just as well with a S&W M60 but as long as the Taurus is running on all cylinders I'll stick with it.  The Glock 26 is pretty nice too but semi-auto's, especially double stacks, tend to be very bulky.  Especially at the back of the slide area and grip part of the frame.  For me this is a negative when carrying concealed. 

[kmbrman]

Jkwas ,  I hated to let the 605 Taurus go for the reason you mentioned about how easy it carried.  But the 26 has more rounds and I've sort of had to adapt to the thickness problem . If only Glock would work on a more flat and easy to carry Pocket pistol ,that would be great. Maybe the marketplace will convince them to produce something  similar to the 709 Slim that Taurus has out.