July 8, 2009, 02:46 PM | #1 |
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Got ahold of Taurus today
well,I had my taurus 94 sent in to be checked out due to misfires,and just like everyone says,it's been taking forever.They said today that they got the gun may 20 somethingith,and it is going to be another week before they send it back.That's like 8 weeks almost.That's a long time for something so small like a spring or whatever the problem is.I'm too much of a novice to figure it out myself,so I just sent it in.I still like taurus,but it is still annoying
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Now add the price of shipping to your gun and it does not seem like such a good deal, and that's if they fixed it right the first time. I played this game with taurus 3 times and after that I learned not to buy a taurus anymore. I hope your gun is fixed.
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July 8, 2009, 03:46 PM | #3 |
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luckily the gunstore that sold me the gun is really nice and didn't charge to have it shipped.
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Their quality is a crap-shoot; roll the dice and see what you get. For me, I'll pay extra for quality...every time. I owned one Taurus, and will never own another. Daryl |
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Could be worse, you could own a Rossi.
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July 8, 2009, 06:33 PM | #6 |
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I had a taurus revolver in .357/.38 and it was amazingly accurate and reliable. Maybe just the revolvers are ok? Are the Taurus Revolvers considered to be unreliable these days?
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smoke,
I don't know about the taurus revolvers of today. Mine was an older revolver in .38/.357 mag, and I wore the dang thing out amazingly quick. It was accurate enough, but a fella ought to be able to shoot 10 boxes of ammi through a revolver without shooting it loose. And it was REALLY loose. Daryl |
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all in one stop shopping.
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July 8, 2009, 10:50 PM | #11 |
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Don't worry!!!
It WILL SHOW UP.....11 months later.... Like the rear sight dad sent them. It arrived...He mailed it in August 08=Recieved it June 09...okay...only 10 months. What peeved me, is 1/2 the time they would tell the truth, they are back-ordered and don't know when it's going to be shipped. The other half, they OUTRIGHT LIED. And said it was shipped, would be the next day,etc..... We both decided against buying a Taurus, just because if you someday need a part....you might not get it. |
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My condolences on owning a Taurus.
My unlce has a taurus millenium he uses for ccw and me and my cousin give him crap about it all the time. My father has a Taurus .357 magnum he uses for hd that is extreamly accurate for a Taurus but it's a revolver and therefore less Prone to haveing issues. Well with owning a Taurus it's never an issue it's the whole dang subscription.
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Their "lifetime warranty" means you can keep sending it back for life and someday they might get it right. But you'll never trust it again.
Got rid of mine, and will never get another. (By the way, Rossi is owned by Taurus.)
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I guess I've been lucky
I've owned two Taurus semis and not had a problem with either.
The first was a PT92 9mm. My current handgun since October 2006 is a PT1911. Again, no problems, but I am pretty confident that since the pistol can use standard Colt parts, I or a local gunsmith could fix any problems. I am a moderator on at taurusarmed.net, and have read a lot of complaints about customer service - more so than about the products. And the PT1911 seems to have much fewer complaints than other models.
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Hmmm . . . The PT92 and their 1911.
Neither one of which was a Taurus design. That means they are much better copiers than creators. Had a Millennium that at least once per magazine it would not fire when you squeezed the trigger back. You could hold it all the way to the rear and nothing. However, let go of the trigger and BANG! Also about every 5 rounds the magazine would release. Neither is good for a defensive gun. It took three trips back to Taurus to fix it. Customer service would not pay for any of the shipping, nor concerned for the amount of time (or number of times) to make it right. Got rid of it, and will never have another.
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the pt92 isn't a copy,taurus was under contract by beretta to make the gun.And a 1911,cmon,that isn't copying anyone.
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taurus revolvers
Taurus revovers were S&W revolvers slightly redesigned.Buna Punta owned S&W and Taurus,smith sent there older machines to taurus,and they put coil
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Maybe "copy" isn't the right word, but Taurus didn't design the PT92, Beretta did. Taurus didn't design the 1911, J.M. Browning did. Point is: If these are the most trouble free Taurus automatics, it's because Taurus had nothing to do with their design.
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It was the .357 that did it, all 2 of them. I do have it for a HD, but it's a back up, for a back up, for a back up. Loaded with light .38s. The second one has been reliable, all 50 (one box) .38spl rounds. |
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Good luck. Hope it comes back fixed and is trouble free from here.
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"Once you're no longer a novice, you'll have learned to not care much for Taurus."
hmmm......novice huh? i started my gun collection more than 30 years ago. i would guess my collection is larger than most and it includes many top name brands.......and yet my last 2 purchases were a taurus pt145 and a pt1911. i also have a pair of pt92's a mod 605 in 357, mod 44 in 44 mag and a rossie 357. these guns have all been accurate and trouble free. i have never had a problem with any of these guns. i wish i could say they same about some of my more expensive, "high quality" guns. i believe "most" taurus bashers have never even owned a taurus. |
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Beretta won a military contract to produce sidearms for the Brazilian military and one big stipulation of the contract was that they had to build a plant in Brazil to produce them and to use Brazilian labor. When the contract was up, Beretta was going to dismantle the plant and haul the machinery back to Italy, but the cost was high. Taurus bought the plant, the tooling, and the rights from Beretta to build pistols on that equipment. Beretta signed off on it for money, then went home to Italy and changed the design of the 92 and that's when the Beretta moved to the slide mounted safety while Taurus stuck with the frame mounted one. Taurus has made the PT92/99 since then, making small changes along the way (including the hammer drop safety). It's true that they didn't design the pistol, but they certainly aren't under contract to make them.
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Ohoh, put the Taurus down and back away.....No really, good luck and start shooting. But anytime you change your mind about that Taurus, I sure won't fault ya. Oh heck, maybe ya got a good one.
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Taurus, Yep,you can't mention the name with out it turning into a bash party for sure.
I guess the truth is they fall some where in the middle as far as quality,as far as customer service they are a complete failure,even with there lifetime warranty. The revolvers seem to be much better then the autos. I personally have a Taurus 85ULB I must have been lucky I have never had a problem with mine,it's been totally reliable, and for a 2" snub pretty damn accurate, I did break a part,my fault when I was putting in reduced springs to lower the trigger pull and when I found out the shipping costs and turn around time involved with there warranty work it actually worked out much cheaper to just bring it to a reputable gun smith , while it was there I said to hell with it and just had him do a total trigger job on it for me, It has since become my favored BUG. Lesson learned,research the taurus model well your thinking of buying for reliability, If you do buy it and have problems, find a good Gunsmith close by if possible and see if the cost of him doing the repairs isn't worth the headaches,aggrevation,& cost of having to ship it once or even several times for them to get it right. (Always consider you might acquire double the shipping charges with Taurus,an unfortunate but real prospect) On the other hand in the crap shoot game if you do get a good auto or revolver from Taurus You get a damn good gun,none of the basher's here can deny that aspect! I'd put my Taurus 85 UL up against any S&W of the same category. Some people are just Bias,because they have a gun of a certain manufacturer they think that's the only good gun,while others are more open minded,to each there own.Every manufacturer has there share of gun failures,it's how they handle those failures!Unfortunately Taurus hasn't gotten that yet,I guess there sales are to good because of there pricing,but at some point it has to catch up to them......... |
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