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twhidd · September 22, 2013, 08:33 PM

I work for a small gun store part time. The last 709 we had in the store went back to Taurus a few days after the customer purchased it. The gentleman brought the gun back and asked us to send it for him.

He found what he thought was a crack in the slide where the guide rod comes through the front. Upon closer inspection, it looked to me to be inferior casting rather than a crack. None the less it to went back to Taurus.

When we got it back, the service ticket only indicated that it was "repaired". I don't think they replaced the slide. It appears as if they just filed the blemish out of the metal.

On a positive note, it was only gone for less than a week.

September 22, 2013, 08:33 PM	#5
twhidd Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2005 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 823	2013 Taurus 709 Slim I work for a small gun store part time. The last 709 we had in the store went back to Taurus a few days after the customer purchased it. The gentleman brought the gun back and asked us to send it for him. He found what he thought was a crack in the slide where the guide rod comes through the front. Upon closer inspection, it looked to me to be inferior casting rather than a crack. None the less it to went back to Taurus. When we got it back, the service ticket only indicated that it was "repaired". I don't think they replaced the slide. It appears as if they just filed the blemish out of the metal. On a positive note, it was only gone for less than a week.