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February 23, 2010, 10:57 AM | #1 |
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Range Report - Taurus TCP / 738
Bought this little gun and finally got to take it out to the range. Insofar as the mouse guns go, this one feels pretty good in my hands. It's a tad bigger than the Kel-Tec P3-AT, but it does have a slide stop lever, and the specs say that the magazine release is reversible, but I haven't tried to flip it around yet.
All in all I put about 65 rounds through it. 60 rounds were Winchester White Box, and the last 5-6 were Federal Hydra-Shok. No misfeeds, failures to extract, misfires, etc. The trigger pull was pretty smooth, although obviously long, but not overly heavy. My experiences with similarly sized / designed weapons are with the Kel-Tec P32, Bersa 380, Kel-Tec P11, and AMT Backup. I honestly feel this was the best trigger of the bunch. The WWB was very pleasant to shoot - recoil was manageable, and did not hurt my hand in the least. The one magazine of Hydra-Shoks was a lot snapper, and my hand stung a little afterwards - not something you'd want to shoot everyday, but you should definitely shoot enough of your SD ammo to make sure it feeds/fires/extracts reliably. Here are the negatives from the test: *I shot about 3"-4" low of the bullseye at 5 yards. This may be because my EDC is a Springfield XD, which is sighted in for a 6 O'Clock hold. However, I was consciously attempting to cover the target with the sights, rather than place the target on top of the sights. *The slide catch would keep the slide back when engaged by the magazine follower, but would not effectively hold the slide when manually engaged. *On 3 occasions, forcefully inserting the magazine would cause the slide to come forward. I'm not 100% sure, but it seemed to happen every other time, which would make me tend to think it was related to one magazine over the other. I need to mark my magazines and retest to make sure. Overall, I was very pleased with the gun. Knowing that this was a brand new design, and purchasing it in the first year of its production, I was ready for problems, but encountered no major malfunctions. I'm going to continue to keep this one in the rotation at the range and will report on its progress. |
February 23, 2010, 05:37 PM | #2 |
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Just got back from the indoor range with the TCP I got this weekend. Too much snow to get to the outdoor range so I loaded up 5 95gn RN to see how the load would work. I't just 5 shots but went smooth as silk. My group was a touch low at 5 yards but it shot a 3 inch group (probably just dumb luck). I'll load up the rest and give see how it does in quantity.
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February 26, 2010, 10:54 AM | #3 |
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Palabman - that's some pretty good shooting. After a group like that, I'd call it a day right there as well
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February 27, 2010, 07:21 PM | #4 |
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Yeah... I'll tell you what, this little gun continues to impress. I loaded up the remaining 45 cases as follows:
15 with 2.9 gn WW 231 and 95 gn lead RN 30 with 3.2 gn WW 231 and 95 gn lead RN Both were fired at 5 yards. The hotter load grouped at about 4 inches but the lighter load grouped at 1.5 inches. I had one fail-to-feed out of 50 so far. |
February 28, 2010, 08:35 AM | #5 |
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I shot my TCP for the first time yesterday. It was my first time with a .380 so it is possible I am the cause of the problems. On the first magazine the slide locked back with one round left. I racked the slide and it went in. Second and third mags had a stove pipe and failure of the slide to lock back after the last round on both. I noticed that there is a small gap between the base of the magazine and the stock. It was pinching my pinkie. I changed my grip a bit and the next four magazines shot well with no issues. I will clean it up real good and give it another try.
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February 28, 2010, 09:25 PM | #6 |
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I also have a gap between the grip and magazine but both mags fit about the same. Other than the one fail-to-feed like you described it didn't effect the shooting though. I think mine failed on the last round also.
I did give it a good cleaning before I shot it the first time and each time after. As soon as the snow melts a little I'd like to get it out to the outdoor range. |
February 28, 2010, 10:01 PM | #7 |
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sights
I shot low on my first range session too. Is there a trick with these low profile sights?
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February 28, 2010, 11:25 PM | #8 |
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I was a little low and to the left myself but it was a good group. I seem to remember a chart out there (maybe on glockmeister.com?) that suggested reasons for consistently hitting off center.
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February 28, 2010, 11:39 PM | #9 |
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Here it is...
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