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by Soccerdad1995
Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks
Replies: 43
Views: 9936

Re: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks

EastTexasRancher wrote:Both of mine have run flawlessly from day one, 11 years ago. Out of the box, on my bench, cleaned up, de-burred, and to the range.

Sorry y'all are having problems, that's got to be frustrating.

ETR
Some would consider de-burring as a step that should not be needed for a new gun to work flawlessly. That's a part of what I referred to above as a "fluff and buff". Personally, I am OK with fine tuning my $300'ish guns a bit, and I don't expect them to run perfect out of the box. I feel differently about an $800 gun, but that's not what we are talking about here.

Taurus makes a good product for the price. They are just inconsistent as heck. I feel the same way about Kel-Tec.
by Soccerdad1995
Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks
Replies: 43
Views: 9936

Re: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks

zmcgooga wrote:When I purchased mine about a year ago the first time I went to the range it I couldn't get it to return to battery to I had to send it off for warranty repair. 4 weeks later I finally got it back but I will say I've put 500+ rounds through it without one malfunction and I trust it enough to carry it.

I do think the the rule at Academy were they won't let you test the trigger is asinine, it prevented be from buying a pistol there one day. The manager behind the gun bar looked at me like I was an idiot when I asked if I could test the trigger. I told him thank you, took out my phone, took a picture of the price and went across the street to Gander Mountain. They let me test the trigger on the same pistol and gave me 10% off Academy's price.
I think there are a lot of folks out there that believe dry firing will damage a pistol, and Academy is trying to appease them by showing that the display model has not been dry fired.
by Soccerdad1995
Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:08 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks
Replies: 43
Views: 9936

Re: 6 weeks Taurus... 6 weeks

Taurus is no doubt swamped right now with warranty repairs related to their recall settlement. That might be exacerbating the delay.

I have had mixed luck with Taurus. I bought a PT 24/7 is .45 ACP that had significant issues with FTF from day 1. That gun is recall eligible, so I am considering sending it in, but might do a bit of a fluff and buff first to see if I can get it to work. On the plus side, I had a PT 709 Slim that worked great.

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