Taurus "Ribber" stocks on 24/7's

[threoh8]

My son is looking at pistols. Right now he’s looking for a Taurus 24/7, in 9mm or .45. He likes the finned “Ribber” grips he’s tried.
Apparently they’re not available on all the models, and may have been discontinued?

Does anyone have experience with those grips? How do they last? Problems?

[G.A. Heath]

The 24/7 PRO I had with the ribber stock had a serious design flaw. In some situations when the safety was engaged it would be possible to operate the trigger and discharge the firearm, if loaded, even with the safety on. Every ribber gripped version I have handled has this flaw. This issue appears to have been corrected with the non-ribber gripped versions.

To test a 24/7 for the defective safety please do the following:
1: Remove magazine
2: check chamber to ensure the firearm is unloaded.
3: Verify step one, and repeat Step 2 again.
4: Verify step one, and repeat Step 2 one more time.
5: If you know for a fact this firearm is unloaded then proceed to step 6, otherwise go back to step one.
6: Point pistol in a safe direction, just in case.
7: Take up slack in trigger and engage safety.
8: Release trigger it will not return to its forward most position.
9: With gun still pointed in a safe direction: Squeeze trigger, listen for the striker to be released.

I discovered this while at the range with a dirty gun that would not let the trigger go back to its forward most position. I detail stripped and cleaned the firearm to fix the sticky trigger, however the flawed design of the firearm caused me to trade it off. Taurus was not only aware of this flaw, but told me on the phone they had no intentions of retrofitting older models to correct it.

[texasjeep44]

Why would you put the safety on when the trigger is partially engaged?

My 24/7 Pro DS doesn't have the rubber grips, I haven't seen them on any of the 24/7's in some time. I have had zero issues out of my 24/7 when using it and opperating it properly, and it is carried more often than any other gun I have.

[G.A. Heath]

In the case of my 24/7 Pro, the trigger bar and trigger assembly were dirty enough that they were not returning to their original position. The guy I got it from shot a lot of reloads that left some nasty residue all over the gun, which was hard to clean out of it.

[cubbyjg]

My 24/7 Pro DS doesnt have the rubber grips either even though thats what was advertised when i ordered it. The 24/7 is a great starting pistol but i quickly stepped up to a glock once i started to experience failure to feed issues.

[texasjeep44]

Usually the trigger not reseting on the 24/7's is an issue of the shooter riding the safety with their thumb while shooting. This will keep the trigger from reseting properly until you take your thumb off the safety and let it fall back down into the off position.

If you keep your thumb off the safety or place it on top of the safety keeping it in the off position there should be no issues with trigger reset on the 24/7 series guns.

[G.A. Heath]

I assure you I was not ridding the safety, and I shoot enough different guns on a frequent enough basis to say that I know for a fact how to properly run just about any handgun I get my hands on. The only gun I have ever seen dirtier than that 24/7 PRO was the Ruger Standard I acquired about a year ago, and I suspect I was the first person to clean it in about 30 years. Taurus clearly revised the design to correct the safety issue when they did away with the ribber grips. I have issues with specific variants of specific Taurus Products, I have issues with their customer service, but If a gun runs like it should I have no problem with it.