Anyone have Tarus P709? What do you think?

[pcgizzmo]

I'm thinking about buying one of these or a Walther PPS. I like the price of the Tarus but don't know about the reliability for every day carry. I woulld love to hear from anyone that has thoughts of one or another.

[Napier]

I have one in stainless. Very reliable, shoots everything. I like it much better than my Kel_Tec PF9, which it is comparable to. I carry it when I can carry bigger than a pocket pistol, but not full size. Pack it in a Comp-Tac Minotaur and you have a winner.

[pcgizzmo]

Thanks! Thats the kind of stuff I want to hear. It makes me feel good about buying one.

[A-R]

I'd recommend you try trigger on both first. PPS feels heavier and gritty at first, but smooths out to a nice 6 pound pull with crisp break after it is properly broken in with about 1,000 dry fire pulls.

Taurus Slim has a LONG take up before a lighter break than PPS.

I love my PPS. Slim wasn't out yet when I bought it.

[G.A. Heath]

I have a 709 Slim, and its ok. I would not regret selling it, but I do not regret buying it either. The slim has a DA/SA trigger which can not be decocked but does give you second strike capability. Overall its a gun I can recommend, but I do advise that people go shoot it before buying one.

[Tregs]

One of my hunting buddies has one and uses it for and EDC. He trusts it enough that he bought his wife and daughter each one to carry.
I have another buddy who bought one and hated it until someone told him to clean the cosmoline out of it. No more jams. Now he's a big fan and carries it daily.

The only thing they don't like is the pinky dangle. The guy at the gun shop said there was a mag extension available to eliminate the pinky dangle, but they can't find one. Maybe it's available by now though.

Go for it. Thin is in. I love my Kahr P9.

[RPB]

I have one, stainless, I like the top loaded chamber indicator, the thumb safety, I wear it around the house, and sometimes as a BUG to my Glock, I like the huge trigger guard area in winter for gloved hands when fishing outdoors, honestly, I haven't fired it yet.

I bought it because 1) Stainless (fishing) 2) gloved hands (fishing) 3) thumb safety (in life vest pocket-fishing)

I slid a "small" Hogue rubber grip on upside-down and trimmed it around the mag release.
(helps grip especially when hands are slimy from fish, or wet (fishing)

"mag extension available to eliminate the pinky dangle" ...............yes it's a baseplate, or a mag with that baseplate.

Taurus was "supposed" to come out with extended extra capacity mags like 10 round or something.... never happened yet, I'm guessing it may not.

[wgoforth]

Taurus says they do not plan to come out with the extended magazine for the 709. I had to send it back twice after purchase, as it had ejecting issues. Shoots 100% now and feels decent in hand, good compromise between a mouse gun and a full size. Some are calling it "the Glock that Glock wishes it made" as it has a slight Glock appearance plus the Glock trigger saftey. But, unlike Glock, it is a single stack and has a manual safety. At some point I will probably sell it, but like it enough that I'm in no hurry.

[brandrum]

I have the 740 slim...very reliable so far(250 rounds without one problem) very accurate and very concealable. For the price I think you definitely get what you pay for....the trigger has a pretty short reset so be careful of unintentional double taps.

[e-bil]

Would you rate it for pocket carry or only IWB?

[pbwalker]

My wife has one and loves it. It fits her hands perfectly and she is very happy with it.

I personally can't stand the trigger on it and all other Taurus Polymer pistols. The only Taurus trigger I have liked is the PT-101. I've never tried their revolvers.

[maverick2076]

A good friend bought his at about the same time I bought my CW9. He let me put a box of rounds through it. It wasn't a bad shooting pistol, but I much prefer my Kahr. I was more accurate with it and it just felt a little more solid and well-built. I found that that oversized trigger guard interfered with a comfortable shooting grip.

After shooting them both, I felt like I made the right choice for me. My buddy with the 709 felt like I made a better choice, too. For the approximately $50 difference (the CW9 is $402 new at Champion in CS), I think I got a better deal. However, that's my opinion. YMMV.

[RPB]

Would you rate it for pocket carry or only IWB?

It "can" fit in large cargo pants pockets, but is carried IWB better IMHO.