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  • dsgrey

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    We had a his/hers versions of those one time. We put a few thousand rounds through them before selling. They were too unreliable due to jams like many mouse guns. I'm sure every handgun model has "exploded" at one time and it would be interesting to understand why this one exploded.
     

    Sasquatch

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    This is why I'm still leery of Taurus products. Years ago my grandfather decided to 'upgrade' from his old S&W Chief Special .38 - he traded it at a gunshop for a Taurus Millennium Pro - that gun had a broken ejector right out the box. Gun shop swapped it for another (gun shops don't typically trade out guns so I was surprised at that) for another. The 2nd gun he got couldn't put 5 rounds in 5 inches at 7 yards for any shooter who tried it. A trip to Taurus fixed that issue - they didn't indicate if the barrel was jacked up or the locking block or what. After maybe 500 rounds total thru it after ward though, one of the ears on he trigger shoe cracked at the pin. That convinced him to get rid of it (he gave it to a family member) and he bought a Glock 26 (my original recommendation to him) to replace it.

    A friend of mine picked up a Taurus G2C last year. I shot it. He shot it. He's probably got over a thousand rounds thru it without hiccup at this point - and I admit I was tempted to get one as a spare gun because they were selling for $159.99 on sale - but my previous bad experience with them just won't let me buy a modern Taurus auto.

    I did own for a time a Taurus .357 Mag - old school original blued steel and solid build quality. I didn't put many rounds thru it - I toted it as my anti-cougar gun for a while when venturing into the mountains back in Oregon. If all Taurus pistols were made like that, I'd have no issue buying or recommending one - but Taurus uses poorly cast slides vs forged, and their MIM parts just aren't upto the quality you find in higher tier guns. Investment casting can be good, if you do it like Ruger / Caspian, but Taurus isn't Ruger or Caspian.

    I hope the dude recovers, and I hope he replaces that little pocket rocket with a better gun like an M&P Shield, a Glock 43, or a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard.
     

    toddnjoyce

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    Just a guess here, but the slide failure sent the back half into his face causing the injuries. At least 14 M9 slide failures were documented in the 80s with 12K guns(a little under 10% of the DA inventory at the time) rejected by the Army and leading to an engineering change by Beretta.


    I’d be real interested in some metallurgical analysis on that slide.

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    Axxe55

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    I don't get really all concerned about a firearm breaking, or blowing up or any other major catastrophic failures until I see the underlying factors that caused the issue to happen.

    A lot of people like to jump on the bandwagon and start blaming the manufacturer. Taurus has been the recipient of that bashing many, many times in the past. Some deserved, some not so deserved. Fact is, I have seen catastrophic failures in just about every brand of firearm over the years. It happens.

    I have seen many cases where the gun was blamed for failures, when many times it was owner induced factors, that cause the failures, and not from the firearm itself.
     

    kenboyles72

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    This is why I'm still leery of Taurus products.........I hope he replaces that little pocket rocket with a better gun like an M&P Shield, a Glock 43, or a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard.

    So what about the other manufacturers that have had similar issues? All listed above have had issues, yet you still recommend those.
     

    Spcwolf

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    My dad and I broke 2 Taurus revolvers, by shooting them. Both times they seized up, one way or the other. We sent them back, they replaced it, we had more issues.
    We sent it back and that was the last Taurus we ever owned.

    there is just too many quality firearms to be had on the market. For just a little more money you can have a s&w. Not that those are fail proof, but the reputation they have is deserved.
    I second buying the bodyguard 380 or a model 637 or 642 for a pocket pistol. The J frames are dead nuts reliable.
     

    rotor

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    He shot three rounds and then kaboom. Barrel looks okay, slide broke into pieces. Squib? Out of battery firing? Sure would like to see the brass. I would bet this is an ammo and not gun problem but all speculation for now.
     
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