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To: diverteach

PS: My experience with Taurus has been dismal.


34 posted on 03/19/2006 5:47:08 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yer standards are too high. LOL


37 posted on 03/19/2006 11:28:14 AM PST by B4Ranch (The truth is good for you, like sunlight, but too much all at once can really hurt.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I bought a Taurus P22 for my girlfriend, I thought it would be a pretty gun for her to enjoy. Of course I had to take it to the range and try it first!


What a miserable experience. First of all, the gun is too small to shoot even the .22 comfortably. I think a woman who wasn't very comfortable with gun would not like shooting this gun after a while.

Secondly, it jammed and jammed and jammed. I think the problem was the cheap little tinny magazine, I saw how it was misfeeding, and then pinched the top lips of the mag together slightly to change the angle it entered the chamber - then it fed well - until I heard something "pop" inside the gun, and the gun literally fell apart in my hands.

I gathered the pieces together, sent them to Taurus and they fixed the gun, but I just keep the thing in the closet now. I consider it one of my "mistakes".

I was in a gun shop and a guy bought one of those - it was his first gun and he said wanted something for self-defense. The customer looked a little loony, I think maybe the dealer sold him that gun so he wouldn't be able to hurt anyone with it. I sure wouldn't want to have to depend on that gun.

42 posted on 03/19/2006 8:31:42 PM PST by Fido969 (It's all about ME)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Mrs. L bought one of those titanium Taurus revolvers in .44 spl and she's very happy with it.

We haven't had any quality issues and for a snubby it's remarkably accurate.

Since I handload for the family, cost isn't really an issue. I've worked up a load that pushes the 230 gr JHP at around 900 fps and is reasonably controllable even from the lightweight frame.

L

46 posted on 03/20/2006 12:27:35 AM PST by Lurker (I trust in God. Everyone else shows me their hands.)
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