Posted on 08/01/2015 11:41:38 AM PDT by aimhigh
My brother has an AIA Mini-mag III in .30 Carbine. Stainless steel, 6-inch barrel. That thing is a real hand-cannon. 30 Carbine is light for a rifle, but hefty for a pistol. Quite loud.
It’s so heavy and long that there is minimal recoil. The 6-inch barrel moves the noise far away from your ears. You aim it by pointing your trigger finger at the target, and only use the sights for fine tuning. Very natural aiming, and quite accurate.
Unfortunately, it went out of production many years ago, and there are almost no spare parts available. The firing pin on the thing broke a few years ago, and a gunsmith had to make a new one.
That’s why I like my Romanian TTC. It’s loud but accurate. Fits the hand surprisingly well. Tip ‘o the hat to our esteemed Travis McGee for his advice.
True. I'd be embarrassed to admit that I own a Taurus. I like Sigs and HKs, and some morons can't understand why I'm willing to spend up to $1k on a pistol. I tell 'em that I don't economize on my life.
Me. Crappy gun
Misfire?
Travis McGee was the one, here on FreeRepublic, who convinced me to purchase a CZ-52, along with enough ammunition from Poland to re-fight WWII.
I think that Tracker Ti was one of their best ever.
“Her concealed carry holster fell to the floor as she was undressing, then her Taurus pistol went off with a bullet going through her groin, through her stomach, and into her liver.”
While this is tragic, it does not seem to be a misfire, but rather a safety malfunction.
Quite a different animal.
It really wasn’t a fatal “misfire”, was it? It was more of an “accidental discharge”.
You get what you pay for.
“I know nothing about the Taurus but how is this possible? “
Taurus has a striker block safety that’s supposed to prevent firing in just this sort of case. Since so many of the same model are being recalled, I’d say there was a serious design or quality control problem.
This kind of firing pin block safety has been the source of recalls for other firearms companies, and nearly all firearms companies have had recalls in the last several years.
I have a PT145, I bought it to carry as I like the idea of .45 ACP. I found, shortly after I acquired it that in the cocked position, with the safety on, a solid slap on the side would drop the firing pin. I sent it to Taurus for repair. They got it back to me in fairly short order. Now it doesn’t seem to drop the pin with a slap, but the firing pin will follow the slide down about one time in three. It has never slam fired but I would like to know if my semi auto is likely to be cocked, even if it is a double action. I am very disappointed, but I still have it as I don’t feel right selling it to some guy who might try to carry it.
A 9mm S&W 669 in the pocket.
If you want to carry a gun in your pocket in the State of Arizona, you are required to have a pocket.
I have a PT145, I bought it to carry as I like the idea of .45 ACP. I found, shortly after I acquired it that in the cocked position, with the safety on, a solid slap on the side would drop the firing pin. I sent it to Taurus for repair. They got it back to me in fairly short order. Now it doesn’t seem to drop the pin with a slap, but the firing pin will follow the slide down about one time in three. It has never slam fired but I would like to know if my semi auto is likely to be cocked, even if it is a double action. I am very disappointed, but I still have it as I don’t feel right selling it to some guy who might try to carry it.
A 9mm S&W 669 in the pocket.
If you want to carry a gun in your pocket in the State of Arizona, you are required to have a pocket.
Get a Sneaky Pete holster for your LCP. You will love it. Maybe as much as I love mine :)
“I’d be embarrassed to admit that I own a Taurus.”
I’m not. My 92 has over 7000 rounds through it, and except for the 100 round break-in, I’ve never had a FTE, and the only FTFs were due to cheap ammo. It’s accurate, reliable and well-assembled.
I also have a 709 as my primary carry gun. It only has about 2000 rounds through it, and I have never had a single FTE or FTF with it.
Taurus has a poor (perhaps undeserved) reputation, but I’ve never had any problems with mine. I never buy the first two years’ models, but that should be the case with any new model.
Ruger, Springfield and S&W have all had recalls in the last few years. Both Ruger and S&W had exactly the same problem as Taurus, and Springfield’s pistols could fire by just releasing the slide. I will admit that Sig and HK do have good reputations, with only minor recalls or manufacturing errors in recent history, but I got both Taurus pistols, and extra magazines, and holsters for what you paid for your HK.
I don’t overpay for same performance, and I’d be embarrassed if I did.
Oh, I use a Tagua pocket holster. At the time I was looking for one for my wife to use when carrying under a cover garment. We finally got her a no-name one that she likes just fine.
She tried to like it, but it simply wasn’t reliable. Also, the shop made it worse when they tried “to tell us” that “they didn’t take guns back.” Then the owner tried not to refund the sales tax saying that he’d already paid it to the state. I asked him just how much he’d be willing to spend not to give us back about $85.00. The good news is that we have two new shops that have opened up in the area and both of them have state of the art indoor ranges! In California yet!
I have a PT145 Millenium Pro and have never had any problems with it. But I don’t drop loaded, cocked firearms on a regular basis...
My Taurus TCP is a much better pistol than my Ruger equivalent (better trigger pull, more accurate and less perceived recoil). I keep the Ruger LCP around to let people shoot, so they can compare the two different pistols. I also had a Ruger LC9 that kept dropping the magazine if you had big hands (your hand would put pressure on the base of the magazine). I first thought that I was hitting the magazine release, until I realized that it only occurred if the base of my hand was touching the base of the magazine.
The lesson here? Every company makes mistakes and some designs are superior to others- regardless of the manufacturer.
OBTW, I really like Ruger revolvers.
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