PS: My experience with Taurus has been dismal.
Yer standards are too high. LOL
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.
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.
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