Until a few months ago I had 4 Taurus guns. I had the 9 MM Model 92 and yes, the trigger is awfull! :x . It had a measured 7 lb pull, looong! The pistol was reliable, rather poor accuracy, however, and when I bought it in 1997 the gun had a good reputation, they were not breaking apart (slide cracks) like the Beretta made ones were with the police and military. When I bought a CZ-75 a few months ago and really experienced how a decent trigger is...I sold the Taurus 92 (same as model 100 but in 9 MM instead of 40 S & W).
I also bought 3 of their revolvers, the small framed.22 cal. had improperly honed cylinders, would freeze up on certain ammo after discharging them, had to use a cleaning rod and small hammer to knock out the rounds, did some honing on it to smooth the cylinders, sold it anyways. I wanted the large framed .22 but it had multiple defects, and the gun dealer was selling it like that! :shock: The large frame .357 magnum that I bought in 97' had 3 cylinders slightly out of time, on a low mileage gun too! Also a defect in the rifling, but it shot really well otherwise, sold it. My short barreled .38 seems fine, accurate, still have it. My sister bought a Taurus .357 magnum snubby in stainless back in 1996, tools marks on it, had the crane loosen out and jamb the gun until we figured out to turn the threaded assembly back in.
I have also heard that the metalurgy on their revolver's internal parts is soft. Although the cylinder bolts on all of my Taurus revolvers seemed fine.
At the time, 1997, there was not much alternatives to choose from. Smith and Wesson was evil, Glocks were/are spendy, Colts were too expensive, and Astras (Interarms) were real iffy, assuming you could buy one. HK, Rugers, Sigs were also not alternatives, expensive, or I did not think much of Ruger then, etc.
Taurus needs to work on their quality control! The only way I would buy another Taurus is the small concealable revolvers, check them really well before buying, and as these hide and conceal guns are not shot much anyways, they should last. I know they have a nice warranty deal, but you have to send it in, and why is it that so many of their guns that I have used were so defective?
