I hate to admit it

[oldandslow]

I went to the local gunshop Wed. afternoon to kill a little time. Weather has been not so nice all week. A front blowing thru everyother day so it has been WINDY and I just had to get out of the house. I didn't pay attention and let a Taurus 24/7 OSS long slide follow me home. I finally pulled my cap down tight and headed for the caliche pit today even thought the wind is doing 40-45 mph. Loaded it up with cheap Monarch 115 gr. FMJ brass cased ammo. Shot at an old beer can around 15 yards and hit it every time for four shots. I was very surprised. Then it jammed. Cleared the jam and continued to try to destroy the can. I was doing a pretty good job but had a stovepipe on the last shot in the clip. Switched to some cheaper steel cased Monarch. No problem. Tried some Blaser and no problem. I went back to the original ammo and shot the rest of the box without any more trouble. I did notice that the steel cased ammo shot higher and to the right of the brass cased stuff. The Blaser was back on center but shot high. Can't find any other ammo right now to try to see how it handles the good stuff.

I have four Taurus, Taurii, whatever plural is, now. If I ever have a problem with any of them, you can bet I won't mention it on this forum.  The reason I brought the 24/7 home is the way it fits my hand. It fits better than any other 9mm I've ever picked up. Not quite as good as a 1911 but still pretty good.

[BullyDawg19]

what ever you do dont dry fire it. my new oss 45 just went back to taurus because the firing pin stop on the bottom of its slide split like a bananna for about 1/8". and this was with snap caps. taurus said they have had numerous problems like this. i didnt think anything about it cause i was dry firing it with the snap caps just trying to work it in a little bit. took it to the range and got 6 shots down range before it acted up. lock you slide back and look at the underside of it. the square rail that holds the striker is not that substantial - keep your eyes on it.

[shootinpreacher48]

i have had that happen with one other Taurus, and all it needed was to be broke in so that may be the only thing needed to be done to it right now. if it continues after several hundred rounds then i would call Taurus on it, and they should fix the problem.

[omcforever]

Took me 6 months so far to get warranty work done and still not repaired,,,,,,,Good luck.

[mzwosta943]

After all of the bad press I've read about Taurus firearms, a person would be tempted to throw all of their Taurus guns in the dump. Apparently, I must be one of the luckiest guys in the world when it comes to them. I presently own 7, including the Model 62 stainless pump 22 rifle.
I have NEVER had one single issue with any Taurus firearm I presently own, or any one that I have owned in the past. (other than the rear sight coming loose on a PT145).It seems to me if they were really that bad, the law of averages would dictate to me that I woiuld have had at least one bad one, but, honestly, I never encountered a problem. They been/are a reliable firearm & have been right on target from the box.
I've never had to return one, or have any work done to any & haven't really had to do any major sighting in.
Like I said, I must be one fortunate dude!
Here's my present family:
(3) Trackers (22, 357 & 44mag
PT1911 Ltd. Edition w/ gold trim & rattlesnake grips
PT945 SS w/ gold trim
Mod. 85 SSCH  38 spec.
& not shown, Mod 62 pump 22 SS
My son talked me out of my 40 cal 24/7 & my titanium Mod 445 44spec.
Just sold my Raging Bull 454 to purchase the PT1911
My other son got my PT145 & a frien of mine talked me out of my PT22
Like I've stated, never a problem with any.

[His lordship.]

mzwosta943...I had 4 of them at one time, they all worked, in fact they were reliable and accurate, but....My snub barreled .38 was partially out of time on two cylinders, steel was soft.  The little .22 revolver also was out of time on 3 cylinders, the large .357 magnum was out of time on 3 cylinders.  The clone of the Beretta 92 was fine, but I suspect the aluminum frame was also soft as the wear from the slide impact was very noticable after only 700 rounds through it. 

All of the revolvers had the hammer hitting one or both sides of the frame as the hammer came down due to poor fit.  Still, each gun worked for putting bullets into the paper.  I sold/traded them all off for better guns as time went on.  I am lucky that I did not feel a need to send them into the warranty station.

[44 Man]

You gun may have just needed a little 'break in' time.  They say with all handguns to shoot a couple hundred rounds through them to break them in.  Good shooting.  Enjoy.  44 Man