Author Topic: Hammer misalignment to frame on Taurus revolvers? (Read 898 times)

His lordship. · « **on:** February 14, 2004, 11:44:04 AM »

I have owned 3 Taurus revolvers, bought in the late 1990s, and each one had a tendancy to have the hammer hit one or both sides of the area of the frame just above the firing pin, when it moved forward after the trigger was pulled to discharge the gun. Two of the guns really did not look good with the steel being gouged from the impacts, and they were low mileage guns too! It was slight, but noticable when I cleaned the guns good, and thought that it seemed like poor quality.

I sold all of my Taurus guns, including the semi-auto Model 92 in 9 MM, (awful trigger pull) but kept the .38 small frame in stainless steel (Model 85?), as the other 2 revolvers had various quality problems. As Taurus has a floating firing pin, and at the time I bought them Smith and Wesson was using the old style attached firing pin (attached to the hammer), has anyone else experienced the gouging effect with their Taurus revolvers, or even the newer Smith and Wessons with the floating firing pin?

Thanks

subfan · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2004, 09:46:06 AM »

I am looking at my RB and do not see any side to side movement of the hammer to the frame. This is with about 100 rounds through it and numerous dry firing sessions.

His lordship. · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2004, 11:09:36 AM »

Took my Taurus Model 85 to the range yesterday and noticed that the hammer is gouging the frame even more, the cylinder has lots of slop, lead spitting on the forcing cone, and this is on a low mileage gun with just 125 rounds of additional semi-wad cutter .38 put through it on that day. I compared it to my Ruger GP 100 and the Ruger is alot tighter in the tolerances, I also took into account that the Ruger is much bigger too. Your experience with the RB might be that the parts are larger and have more bearing surface to be stable.

The Model 85 is a small gun, but after yesterday it is tearing itself apart, and I will not shoot it anymore.

One of the guys I shoot with manages a local gun shop and he pointed out that the Taurus revolvers "don't hold up, especially the big magnum ones".
But, the Taurus guns are cheaper than other makes, and they do have a lifetime warranty on them, so I could see having a RB if it shot well and I was short of cash. The fact that I have had to pursue selling all 4 of the ones I have bought new, is not good.

DirtyHarry · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2004, 03:59:04 PM »

Chris, I am sorry you are having all this trouble with your Taurus products, I would definately ship it back for repairs and an explaination of what is wrong, hopefully you wont have as much trouble as Graybeard has had recently. My theroy on Taurus is that right now for whatever reason the QC dept is in shambles or nonexistant. I have seen first hand some of the "bad" guns they let get out, and this is unacceptable to me.
I dont buy the statement that the big magnums dont hold up though, I find it to be just the other way around, the big magnums I believe are of a higher quality than the smaller framed guns.

If only S&W would get thier act straight :roll:

ftstinyc · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2004, 03:35:08 PM »

I have posted in the past about my experience with Taurus revolvers.
I had four of them and they were all junk except one. That one was a
raging bull in 44 mag. This was the best 44 I ever owned. I do reget
selling it. It was super accurate and never gave me a problem. I guess I
sold it because I was so fed up with the others that I was waiting for
something to go wrong with that one. I also had a PT-99 that was a good
gun but with a lousy trigger as stated above. My son liked it so now he
has it. He does shoot it very well. Some people didn't like what I said
about Taurus the last time but they are finding out now.

DirtyHarry · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2004, 05:23:38 PM »

I have several taurus revolvers and foutunately I have not had a problem, but I have been witness to a few NIB revolvers(not RB's) from taurus that were no good, and it seems to be getting worse. I may never buy another new taurus. The only reason I started buying them in the first place was because of 1. S&W selling out, and continuing to do so,and 2. I just cant hardly bring myself to purchase a ruger and then immediately take it to the gunsmith and have a trigger job done just to have a decent,not good just decent trigger.
I would dearly love to have a new S&W 500 though

ftstinyc · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2004, 02:11:18 AM »

Maybe you can find one used that was a little too much for someone.
You are running out of options unless you want to dig deep in your pockets
and buy Freedom Arms. Besides It looks like Taurus is selling out now
from what I read.

DirtyHarry · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2004, 05:41:21 PM »

ftstinyc,
I couldnt agree more, taurus seems to be involved in some shady left wing looking activities right now. A used one might be an option, but I think I would sill feel like I was supporting them in some way. What I will most likely do is if the need/want for a new handgun arises I may just give the ruger another go.

momsworry · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2004, 06:23:37 AM »

Quote from: DirtyHarry

ftstinyc,
I couldnt agree more, taurus seems to be involved in some shady left wing looking activities right now. A used one might be an option, but I think I would sill feel like I was supporting them in some way. What I will most likely do is if the need/want for a new handgun arises I may just give the ruger another go.

What shady left wing activities are they involved in? I'm curious. I have been considering buying a RB but need to know more about these activities. I spend no money with anyone that I know is on the "other" side.