You are kidding - these guns can't shot - or can they?

[300 Win Mag]

My friend Biran gave me a call Wednesday evening and said a very close friend of his was wanting to sell a 9mm pistol. This guy bought one for him and one for his wife but she wanted even a smaller one in 380 to just put in her hand bag, so the guy decided to keep his but sell hers. He told Brian that he would sell it to him for 200.00.

Well, Brian didn't want a 9mm right now so he ask me if I wanted to buy the thing. I wasn't real sure, because I had three revolvers and one pistol made by this company through the years and they were very good shooters but have heard so much negative stuff about this brand especially on some forums and I was about to shy away from the deal. So Thursday morning I called Brian and told him to pick it up and I would meet him later pick up the pistol.

What was really cool was he did pick it up but gave it to me plus two boxes of 9mm Winchester 115gr FMJ ammo. So today, I went to the range to see if I could hit anything within reason and if so might use if for a carry.


Well hear are the results:


Target is fifteen yards away standing: The pistol holds 13 +1

First target fourteen rounds (had to get use to the trigger) it shot a little left and after group adjusted sights.

Second target fourteen rounds after adjusting sights an having a better feel for the trigger.

Think I will keep this one shooting factory win ammo this good.



Taurus PT 609 pro

 

[lilshaunsdad]

they are not bad little pistols. I had an identical one but it was a .40 The only problem I had with mine was it was sometimes very hard to break down. Just follow the instructions completely or it is a pain in the arse.

 

[Sin-ster]

Awesome.

Now put 1k rounds through it.

Per week.

For an entire match season, plus 2 months.

Get back to us when you're done.

 

[Sugarbug]

Awesome.

Now put 1k rounds through it.

Per week.

For an entire match season, plus 2 months.

Get back to us when you're done.

Subscribed!

 

[Tx_oil]

Look on ANY gun forum and you will find Taurus haterade by the gallon.
I have owned three (all revolvers) and have no complaints.

 

[300 Win Mag]

Awesome.

Now put 1k rounds through it.

Per week.

For an entire match season, plus 2 months.

Get back to us when you're done.

really You mean you shoot matches with a ccw? Interesting indeed.

 

[returningliberty]

 

[300 Win Mag]

You are such and optimist

 

[300 Win Mag]

Look on ANY gun forum and you will find Taurus haterade by the gallon.
I have owned three (all revolvers) and have no complaints.

I am inclined to agree with you one hundred percent on this one and in light of the Taurus striker fired handguns for sure. Excellent piece for the $$. Let the snobs who have to throw their money at some foofy brand name go right ahead. I couldn't have done any better for twice the price.

 

[300 Win Mag]

Look on ANY gun forum and you will find Taurus haterade by the gallon.
I have owned three (all revolvers) and have no complaints.

I am inclined to agree with you one hundred percent on this one and especially in light of Taurus striker fired handguns. Excellent piece for the $$. Let the snobs who have to throw their money at some foofy brand name go right ahead. I couldn't have done any better for twice the price.

 

[dwr461]

http://www.grantcunningham.com/blog_files/no_taurus_work.html

http://www.grantcunningham.com/blog_files/9327c0de843e9141d5f799a1f763031c-887.html

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/04/daniel-zimmerman/taurus-no-more-bull/

Dave

 

[300 Win Mag]

I enjoyed those reads, thank you for posting all three links.

 

[dwr461]

I don't own any Taurus so I can only pass along what I've read. You're welcome.

Dave

 

[enigma]

grabbed a good deal there

 

[BOSS351]

One of my best buds bought a stainless Taurus 92 back in the mid to late 80s brand new and STILL shoots the crap out of it and remains tight and accurate. I have personally not known anyone to have any problems with Taurus with the exception of a PT111 Millenium Pro. Don't remember the caliber but had a number of problems and went back home...

 

[Sin-ster]

really You mean you shoot matches with a ccw? Interesting indeed.

Production. So essentially, yes.

You got one that works. Currently. It proves little to nothing-- even less than seeing a couole dozen fail per year.

There's no revelation here; I'm sure there's Lorcins out there that can claim the same thing, in a single-case scenario and across a short period of time.

You're happy with the gun, so who are you trying to convince? We gun snobs who throw away so much money (LOL) on proven track records are happy and stuck in our ignorance.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

they are not bad little pistols. I had an identical one but it was a .40 The only problem I had with mine was it was sometimes very hard to break down. Just follow the instructions completely or it is a pain in the arse.

Funny you should mention that. One of those ended up on a traffic stop in the violators car, and I ended up having to bring the guy to my office for questioning of something. I had planned on putting the pistol back in the guys car before heading out with him, but he asked me if I could take it with us to the office, and teach him how to break it down to clean, as he could never figure out how. So after we did what needed to be done at the office, we had like a 20 minute "safety and maintenance" class in our squad room. It was really really frickin nasty inside. He said all he had done for maintenance before(around 3 years of ownership) was squirt some wd-40 in the "holes". It looked like toothpaste inside.

 

[300 Win Mag]

Production. So essentially, yes.

You got one that works. Currently. It proves little to nothing-- even less than seeing a couole dozen fail per year.

There's no revelation here; I'm sure there's Lorcins out there that can claim the same thing, in a single-case scenario and across a short period of time.

You're happy with the gun, so who are you trying to convince? We gun snobs who throw away so much money (LOL) on proven track records are happy and stuck in our ignorance.

Touchie aren't we

 

[goodburbon]

Neat little pistol. I had one in .45 It was accurate, and I broke it trying to take it down for cleaning.

 

[CJB1911]

This reminds of the thread of a few days ago with the guy and the range glock.

If your happy with the Taurus that's all that really matters.