Alternate Headline: Problems with/for Taurus
This video was put together by Richard Mann over at Empty Cases. What is happening is very similar to what Caleb discovered with the Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun. Kel-Tec fixed the problem. Taurus seems to think its not important enough to want to bother.
Basically the problem lies in the fact that if you dont completely let off of the trigger when firing, the gun will not completely "reset" and allow you to fire again. Thats a big problem in a self defense situation where you can easily get too excited from the severity of the situation and you may find yourself rushing the trigger reset. That could cost you your life.
This video was put together by Richard Mann over at Empty Cases. What is happening is very similar to what Caleb discovered with the Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun. Kel-Tec fixed the problem. Taurus seems to think its not important enough to want to bother.
When I first discovered the problem with the Taurus TCP I contacted Taurus and made them aware of the situation. After all, it was a new pistol and sometimes it take a bit to work the bugs out of a new design. They advised me to send it back and I did.I will also note that in the video we hear that Taurus was not happy about this being publicized in an article in an unnamed gun rag.... and decided to go with a different author to do the write up.
When it was returned they indicated there was a problem with the magazine. I couldn’t see how that would contribute to the problem so I contacted them again and spoke with an engineer who advised me on the correct way to pull a handgun trigger. That’s when I realized that Taurus had no intention of correcting the problem.
Basically the problem lies in the fact that if you dont completely let off of the trigger when firing, the gun will not completely "reset" and allow you to fire again. Thats a big problem in a self defense situation where you can easily get too excited from the severity of the situation and you may find yourself rushing the trigger reset. That could cost you your life.
Ok, let me start off by saying that I have owned a Taurus TCP for about 1 year with about 1000 rounds through it. I took it to the range about 2 months ago, I wasn’t doing anything out rageous with the gun just aiming at the target and shooting holes through it with standard .380 ammunition and in the middle of firing, the trigger breaks completely off, just like that. The actual polymer trigger broke off leaving the metal in stud left, which you could not press to fire another round to save your life, no pun intended. So I called Taurus and told them about it, they took all of my information and I paid about $60.00 dollars to send it to Miami for repairs, I got it back in about a month.
ReplyDeleteSo let’s fast forward 2 months later to now, I was at the range last week punching holes through paper with my Taurus TCP and in the middle of firing, my gun starts stovepiping and failing to eject. So I take the gun apart and a small metal piece falls out through the magazine weld, it happens to be part of an ejection rod that broke off. Again, I wasn’t doing anything outrageous. So I call Taurus customer service again, and told them about the history of this gun, this time they offer to pay for it to be shipped to them by emailing me a shipping label, so at this point my disposition is a little bit better, being that I used this as my EDC and if I had been in a gun fight, I would be dead both times, needless to say that my confidence in this equipment is a little less reliable than a staple gun, actually I would prefer the staple gun, atleast I can destract the offender and put an eye out. This will definitely be the last Taurus that I buy. By the way I never received the shipping label in my email to print out like they said, I guess that I’ll shovel out another $60.00 bucks to send this novelty item back to them for repairs.
Taurus TCP 738 cost: $300.00 dollars plus tax.
Taurus TCP 738 shipping cost for repairs: $132.00 dollars UPS and counting.