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Re: 651 tigger locks up at times
This is interesting.
Just did some background research on what is already known by many.
What is described above would be next to impossible.
The patents for Taurus safety locking systems had to pass muster with the patent office and did.
Then the JSSP which involves all the gun safety watchdog groups, goverment and otherwise, tested and passed the Taurus systems with flying colors back in the middle 1990s. Every concievable and time consuming testing was accomplished to see if these systems could be made to malfunction or tie up the guns. Revolvers and pistols.
Then this had to pass muster with Maryland,California, and other states safety tests to make it onto their acceptable tests. The state testers are thorough to a fault and try every concievable way to try and flunk firearms. Taurus made these states lists as approved.Making saftey systems malfunction is their business and Lord knows if it can be done, they will do it.
The safety systems are not tied directly to the working systems unless the keys are used or are otherwise manipulated. The reason was so that no malfunctions could occur even with heavy use,being dropped, hit hard, or recoiling. The systems stay out of the way and cannot be moved without direct human intervention. S&W new locks are also designed in this way and have had no real world malfunctions as of to date. Called S&W to verify this with the gunsmiths. Will call Taurus to check with their guys though.
Then again, there may be exceptions to this.
This is interesting.
Just did some background research on what is already known by many.
What is described above would be next to impossible.
The patents for Taurus safety locking systems had to pass muster with the patent office and did.
Then the JSSP which involves all the gun safety watchdog groups, goverment and otherwise, tested and passed the Taurus systems with flying colors back in the middle 1990s. Every concievable and time consuming testing was accomplished to see if these systems could be made to malfunction or tie up the guns. Revolvers and pistols.
Then this had to pass muster with Maryland,California, and other states safety tests to make it onto their acceptable tests. The state testers are thorough to a fault and try every concievable way to try and flunk firearms. Taurus made these states lists as approved.Making saftey systems malfunction is their business and Lord knows if it can be done, they will do it.
The safety systems are not tied directly to the working systems unless the keys are used or are otherwise manipulated. The reason was so that no malfunctions could occur even with heavy use,being dropped, hit hard, or recoiling. The systems stay out of the way and cannot be moved without direct human intervention. S&W new locks are also designed in this way and have had no real world malfunctions as of to date. Called S&W to verify this with the gunsmiths. Will call Taurus to check with their guys though.
Then again, there may be exceptions to this.
Keep us posted on how things work out. 
