Another junk Taurus.................

I agree completely with the 'all Taurus guns suck' overgeneralization. My G2 runs like a top with pretty much any ammo I feed it. However, as some already know, I bought a TCP based upon the value and reliability of my G2. It could not have been any more opposite. The TCP I had DID suck. Cleaned it meticulously, dry ran snap caps through it, cleaned it again, tried to run various ammo types through it, cleaned it again, and it CONTINUALLY jammed, FTFeed, FTEject, stovepipes. I never actually got more than 3 rounds through it before it malfunctioned. So I cleaned it and tried it again. Same problems. Over the next few months, I eventually came to the realization that it was more trouble that it was worth and traded it (with full disclosure) on a Ruger LCPII. The Ruger runs flawless out of he box. Now, I will NOT say that 'all Taurus guns suck' nor will I say that 'all TCP's suck.' But the TCP I had did suck, and I chalk that up to Taurus spotty QC. I really wish I had gotten a good one because I liked the little gun and the value it offered. But I think I just got a one-off lemon. YMMV.

texastaurusguy said:

That's what I figure about 90% of all the "all Taurus guns suck" rants are, is people who don't know how to take care of a gun or don't think cleaning it is all that important. :icon_rolleyes:

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Yep, and it typically comes from the same folks who buy cheap guns with the extremely negligent attitude, "Welp, if it breaks, then who cares? It was cheap anyways!" who then ultimately goes on to get angry when the self-fulfilling prophesy inevitably comes to pass as a direct result of the relevant behavior that goes with such an attitude.
After that, they loudly proclaim, "[insert low-cost brand here] is junk! I bought one once and it stopped working on my second range trip!" each and every time the brand is mentioned in their presence for the rest of their life, blissfully unaware that his Colt/Smith/Kimber/etc would have failed just as badly (if not worse due to tighter tolerances) had he taken it directly to the range without cleaning it, fired the cheapest/dirtiest ammo he could find through it, dropping the magazine(s) into the dirt several times for the duration, threw it in the back of his debris-littered pickup, took it home, then came back to the range again the next day still without cleaning it.

My dad's Sig P226 that I inherited was having an issue where the trigger wasn't resetting forward after i fired it. The trigger had to be pushed forward with my finger until it reset, then I could pull the trigger again. This gun was made well before the end of the cold war in 1989, it says "Made in West Germany" on the slide. I was going to send it back in for a complete spring replacement and cleaning, where they do everything and don't send it back to you until it's in perfect working order. That costs $150 or so. I decided to give it a good cleaning and try one more time before I sent it to Sig, and I cleaned that gun very thoroughly with Gunscrubber and Ballistol and lubed everything nicely, and sure enough when I went back to the range, the trigger was resetting on it's own.

I'll likely go ahead and send it in for a much needed deep cleaning and spring replacement, but I didn't just throw up my hands and say, "all Sigs suck". There are just too many youtube videos out there and online help like on this site, to not put forth a little bit of effort and give it a try.