Nice pics, Flyer. As a photographer pro I must say you've got one helluva lens. Every speck of dust, etc. Don't take any portraits with that lens! Actually, if you back off a bit and use natural light instead of flash you'll have a less "clinical" pic.
My dos centavos.
As for the pistol, I have the exact same, and once I got the sights adjusted properly it shoots to the point of aim every time and has yet to malfunction. At the range today, after I'd blown most of the black out of a paper target, the rangemaster came up, looked at the Taurus, and said, "I seen ads in American Rifleman, this is the first one I ever seen in the flesh. Looks like it does the job, I'd say."
I offered to let him shoot it, but he declined.
Great gun.
bpereira, sorry to hear about your gun's failure. Also disappointed at Taurus' repair wait time. I bought mine a couple of weeks ago and now have about 600 rounds through it. Hadn't cleaned it until tonight. Wanted to see how it shot dirty.