Taurus 850 SS Ejector problems?

I've never had to send a Taurus back. Heck, I've only sent two firearms back to the factory, a Rossi for a broken firing pin and a Phoenix Arms HP22 for a cracked slide. the Rossi took a while, but Phoenix Arms was quick and very good service, even called ME t tell me they received it. I had it back within a couple of weeks and was plinkin' away. LOL Cool little cheap gun, very accurate, even if it is a pot metal gun. I've heard Taurus is a little slow, just takes some patience. If I have to send one back some day, no biggy, I have over 20 handguns and a good selection of 'em are carry guns, or at least carryable even if I don't carry them that often. I'm adding a Ruger SP101 to the battery, for another one. ;D Ain't like I have to go unarmed or something.

Yeah, all you have to do to replace the ejector star is unscrew the rod (left hand thread) and it comes apart, no biggy. I'd just have ordered the part for something that minor. If a gun starts to get timing problems from all the wear or something, I'll use the lifetime warranty, but for little stuff I can do myself, I don't see the need to bother with sending it in.

I wouldn't put too much weight to the stories you read on the net. There are people out there with agendas and Taurus bashing seems to be a national sport sometimes. They're decent guns. I'm pretty convinced, though I've never had to use it, that the customer service is slow. I've heard three to four months is pretty well expected for turn around. I think if you explain the problem well, they'd get the job done. In many cases like yours, the gun is functioning fine. If the tech that looks at it doesn't know the complaint clearly, just looks at it, cycles it, sees it's shooting fine, you might get it back as was. Someone who posted on the board was screamin' mad that they didn't fix his gun's finish after he cleaned BLACK POWDER (was a .38 or something) residue with ACEDIC ACID aka vinegar. Well, ya know, you just have to take such criticism with a grain of salt. In the first place, the gun's finish is only 2 years warranty or something like that. Second, soaking the gun in VINEGAR???? Sheesh! There are other companies I've read about that are bashed incessantly on the net, some of which produce some of the strongest, best designed, best made guns extant in my experience. Hey, you just got to realize that gun nuts are opinionated SOBs sometimes. ;D There are a lot of 'em out there that won't buy ANYTHING that doesn't say Smith and Wesson on it. Anything else, in their opinions, is junk. Too, I've heard several other companies bashed for their customer service. I don't know if it's true, but I read such things with a grain of salt.

Anyway, if it comes back and you aren't satisfied, I'd just buy the part and in 2 minutes, you can install it. If you don't want to order from Taurus USA, I bet you could find the part at Numrich Arms aka Gun Parts Inc http://www.e-gunparts.com/ . These guys are good and have a LOT of inventory for all sorts of hard to get parts and such.