Taurus SPECTRUM

I just received mine a couple of days ago. Have not shot it yet. Disassembled it to clean and stone some sharp edges off- very few. Any sharp corners on the plastic frame I took a knife blade and just scrape them off to a small radius on the trigger sides and the very top rear corners just under slide rails. One reason for my getting this pistol is because of all the radius and melting on it to make it a comfortable pistol to carry. If I feel any sharpness or burr I smooth it down. I'm a machinist by trade, plastic injection mold maker and yes I am anal about sharp burrs. Deal with it.
Also reading about the light strike problem I took the slide components apart and put a 7mm or .2756" drill in where the firing pin goes and found the hole to be slightly tapered smaller the farther I pushed the drill in. Put the tang end of drill in the hole, not the cutting end so you have a solid shaft going into the FP hole. I could just barely get it in 3/4 of the way before it started to get tight. I put some oil on the drill shank and worked it in and out and roundy round till the rough machine marks were smoothed over enough to let the drill bottom out in the FP hole. it didn't remove hardly any material , just smoothed the hole out enough to make the trigger pull a lot less gritty feeling.
Next mod I may do is on the sights where I machine some small grooves on each of the sight posts to hold a little white or glow paint. Like on my TCP .Since the grooves put the paint below the surface it lasts along time and repaintable should the paint come out or get dirty colored.
I feel the Spectrum is a way better designed pistol then the TCP, easier slide pull , feels way better. TCP may still have a smoother trigger though.

Don't own one, nor do I have any desire to own one. My pocket carry choices have gone Glock42, SW Bodyguard, and Beretta Pico. Also recently picked up a Beretta Nano which can be pocket carried, not as concealed as the others however. It's more of a is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just excited to see me concealed weapon.

All of that being said, which you didn't ask about anyway. My only suggestion would be, IF you purchase a new Spectrum make sure to take it out and shoot is very soon after your purchase. The only consistent complaint I have read on the pistol is having to do with light primer strikes.

And while Taurus does offer a Lifetime Warranty their return window of time as to where Taurus will pay shipping both directions for repair has shrunk down to a pretty tight time frame.

The only thing that would tick me off more than a new pistol purchase where the firearm failed to work as it should, would be to have to pay almost 25% of the purchase price just to send it back to the factory for warranty repairs.

Be sure to post photos after your purchase.

Fishinkeylargo said:

Have you handled the Bond Bullpup yet? Hopefully I get to shoot one soon. The owner has not shot it yet so I patiently wait my turn.

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Just a newbie question here but I am curious about the Bullpup!
so if the ammo is PULLED from the magazine instead of being pushed is it still a clip or do we call it sumfen else???

finally got to shoot pistol and machine 3 Dot sights into slide. I've manually cycle the slide umptine times and pulled the trigger against a snap cap 100s of times and everything works great. No fail to feed, eject or light strikes. Does have primer bulge but seems to work like a swiss watch. My favorite carry piece now.