30 Apr 03

From an LEO friend:

"Had to fire on a pit bull a couple weeks ago. My Taurus model 85 in (38Spl) failed to fire the first four times (striker pin struck off center and not hard enough to detonate primer). On my firth pull of trigger it finally fired and scared off dog (am ashamed to say I missed).

I was scared and, needless to say, unhappy with the gun. The next day I sent it back to Taurus with a letter. I got the repaired gun back, with no response. When I called, the person I talked with explained that they had replaced three parts, cylinder locking pin and spring as well as the firing pin spring. He went on to say that they had failed "due to excessive use".

This is a titanium revolver with fewer than 150 rounds through it. I had been carrying it in an ankle holster, but no more. I traded it in the next day on a scandium S&W 340PD.

Good thing that dog didn't charge!"

Comment: Taurus is surely not going to make many loyal customers this way!

/John