Back in the late 70s I was a security guard. The company was planning on having some "armed guards", as they could charge more for them. They bought a Taurus version of the Model 10, to try it out.
At the range, fired six shots, opened the cylinder and it came out of the gun. The crane had fractured and the cylinder broke off.
In the early 2000s I was working at a gun shop with a range and rental guns. One was a 4" ported Ti Taurus 357. It got rented a lot. It started spitting - lead and powder. Examination showed that the space between the top of the barrel and the bottom of the topstrap was packed full of lead. Apparently the gun had been shaving lead forever, and packing it up top, and when the space got full it started throwing the lead off to the sides. Took a dental pick and cleaned it out, and the spitting stopped, but it should not have filled up in the first place. Cylinder not lining up correctly with barrel?
My two experiences with Taurus, 25 years apart.
It's a piece of garbage.
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