Taurus bashing gets old. They do make some really good firearms. I know they have made some real junk at times but stop by and I'll show you just how well my PT-145 works. It's never jammed even once through thousands of rounds and it will shoot as accurate as "any" pistol at 20 yards. I demonstrated that to a friend by shooting empty .45 casings at 20 yards. I shot twice and hit both the ones he had set up for me. Accurate and dependable and inexpensive - yeah that's junk. I would never have bought the thing but LGS owner gave me a 30 day trial period. It fit my hand like a glove and I knew the first day I was going to love that pistol and I still do. I keep it next to where I sleep. I trust it as much as any pistol I own including some stuff everyone here would think was a good pistol - like a Sig P220.