Thinking about buying one. Anyone have an opinion on this as a inexpensive 9mm handgun as far as reliability etc.?

I am a fan of Taurus revolvers. Almost every Taurus semi-auto has been a pain in the butt for me that's been back for repairs with mixed results.

I bought a G3C a couple of years back. Dry fired it less than 12 times (which you are able to do, this was not abuse of the gun), and something in the trigger 'snapped'. This caused the trigger safety to no longer function. The trigger would go back and be able to fire without having to have a finger on the trigger. I sent it back, and they said they fixed it and got it back to me within a speedy 2 weeks.

After getting it back, I dry fired 4 more times and it worked. On the 5th pull, there wasn't a loud snap like before, but there was an obvious break of some kind and the trigger safety again had issues. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I don't know if putting in a new trigger would solve this, but it does make me not use this pistol for any reason and makes me tell this story whenever I see someone ask about the G3C. I can't recommend it, but I do know people on the Taurus forum love theirs.

Have a G2C, the earlier version. Works great, never had any issues.

Do you still have this gun and did you fire it at the range? A gun like that I would have likely demanded a new example from Taurus and if they would not provide one I would have sold it for whatever I could get.

As with most folks, for me, absolute reliability(or as close as I can get) is THE number one issue with any handgun.

I have had multiple Tauri (?) for decades... and utilize a PT111 Millennium G2 in my EDC rotation... the grandpa of the G3.. it has been 100 percent reliable.

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Not a lot of feedback but not much percentage in buying a pistol that MAY not be reliable - just because the gun and the ammo are cheap. Cheap doesn't count if the gun goes click at a critical time!

May give up the whole idea of a semi-auto and stick to revolvers only, which is where I am now.

My G2C in .40 cal has been reliable for over 1000 rounds. My Taurus M44 4” revolver has been great also.

I'm not much help BUT I have a G2c I bought used that last year
I put thru 1900 rounds of reloads thru without a problem. I shot
100+/- a week all summer and it ran fine.

I know that's a sample of one but FIWW some of them run great.

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I feel like the G3c (I own one) is an amazing bargain. Well designed, too: reliable, ergonomic and with that neat second-strike capability.


And I'm not inclined to speak favorably of Taurus products.

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