Taurus TCP Suprise

[michpatriot]

Trigger issue

My cousin had one for a while with a weird problem, if you slowly pulled the trigger back while aiming and then aborted the trigger pull without firing the shot, it wouldn't fire on the next pull. Rack the slide and pull straight through and it would fire fine. but stage the trigger and then not fire it returning the trigger to its rest position as if you had decided to not shoot would result in a failure to fire the next try of the trigger..every time. Turns out a lot of the TCPs do it and you might not be aware of it Taurus said to send it back. Scary because you could pull the trigger, decide not to shoot the round, reholster, and the next trigger pull was sabotaged for failure, the only solution would be to rack another round in and pull the trigger all the way through in one motion. The ejected round would have a very slight/light primer strike as if it had not fully cocked the striking mechanism but had partially tried to but somehow with the releasing of the trigger and then trying another shot it would cause it to not strike the primer hard enough.Weirdest malfunction I've ever encountered.

 

[jrclen]

I bought a TCP brand new when I got my concealed carry permit. I had to send it back because it refused to fire the last round in the mag. When it came back, it worked perfectly. I carried it daily until I bought my Shield 9 recently. It's small, light, and fits in a pocket perfectly with a Desantis pocket-tuk. I loaded it with Hornady critical defense rounds. I'm very fond of it.

 

[Old cop]

After reading Post #21 I tried this w/my TCP and found no such problem thankfully. I'm not doubting the story but am just greatful mine functioned perfectly.

 

[Buckeye63]

I have two TCP's ... Both great performers ...

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

When the TCP came out I heard a lot of good things about it and reportedly compared well to the LCP for a couple bucks less. At the time they were more pricey than they are now. Back then I paid $300 for a LCP that sells for $169 today.

In general, I believe a lot of function issues with these type of little pistols are shooter related. More than once a guy at the club has handed a malfunctioning pocket .380 to me and it worked flawlessly. The last one was a Sig .380 the owner was cussing that he spent $500 on a piece of junk.

 

[hardknocks]

Odd

My cousin had one for a while with a weird problem, if you slowly pulled the trigger back while aiming and then aborted the trigger pull without firing the shot, it wouldn't fire on the next pull. Rack the slide and pull straight through and it would fire fine. but stage the trigger and then not fire it returning the trigger to its rest position as if you had decided to not shoot would result in a failure to fire the next try of the trigger..every time. Turns out a lot of the TCPs do it and you might not be aware of it Taurus said to send it back. Scary because you could pull the trigger, decide not to shoot the round, reholster, and the next trigger pull was sabotaged for failure, the only solution would be to rack another round in and pull the trigger all the way through in one motion. The ejected round would have a very slight/light primer strike as if it had not fully cocked the striking mechanism but had partially tried to but somehow with the releasing of the trigger and then trying another shot it would cause it to not strike the primer hard enough.Weirdest malfunction I've ever encountered.

This is not good, but I don't think I have ever pulled a trigger half way and then decided to let off the pull. Why is this done the partial pull?
Just wondering.

 

[Ziggy2525]

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In general, I believe a lot of function issues with these type of little pistols are shooter related. More than once a guy at the club has handed a malfunctioning pocket .380 to me and it worked flawlessly. The last one was a Sig .380 the owner was cussing that he spent $500 on a piece of junk.

True.... but if someone is having shooter induced malfunctions at the range under no stress (limp wristing, etc.), it's only going to get worse if a BG is on top of them trying to kill them. IMO, better they move to a different pistol that's not as sensitive.

I had (and sold) a Glock 42 that was very sensitive to grip. I have an LCP and Shield that, as long as you're not blocking the slide, shoot reliably pretty much no matter how you hold them.

 

[glenwolde]

I had one of the early ones (had an A suffix) and had a little trouble with it. I could only get though fifty rounds or so and then it would start having feeding problems. Not really an issue for me, but a problem none the less.

After about 1,000 rounds it started failing to extract. It would pull an empty about half-way out and drop it.

It went back to the factory and was home inside of two weeks with a new barrel and extractor, plus a magazine thrown in.

After that it ate most everything I threw at it, from lead bullet reloads to XTP's. Just wouldn't shoot some steel case. The extractor was too tight for them to slide under. A friend and I shot 400 rounds through it in one session and it had zero failures.

Has a really great trigger for a tiny gun. I no longer have one. I'd get another but they've discontinued them which can be a problem with Taurus. But at the "clearance" price point one could just consider them disposable.

 

[CharlieSW]

Mine just runs and runs - the only issue is that I tend to neglect it until it starts to get gummed up from pocket lint, and I have to clean it. I don't know if it is inherently accurate, but it is one of those guns that, for me, just shoots where I point it.

 

[TomkinsSP]

In general, I believe a lot of function issues with these type of little pistols are shooter related. More than once a guy at the club has handed a malfunctioning pocket .380 to me and it worked flawlessly. The last one was a Sig .380 the owner was cussing that he spent $500 on a piece of junk.

Funny, never had a revolver care which way or how it was being held, teacup, upside down, gansta 90 degrees, whatever...