Taurus TCP 380

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dwer12

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Taurus TCP 380

Anyone have experience with this pistol?

I can’t get mine to fire reliably my friend and I bought our pistols the same day. We both have problems with cartridge ejection. At least every other mag. shows a jamb on both guns!! I had the range officer fire mine he stated you must hold these pistols very tight, he had the same problem!
Mine is back at Taurus for the second time, same problem. If you send your pistol back even for the second time you go to the back of the line. So far Taurus has had mine for a month total.
I asked for a new pistol Taurus stated they never do this, I’m stuck.
I’ve fired at least two hundred rounds through it so it’s not a break in issue, just a bad Taurus!!!

Beware folks if you buy one?
 
Try a Bersa thunder.380

I have had my Bersa .380 for 4 years now and it functions flawlessly,and its very accurate,not to mention they have been around a lot longer than Taurus, they are not expensive either,and very well made,if you want a good reliable .380,I would check it out.
 
Taurus Jam-O-Matic .380

dwer12 said:
Taurus TCP 380

Anyone have experience with this pistol?

I can’t get mine to fire reliably my friend and I bought our pistols the same day. We both have problems with cartridge ejection. At least every other mag. shows a jamb on both guns!! I had the range officer fire mine he stated you must hold these pistols very tight, he had the same problem!
Mine is back at Taurus for the second time, same problem. If you send your pistol back even for the second time you go to the back of the line. So far Taurus has had mine for a month total.
I asked for a new pistol Taurus stated they never do this, I’m stuck.
I’ve fired at least two hundred rounds through it so it’s not a break in issue, just a bad Taurus!!!

Beware folks if you buy one?
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I bought a new TCP .380 in Sept and could not get more than 2 rounds to fire w/o a jam. Average of 3 jams per clip, almost always FTE (Failure to Eject).

The gun was returned to Taurus, and I received the package back after 10 days. The end of the package said "new gun" so I assume they just replaced the pistol. The new gun has the same problem, often jamming on the first shot. Will call again tomorrow, but I will never be confident with this gun as a concealed carry. Probably OK if used as a single shot only.:mad:
 
It is your right to bitch about a POS gun I would and have, but all I can say regarding the 738 is my wife and I each carry one as a bug, would not use it as a main carry, I dont beleve the little 380 is enough on its own, you have to be close and shot placement is critical, however in the time we have had the 738s we have probably put well over 1000 rds the two guns, and have not had a single gun caused malfunction, had some junk ammo once, primers dented but no boom, but I have to say one thing about Taurus cust service, IT SUCKS. :angry:
 
robertisright said:
I bought a new TCP .380 in Sept and could not get more than 2 rounds to fire w/o a jam. Average of 3 jams per clip, almost always FTE (Failure to Eject).

The gun was returned to Taurus, and I received the package back after 10 days. The end of the package said "new gun" so I assume they just replaced the pistol. The new gun has the same problem, often jamming on the first shot. Will call again tomorrow, but I will never be confident with this gun as a concealed carry. Probably OK if used as a single shot only.:mad:
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Do you have previous experience with small, light pistols? I would bet a donut that you are limp wristing this gun. Have you tried it with a tight, two-handed grip?

If so, sorry about your bad luck!
 
Another thing, and I'm not advocating one over the other, but we also had a Ruger LCP and a cheap raven I think it was, also in 380, biggest issues with the ruger was the trigger pull it seemed like a mile, and it was real bad with cycleing if limp wristed, a lot worse than the Taurus, as I said in a previous post if I had a gun that screwed up it would be gone, no sending it back for repair, no trading it for another of same, just gone, one example, not to offend Hootman but my wife and I had three of those (SCCY 9mm) I think the only way your going to hurt BG with one of those is to throw it at them, in fact the episode with the SCCYs is what convinced me that if a new gun of any kind screws up, trade it back off imeadeatly, no repair, no send it back, just get another brand gun
 
No problems with my TCP

I purchased the Taurus TCP and absolutely love it. No jams or problems after a break in period of 250 rounds. It's very accurate and has a buttery smooth trigger pull. I'm very happy with my purchase.

dwer12 said:
Taurus TCP 380

Anyone have experience with this pistol?

I can’t get mine to fire reliably my friend and I bought our pistols the same day. We both have problems with cartridge ejection. At least every other mag. shows a jamb on both guns!! I had the range officer fire mine he stated you must hold these pistols very tight, he had the same problem!
Mine is back at Taurus for the second time, same problem. If you send your pistol back even for the second time you go to the back of the line. So far Taurus has had mine for a month total.
I asked for a new pistol Taurus stated they never do this, I’m stuck.
I’ve fired at least two hundred rounds through it so it’s not a break in issue, just a bad Taurus!!!

Beware folks if you buy one?
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dwer12 said:
Taurus TCP 380

Anyone have experience with this pistol?

I can’t get mine to fire reliably my friend and I bought our pistols the same day. We both have problems with cartridge ejection. At least every other mag. shows a jamb on both guns!! I had the range officer fire mine he stated you must hold these pistols very tight, he had the same problem!
Mine is back at Taurus for the second time, same problem. If you send your pistol back even for the second time you go to the back of the line. So far Taurus has had mine for a month total.
I asked for a new pistol Taurus stated they never do this, I’m stuck.
I’ve fired at least two hundred rounds through it so it’s not a break in issue, just a bad Taurus!!!

Beware folks if you buy one?
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No experience with that particular pistol, but plenty of experience (more like a nightmare) with Taurus' poor customer service and crappy products.

Of course there are folks that get lucky and wind up with a good product from Taurus, but it's been my experience and witness that a lot of their stuff is junk, not like I remember it being back in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Problems like sending the wrong parts for a user firearm repair under warranty, 20 pound trigger pulls, to peeling barrel guts, to bad guide rods on revolvers, to a pistol shooting 7 inches low and 2 inches left at just 21 feet, even had a cylinder shoot out of a revolver when it was fired (working as a range safety at the time)...trust me there's a lot more, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Their heaviest problems seem to lie in their newer lightweight revolvers and their polymer pistols. I've not heard or witnessed any issues with the Judge line (yet) and very little issues come up about the 1911 and 92F copies, though I watched a 92F copy shear the ear off of a barrel lug in 1/2 at it's thickest point.

It took 17 weeks for me to get a refund on a PT145 and at that point they still hadn't even evaluated the pistol (it was still in the shipping container), yet they tried to tell me that I just needed to learn how to shoot.

My issue:

Chamber was out of round and casings were oval shaped as they were ejected.
Chamber had burs throughout.
Pistol shot approximately 7 inches low and 2 inches left at 21 feet. Verified by 6 different shooters, 2 of them were armorers.
 
Just another opinion. I know, I know, everybody has them they are like..
Anyway I have a Ruger LCP amd a Kahr P380. I love the LCP. Very accurate little gun.
As far as the Kahr, it is an expensive gun but the quality is there. Just like a big gun only smaller.
 
And for those folks who love everything about the LCP except trigger pull, I've now shot over 400 rounds through mine, and the trigger pull is now excellent and getting better. Not one FTF, and only one FTE when I was first learning to shoot this tiny lightweight gun.
 
Islander said:
And for those folks who love everything about the LCP except trigger pull, I've now shot over 400 rounds through mine, and the trigger pull is now excellent and getting better. Not one FTF, and only one FTE when I was first learning to shoot this tiny lightweight gun.
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No failures of anykind with mine either, and I too think the trigger pull is pretty good. It is also amazingly accurate for its size!
 
I bought my TCP in January 2010 and I love it! I've put over 300 rds thru it without a glitch! For those who love gripping about Taurus products - don't buy them! My daughter bought her LCP before I bought my TCP and hers has been back to Ruger twice, once for a recall and again because the magazine wouldn't eject! Go figure! :no:
 
Just Had my Experience with TCP .380

Ok, I went to my local gun shop and was looking for a lightweight .380. I wanted to get the Diamondback or try the Hellcat, they sold the Hellcat and wanted too much for the DB. So I saw the Taurus PT738 TCP .380, I checked it out pretty thoroughly. ( Found later not thorough enough.) I took it home the 14th of Feb. 2011, and took it back the next day. When I got home I tinkered with it trying to get to know the gun a little better, but when it came to trying to disassemble, the DANG pin wouldn't come out. It was completely stuck. Took it back to the shop and let them try to remove it, they couldn't even get it. So they said they would send it the next day FEDEX to Taurus. So I walked away thinking oh well guess it just happens sometimes. Three days later I called the shop to confirm it was shipped, guy on phone says "you got the serial number", I gave it to him and then he said, " got it right here". I hung up phone and went straight there and talked to the owner, gave me a brand new TCP to trade out, it was the the Fiber Grip model. I was extremely happy and went right to the range. After my experience and reading all the horror stories, I was very happy at the range. I had only one FTF out of the 60 rounds I had shot through it. It ate the PMC ammo and the Hornady hollow points with no problem at all. So I must say I love the pistol. The pin was a defect for sure, but the one I have now performs gracefully proper!!! Go buy one, but inspect it, including the take down pin.!~!!!! Enjoy!!!
 
I've been through the mousegun category and sold them off. Too much in the hand. My KTP3AT was a REAL handful, way too much for my somewhat arthritic hands. I've kept the KTPF9 as my home-office hide-a-gun but graduated to larger-frame pistols, with a Bersa Thunder .380 on order as a warm-weather backup based on recommendations, or, with proper ammo, main sidearm. The rest of the year, 9mm hollowpoint or .45ACP IWB.
 
CapGun said:
Just another opinion. I know, I know, everybody has them they are like..
Anyway I have a Ruger LCP amd a Kahr P380. I love the LCP. Very accurate little gun.
As far as the Kahr, it is an expensive gun but the quality is there. Just like a big gun only smaller.
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Have you had any issues with the Kahr and lighter (non +p) loads? A local gun shop had one in the case and told me they had sold one but the purchaser had problems with it using standard-pressure loads. According to them Kahr suggests +p in this little gun (first time I've ever heard of +p being recommended). He did say that Kahr told them they were re-working the recoil spring assembly to allow it to function better with non +p stuff.

I have a Kahr PM9 and love the thing so I am not trying to bash Kahr in the least. They make a fine weapon.
 
SC Tiger > > > I haven't had any problems with the Kahr but have not put that many rounds through it. I have shot the LCP more and carried it more. I have the Crimson Trace Laserguard on it and it is like a toy to carry especially in the summer. ( I don't mean that as a negative). Planning to get the same laser for the Kahr. You will have me going back to the manual on the Kahr p380 to see what they say about +p ammo.
 
Just another reason I'll never purchase a Taurus. Despite knowing you get what you pay for, I loathe POS guns. They save you in the short run only to kill you in the long run.:hang3:
 
G50AE you like Glocks, some of us don't... I owned a G-22 a few years and only after 200+ rounds through it, the forward slid track broke. Glock fixed it, but only because they were getting a rash of Police Dept. Armourers sending theirs back for the exact same problem. When I got my G-22 back I traded it in for Taurus. I presently own a TCP that I carry daily, and it has performed flawlessly, (as have all of my Taurus'). I respect your right to be a Glock Owner, don't disrespect mine for owning Taurus guns. I own Rossi's, Beretta's, S&W's, and Rugers also, but I won't own another Glock! :yu:
 
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