Taurus G3C Pistol

[burbguy82]

I personally think that cleaning and lubing your gun should be something every gun owner knows how to do. By taking the pistol apart, you understand it’s components, you’re familiar with how they normally look, you’re better able to understand the function, as well as troubleshoot malfunctions.

So, when a component begins to wear out, you’ll see the difference in operation and be able to correct it with a new spring, or whatever.

I tend to keep every gun in what I call “fully operational“ condition. That means I would have no problems loading up a full magazine, and a spare, putting that thing on my hip, and trusting my life to it.

That means that about every 5,000 rounds or so, the gun gets taken completely apart, the components, particularly the extractor, checked closely, and the recoil spring or assembly replaced.

Agreed...

Agreed to the point where I have advocated through some well known gun rights organizations, to a "trade" basic firearm instruction requirement, for a pathway to sidestep the NFA, and eventually delete it.

Shot the MaxxTech ammo today. Had 5 light primer strikes in 100 rounds. Another guy was at range and he had same ammo and same issues. The monarch ammo from academy shot fine.

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I have has no issues with the ammo brand. I bought a case several years ago, all good. But anything can happen.

One thing I am a stickler on, is the striker/firing pin channel on a new gun. I have seen many times, light strikes with new guns. So as a rule, if I buy a gun, or a friend has an issue with their gun having to do with light strikes.....I check and clean the striker channel out. Of course it takes a bit more know how to get to it, but not hard at all on any gun.

 

[Urshurak776]

Agreed...

Agreed to the point where I have advocated through some well known gun rights organizations, to a "trade" basic firearm instruction requirement, for a pathway to sidestep the NFA, and eventually delete it.


I have has no issues with the ammo brand. I bought a case several years ago, all good. But anything can happen.

One thing I am a stickler on, is the striker/firing pin channel on a new gun. I have seen many times, light strikes with new guns. So as a rule, if I buy a gun, or a friend has an issue with their gun having to do with light strikes.....I check and clean the striker channel out. Of course it takes a bit more know how to get to it, but not hard at all on any gun.

Thanks. I'll have to look at that. Had 5 FTF rounds as in my picture. Not sure if its the gun or the ammo. My sons Glock and the Sig had no issues shooting it.

My son has a friend that is considering getting a Taurus. I may sell him mine and get the Ruger RXM. Looks like a rock solid and reliable 9mm.

 

[burbguy82]

Thanks. I'll have to look at that. Had 5 FTF rounds as in my picture. Not sure if its the gun or the ammo. My sons Glock and the Sig had no issues shooting it.

My son has a friend that is considering getting a Taurus. I may sell him mine and get the Ruger RXM. Looks like a rock solid and reliable 9mm.

I think the major maker all make a good product. If you dont like your taurus and a glock hater, try Springfield XD line. They can be had for 300$ these days.

As to your issue with the ammo, no clue ,my be teething pains, might be ammo.

Good luck

 

[Urshurak776]

I think the major maker all make a good product. If you dont like your taurus and a glock hater, try Springfield XD line. They can be had for 300$ these days.

As to your issue with the ammo, no clue ,my be teething pains, might be ammo.

Good luck

I'll check out the Springfield also. My son just got a GLock 19. Very nice. Super smooth. Not a single issue after 100 rounds or so. We only had a bout an hour to shoot as they were closing.

On the Taurus G3C, I shot 100 rounds of the Maxxtech with 5 FTF. Maybe 30 rounds of Academy Sports Monarch 9mm FMJ, no problems. Last, I shot 10 rounds of Federal HST 124g JHP defense ammo. No problems. Maybe just break in issues? Need to go again and just put a couple hundred rounds through it, at least.

Of note, and maybe silly to mention, loading mags by hand on the Glock and the Taurus are super easy. Not hard at all. The Sig P365 mags are a 'B' word. Like unbelievable. Need to get a speed loader of some sort for that thing. You all use anything in particular? Seems there are a few easy load "systems" out there.

 

[thastinger]

What would you recommend for just range ammo?

Either of you guys reload? We will have 4 in the house and considering getting a family membership at a local gun club. So wondering if reloading would be worth it?

I reload...and it is tough to justify doing it with 9mm ball when the primers cost 10CPR right by themselves. You CAN save a few pennies a round loading range ball ammo but you'll burn out 10 barrels before you break even considering the cost of the tools/materials to get into reloading. 9mm is kinda the outlier with reloading costs as you CAN save some loading other cals like 45ACP & 300BLK.

Now you CAN save a good bit by loading your own JHP rounds but I would carry commercial ammo daily, not the stuff you load.

You can get a quick idea of reloading expenses by looking up the cost of a Dillon 750 press, CCI 500 primers and VV N320 powder.

 

[Urshurak776]

I reload...and it is tough to justify doing it with 9mm ball when the primers cost 10CPR right by themselves. You CAN save a few pennies a round loading range ball ammo but you'll burn out 10 barrels before you break even considering the cost of the tools/materials to get into reloading. 9mm is kinda the outlier with reloading costs as you CAN save some loading other cals like 45ACP & 300BLK.

Now you CAN save a good bit by loading your own JHP rounds but I would carry commercial ammo daily, not the stuff you load.

You can get a quick idea of reloading expenses by looking up the cost of a Dillon 750 press, CCI 500 primers and VV N320 powder.

Thanks for the insight! Since I posted that I have been doing some research. At least right now, 9mm range ammo is, what I consider anyway, cheap. Box of 250 at Academy right now is $49.99. You would have to reload a bunch to get it to $.19 a round. Agree also on defense ammo. It's expensive, but once you pick one that works well in your gun, you don't need much.

 

[burbguy82]

I'll check out the Springfield also. My son just got a GLock 19. Very nice. Super smooth. Not a single issue after 100 rounds or so. We only had a bout an hour to shoot as they were closing.

On the Taurus G3C, I shot 100 rounds of the Maxxtech with 5 FTF. Maybe 30 rounds of Academy Sports Monarch 9mm FMJ, no problems. Last, I shot 10 rounds of Federal HST 124g JHP defense ammo. No problems. Maybe just break in issues? Need to go again and just put a couple hundred rounds through it, at least.

Of note, and maybe silly to mention, loading mags by hand on the Glock and the Taurus are super easy. Not hard at all. The Sig P365 mags are a 'B' word. Like unbelievable. Need to get a speed loader of some sort for that thing. You all use anything in particular? Seems there are a few easy load "systems" out there.

i do not and have not ever used any mag loading device other than for the M4 when i was in the Army. once. i have strong fingers though and have loaded and shot over a million rounds est..., so there is that.

There is one loader out now that actually grabs round out of the box by the rim and allows a really fast mag fill.

https://www.etsgroup.us/Articles.asp?ID=257

you really might not have an issue, so before swapping guns, of xourse if you like the taurus, i would test it some more.