Well, I've been eyeing the TCP for a while and liked the size, feel and trigger a lot. Finally picked one up new and took it to the range yesterday. I was a bit disappointed overall for several reasons.
I'm not a Taurus basher, I've owned many and still own a couple and have never had a bad one despite all the bad press they tend to get on the boards. I'd say I'm really a bit of a Taurus fan overall.
With that said, this one I suspect, is not going to make the cut. I cleaned the gun thoroughly and oiled it with CLP. Easy take down and no issues visible on inspection. Started with some Aquilla 95 gr ball ammo and it ran just fine for several mags. Then I loaded up the Remington Golden Sabers I intended to carry in my new bug gun. Again, flawless....well, for the first mag.
This is where the wheels fell off. I began to get failures to go into battery. A tap on the back of the slide and it was running again, briefly. The longer I shot the worse the problems became. Then a failure to eject locked things up. It was a struggle to get the spent casing out and get going again. When I did the failures to chamber became worse. By the time I finished up it was pretty much a 50% failure rate.
Granted, this was the first experience and some guns need a break-in period, especially poly guns. Perhaps the gun just doesn't like to run dirty, perhaps it'll improve with more time and breaking in. Perhaps it's a crappy gun. I brought it home and cleaned it up again. Inspection didn't show any obvious issues. I intend to run several more boxes of ball through it before trying JHP's again.
I'll bring a few options for diet next time in case it's just ammo picky. Maybe it'll like Hornady or Federal better. If I discover it's only reliable with ball, I'll try the PowerBalls that tend to feed in anything that digests ball. That stuff is pricey but for just a reliability test and enough to carry that might be the answer. If I find the failures continue, this little gun I really like for pocket carry as a back up will have to find a new home.
I'm breaking out the Dremmel with the buffing wheel and I have some stainless polish to slick up the feed ramp but it looks pretty good already. I doubt that's the issue. Another thing, I noticed I'd worn a blister on the knuckle of my thumb after getting home from the range. Extended shooting with this little thing is not a lot of fun and the sights, if you can call them sights, are pretty much useless. I know that's common with a pocket gun but my old eyes would like a little more there.
Stopped at Walgreens and picked up some neon orange nail polish. I'll dab some on that front sight before I head out with it again. I'll let you know how round two goes. It might be a while. I'm not anxious to shoot it again. At least until the blister heals. I hope I can report problems solved but if not you'll hear that too.
I'm not a Taurus basher, I've owned many and still own a couple and have never had a bad one despite all the bad press they tend to get on the boards. I'd say I'm really a bit of a Taurus fan overall.
With that said, this one I suspect, is not going to make the cut. I cleaned the gun thoroughly and oiled it with CLP. Easy take down and no issues visible on inspection. Started with some Aquilla 95 gr ball ammo and it ran just fine for several mags. Then I loaded up the Remington Golden Sabers I intended to carry in my new bug gun. Again, flawless....well, for the first mag.
This is where the wheels fell off. I began to get failures to go into battery. A tap on the back of the slide and it was running again, briefly. The longer I shot the worse the problems became. Then a failure to eject locked things up. It was a struggle to get the spent casing out and get going again. When I did the failures to chamber became worse. By the time I finished up it was pretty much a 50% failure rate.
Granted, this was the first experience and some guns need a break-in period, especially poly guns. Perhaps the gun just doesn't like to run dirty, perhaps it'll improve with more time and breaking in. Perhaps it's a crappy gun. I brought it home and cleaned it up again. Inspection didn't show any obvious issues. I intend to run several more boxes of ball through it before trying JHP's again.
I'll bring a few options for diet next time in case it's just ammo picky. Maybe it'll like Hornady or Federal better. If I discover it's only reliable with ball, I'll try the PowerBalls that tend to feed in anything that digests ball. That stuff is pricey but for just a reliability test and enough to carry that might be the answer. If I find the failures continue, this little gun I really like for pocket carry as a back up will have to find a new home.
I'm breaking out the Dremmel with the buffing wheel and I have some stainless polish to slick up the feed ramp but it looks pretty good already. I doubt that's the issue. Another thing, I noticed I'd worn a blister on the knuckle of my thumb after getting home from the range. Extended shooting with this little thing is not a lot of fun and the sights, if you can call them sights, are pretty much useless. I know that's common with a pocket gun but my old eyes would like a little more there.
Stopped at Walgreens and picked up some neon orange nail polish. I'll dab some on that front sight before I head out with it again. I'll let you know how round two goes. It might be a while. I'm not anxious to shoot it again. At least until the blister heals. I hope I can report problems solved but if not you'll hear that too.