Posted: 2/3/2012 11:23:11 AM EDT
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I was given a 9 shot Taurus as a gift from a family friend.
I have been using it as a new-shooter trainer. Single action is flawless. Double action fails routinely...i.e., at least 50% of the time. Naturally, I am not inclined to put any money into this gun, but is there anything simple I can check/change to correct it? I tinker plenty with autos and ARs, etc., but have never disassembled a handgun. Thanks. |
| I bought a new blued model 94 for my son when he turned 21 and the cylinder was dragging on the barrel forcing cone. The revolver would function single action but would bind in double action so my gun smith removed a little steel off the end of the barrel. I bought a used stainless steel 94 last year that appeared to be in really good condition. The revolver failed to fire on the same three chambers regardless of ammo. The cylinder was dragging on the barrel forcing so I could see the muzzle end of the cylinder was not square. After squaring the front of the cylinder I still got failure to fire so I replaced the hammer spring with a new J frame hammer spring which did not help. I let my gun smith friend look at the revolver and he noticed the firing pin was hitting in the center of the three chambers and not on the rim. The whole cylinder was not square when machined and the only solution was a new cylinder. I called Taurus and they had me send it in. They fixed the revolver no charge knowing I bought the gun used. Let your gun dealer send in your revolver for warranty repair as he can send it through US Postal service which is a whole lot cheaper than overnight. It cost me $17 shipping including insurance to get my revolver fixed since Taurus paid the return shipping. |
My tracker .22 did the same thing . The company sent FedEx to pick up my gun . The cylinder was mis timed they fixed and sent it back to me 30 days later.it a common for taurus guns to be a little screwed up. It's a range toy and a rt gun . I wouldn't deepened on it to save my life 
I don't want to bash them but this gun was factory new when I ordered it at local gun shop . I live in Miami and Taurus repair facility is local and most of the big gun shops that even sell there guns use it as a price point sell item most people want a cheap gun and that's what it's is. I do like shooting it .it just sucks that you have to send it back for the company to get It right . |
| Fedex charges are steep to overnight the gun. I had a FFL send my model 94 Taurus through US Mail. Tons cheaper even with insurance, Federal law does not require gun to be sent overnight. UPS started this supposedly for security reasons but really was a way to make huge profit off shooting fraternity. |
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Out of curiosity, had the previous owners ever "worked on" the trigger? I doubt it. I acquired it from a little old lady. She thought she should have "something", but the gun lived in her closet. I haven't weighed it, but it isn't a 16# trigger. I haven't sent it in yet. I just got my P32 back from Keltec, so I guess the .22 is next. How did I wind up with these things?? 
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| Taurus uses a coil mainspring. It can be adjusted, there's a small nut on the end of the hammer strut. It's not uncommon to have to tighten these up a bit for reliable double action function. I have a 96, their K frame clone, and it does the same thing. Single action is fine, double action gives occasional misfires. No where near half the time tho. I run it single action the for most part so its just one of those quirks I deal with. |
The 94's do not have an adjustable mainspring.  Rimfire revolvers by their very nature require a harder/heavier hammer strike to reliably ignite their primers.I guess I will buy a spare mainspring and start cutting coils one-at-a-time to see when reliability suffers. I have already removed the heinous burrs at the top of the hammer strut. |