This is a garbage paper weight less than 200 rds and upon firing it plastic locking piece holding firing pin flew out and hit me in the face. Sent to manufacture with spent casing because they asked for one thinking abuse but they ended up fixing it. Took it back to range and didn't even finish first mag before having the same problem. Needless to say I don't own this crap anymore.

I purchased this pistol about 10 years ago during a clearance sale for $350. At the time, I was looking at about five choices but I needed to grip test each one before I could decide. I have very large hands and I wanted something that felt perfect. A visit to a few stores lead me to an all black model and my decision was made! They didn’t have the this one (stainless) nor was it a good price. Bud’s to the rescue! This is my primary carry and I live in the south. High heat and sweat are expected that is why I chose the stainless model. It was the right choice hands down. Over the first few weeks, I worked the mechanisms frequently and stone polished any machine marks that caused friction. My firearm lubricant is dry graphite, not oil. What an amazing difference all of this has made. For target ammo, I reload with cast lead 230gn and 3.5gn of Unique. 45cal is very forgiving with cast bullets. That is why I didn’t go with 9mm or .40S&W. My only gripe is that it has such a heavy (18lbs) recoil spring and options are few and expensive. The heavy spring was for combat conditions and reliability per US Army requirements. This makes the recoil much stronger than needed for a civilian shooter causing a slower follow up shot. As for accuracy, it is there provided I do my part. I frequently shoot it at all ranges out to 100yrds and always in the black. How about a smiley face at 25yrds? Yes, I’ve done that! It is such a shame Taurus still has a “bad” rep from their 1980’s start up days. There 21st century workmanship and design is really top shelf! This pistol is surely a good example of that. Unfortunately, this one is long discontinued. It has however, yielded offspring which carry many of its foundational features: Double action, striker de-cocker, an amazing match grade barrel, great hand fit, double stack magz and high fun factor at the range.

The pistol has serious issues with FTF. It will not reliably feed JHP ammo. It is equipped with 12rd magazines. The last round is darn near impossible to get into the magazines. The length of pull is rediculous and once you finally get to the trigger, it's rough. I have not sent this in for repair and because of the multiple issues more than likely will sell the pistol or trade it in on a high quality 1911.

Light and very well balanced. Bud's was very fast in shipment, great gun, I have run 500 rds so far with no problems! Thanks Buds

When i first shot the OSS I had some feed problems and sent it back to Taurus. I had it back in a week and they paid freight both ways. I shot it again a few times and had a few more Ftfs but not as often. I read somewhere to leave the mags completely loaded for a few days to loosen the springs. After doing that, I have apparently solved the problem. Today I shot about 70 rounds including a 50 round box of cheap Tula ammo with no jamming. I would recommend this gun now.

I will begin by saying that I had never even touched a Pistol before purchasing the Taurus 24/7 OSS. All the information I had about firearms came from a few weeks worth of research. I chose this pistol because other than this particular site it has been getting some decent reviews, it has a a lot of safety features, and it was less than $400. The pistol came in a decent quality case. When I opened it up the case had foam fittings for all the materials (pistol, magazines, loader, Taurus keys, cleaning brush), and also came with a lifetime warranty card, and full color manual. Stripping the pistol down for the first initial cleaning was very simple. I was surprised how easy it was for someone who had never even touched a handgun. After striping it down every part was in perfect condition, and all of the functions(safety,decocker,Taurus lock) were in working order. The magazines dropped free and the slide was in great condition also. After cleaning it I took it to my local firing range to give it a try. I was able to fire 100 rounds of PMC FMJ's without a single issue. As far as accuracy goes, I was a little all over the place with the first 36 rounds, but this was due to me not realizing the pull the pistol would have when being fired, and that it was hot as hell, so my glasses kept fogging up. After those first three magazines I was able to figure out how to handle the pistol, and control the fogging issue. All of my groupings were within 4in, so I was extremely happy with that, being it was my first time firing a handgun. NO LOW AND LEFT ISSUES AT ALL. Overall I am extremely satisfied with my first handgun purchase, and cant wait to get my Taurus 24/7 OSS back to the range!!!! Thank you Buds for selling a great product at a great price!

I sent mine back to Taurus after shooting it the first time. It kept jamming with the rounds stuck at a 45 degree angle, and the mags getting stuck when trying to insert into the gun. This wasn't an occasional jam, it was consistently doing it. The owner of the range is a gunsmith and said to send it back because anything you do to try to fix it might void the warranty. I bought this from Bud's this month (Feb 2011) so I am very disappointed that all these old ongoing problems are still going on. Taurus sent a confirmation of receipt of the gun and estimates 4-6 weeks to return it.

I got my 45 acp in and took it the the range today .loved the look and feel off the gun but had mag trouble from the start.The mag release sticks over and has to be pushed back to hold new clip. Fired 200 rounds threw it and is shooting low and left ask two other shooters to run rounds and same thing low and left was able to resolve mag problem by removing mag release and doing some shaving off slot where release fits works great know.going to talk to my gun smith about low shooting for I see no way of adjusting problem shooting left is no problem to fix.Will give the gun 3 out of 5 for looks and feel but dos have it's problems.

All part of buds gun part was great,and as said . but this gungun dose not have bulls eye out of the box ,@ all . can not shoot in same spot twice @ 20 yards . the bad thing over that is it tipicaly spits the mag out ever few shots, on both clips. the button to relise the mag is like a hair triger, yuo look @ it wrong and its on the ground. One of the fetures is ,if it miss fires you have the abillity to fire it again , no thats just a joke when the mag is on the GROUND. SENT GUN BACK TO TAURUS THEY SAID 4 TO 6 WEEKS , TO SERVICE MY GUN THAT IS ( 1 ) MONTH NEW, THEIR POLICEY IS FIRST COME FIRST SER ,I ASKED THM I FELT I WAS IN LINE FOR THEM TO REPLACE THIS SIDE ARM. RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM,WITH THAT SAID U THINK I WOULD HAVE GOT BETTER SERVICE, INSTEAD OF MAY U DO NOT UNDER STAND WHAT THEIR SAYING .

follow up on my first review. a little tune up on the mags and the pistol is now running ammo without problems. i fired about 100 rounds of el-cheapo super dirty tula, about 50 rounds of wolf, 50 rounds of Remington 230gr JHP , 50 rounds of remington 230 FMJ and about 70 rounds of assorted re-loads without any kind of failures. so the pistol is reliable with proper fitting mags. this pistol is light for its size and easy to handle. mine hits the primers very hard in DA and SA which is good news as striker fired pistols can some times be a little on the light side in this regard. trigger pull in DA is sort of long but very smooth. trigger pull in SA mode is OK but it is a little odd in it releases right at the bottom of the stoke. nothing you can't learn to handle. it does have a lot of re-set length but you can shorten the re-set with an "educated finger". the pistol is very accurate with good ammo. the sights are good. but i don't like the sight picture and i think i am going to change the sights so it will shoot like my 1911s, berettas and glocks. i can't give it a 5 stars due to the mag problems and the odd sight picture. but it is a solid 4 stars in my book.