![]() In all, we fired 1,300 rounds through this pint-sized 9mm, with no ammunition-related issues regarding cycling. When it comes to self-defense ammo, we tested the G3C with personal protection hollow points from Federal (HST), Hornady (Critical Defense), Speer (Gold Dot), and Winchester (Ranger). We balanced this out with Russian-made Wolf and Barnaul steel-cased FMJs, which, due to the current ammo crisis, accounted for about 60 percent of our rounds sent downrange. In our testing with the Taurus G3C, we ran Blazer, Remington, and Winchester brass-cased 115- and 124-grain full metal jacketed rounds as well as Federal 147-grain FMJs. “Unless you need +P ammunition, do not use it, particularly for practice,” says Taurus. As such, the company warns that heavy use of +P ammo may shorten the useful life of the firearm. However, it notes that such hot loads generate pressures more than those seen with standard ammo. Taurus details that its 9mm semi-auto pistols are cleared to fire SAAMI-rated Plus P (“+P”) as well as factory ammo. When it comes to the durability of the surface controls Taurus has coated them in Teflon for that product’s reputation as being both corrosion-resistant and able to reduce friction If Taurus reads this, please redesign those levers to make them more user-friendly. While the controls work, they can be awkward at times to actuate, a factor that the pistol’s user can overcome with training. The good news for the other 90 percent is that in our testing we found the mag release easy to reach, even for those with small hands, and well-textured, which aids in dropping the mag when the grip or user’s hands are sweaty or wet.Īll is not perfect in right-hand paradise, however, as the slide catch and manual safety levers are thin, basically about the size of a shaved Tic Tac, and are oriented horizontally, which forces the user to break their grip when trying to manipulate them. However, the frame-mounted slide catch and manual safety lever are not swappable, so lefties must learn to cope with those. A gun that bordered on being full-sized, the G3 has a 4-inch barrel and a 15+1 magazine capacity.Īs a companion pistol in the same family, the G3C, with the “C” denoting it as a compact model, came along shortly afterward and sports a shorter 3.2-inch barrel along with a shorter grip, which trimmed standard capacity to 12+1.le ![]() Purchasing surplus tooling and equipment from Beretta, which had made Model 92 pistols for the Brazilian military in a factory in Sao Paulo on a six-year contract during the 1970s, Taurus soon began making PT92 series clones.īranching out from full-sized guns into more compact models, ideal for concealed carry, Taurus introduced their first generation of polymer-framed semi-autos with the PT-111 Millennium in 1998.Īfter more than a decade of user feedback, the company revamped and improved the PT-111 to create a more reliable and ergonomic second generation gun, the G2 Millennium, in 2013, soon dropping all but the “G2” from its marketing.Īgain, taking lessons learned from thousands of guns heading out to the market, Taurus updated the design to create its third generation pistol, the G3, in 2020. Forjas Taurus Ltda (Portuguese = Taurus Forge), a Brazilian firearms maker that has been increasingly expanding operations to the United States over the past couple of generations, started off making revolvers in 1941 and continued that path– during which they were owned by the same company as Smith & Wesson for about a decade– until 1980 when they expanded into the world of semi-automatics.
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