Brazilian Police Recall 98,000 Taurus Pistols

[Whootsinator]

New Taurus pistols make triggers obsolete with the revolutionary 'Shake and Shoot' design! Order from Taurus today!

Video at link:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/...urus-247-ds-pistols/

The São Paulo State Military Police (PMSP), a gendarmerie tasked with the state’s non-investigative police work, have recalled all of the 98,000 (no, not a typo) .40 S&W Taurus 24/7 DS pistols issued to their personnel after discovering that some of them could be discharged without the trigger being pulled. In the video [at the link], from SBT.com.br, demonstrates how easily the faulty pistols can be discharged …

[ssracer]

Sweet...triggers are so yesterday...

[86 slo-vo]

Awesome.

Hate Taurus.

[Toddstang]

Awesome.

Hate Taurus.

This.
They lost quality in the late 80's.

[WLJ]

As we say in the computer field
That's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.

BTW: The link in the OP is bad
This works
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013 ... s-pistols/

BTW:BTW: IMHO Before anyone gets too excited (aka Taurus bashing) over this, Taurus is not the first with a firearm safety recall nor will be the last.

[Dave1965]

Before anyone gets too excited (aka Taurus bashing) over this, Taurus is not the first with a firearm safety recall nor will be the last.

Whew, glad you clarified that.

[jackalo626]

When it is put on safety, I don't believe it fired and think the sound was dubbed. It didn't look like the slide moved then but you could see it in the beginning. If the video wasn't recorded with a shoe, we might be able to tell more precisely.

[WLJ]

When it is out on safety, I don't believe it fired and think the sound was dubbed. It didn't look like the slide moved then but you could see it in the beginning. If the video wasn't recorded with a shoe, we might be able to tell more precisely.

On my 24/7 (long gone now) the safety locked the slide.
Someone in the comments made that point as well.

[ChopperDoc]

I guess this is a bad time to try and sell my Taurus 24/7 on here huh?

[WLJ]

I guess this is a bad time to try and sell my Taurus 24/7 on here huh?

The one they're showing in the photo at the link is a G2 (Gen 2) Whether or not this is limited to just the Gen 2 or includes the Gen 1 as well I don't know. The photo could be just a stock photo without any real relationship to the problem models. I had two Gen 1s and loved them.