Let’s get this out of the way before we go any further. This is the first Taurus handgun ever to appear in the pages of RECOIL, because up until comparatively recently they were about as appealing as a piss-flavored snow cone.
For example, there was the small issue of the home team in Brazil not being too happy with their .40-cal 24/7 DS pistols. In 2013, the Sao Paulo Military Police discovered to their dismay that some of the guns would discharge when shaken vigorously, leading to the recall of all 98,000. There swiftly followed a $30-million class action lawsuit in the U.S., which resulted in the company being forced to buy back nine of their affected models. The quality of their revolvers took a nosedive slightly before. That kind of negative press is
