Just me but Taurus is not something I would trust to defend my life. Range toy, sure.
Sir i respectfully disagree.
Consider the folowing.
Ther are IMHO the most ergonomic handguns on the market.
Even if they are indeed not as durable as a Sig at 2-3 times the price, but that is not relevant to a civilian self defense shooting which is over in 2 rounds on average.
Just 2 days ago I took out my personal Taurus G3 and wrung it out over a couple of coruses of fire with a total of 400 rds.
No malfunction of any kind, no relubing between heats.
That is way more than any self defense scenario would ever call for.
I admit I had some malfuntions last year before it was fully broken in, especially with economy ammo, but the exact same thing happend with my issued Sig P320.
And good ergnonomics make you faster, this is even more important than accuracy in a self defense shooting ( which nearly all take place at 7 yards or less).
Speed while maintaining some level of accuracy good enough for short range, is the single greatest skill to have for modern self defense.
Not shooting 100 yard paper targets with a long barreled gun, once every summer for 30 years.
I probably have shot more handguns than most on here, to include the latest sigs (my P320 duty handgun, which is not bad), an HK, the M9 Beretta (also better than its reputation), the Smith M&P 9 etc, etc, all well respected names.
Which are great guns, but I always come back to the Taurus G2C, G3C twins for compacts and the G3 for full size even when I have those other guns at home.
The ergonomics and intuitive pointability are just
so superior.
But this is something the casual shooter may not fully appreciate.