Biggest issue is due to the world shutdown several years ago. Once companies were producing again, there was demand for goods that were ordered prior to, during, and after the shutdown. Quality of materials and workmanship was and still is cut to meet those demands.
I can remember the time I got a failure to extract out of my trusty G43. My heart was broken. We’d been through thousands of rounds together. Hasn’t happened since, but damn it hurt lol.
I have never shot a g43 or a millennial that made it through a range session without some issue. It’s a crap shoot regardless of brand sometimes. Dude is using after market magazine and extensions so of course he is going to have issues.
Gun manufacturers count on people not using their firearms. So many buy a gun then buy all kinds of attachments, play with it, and stick it in the closet\safe. Especially with semi auto rifles. Manufacturers figure it only needs to last a few hundred rounds. Wrong. Especially pistols. No firearm should fall apart, not feed, or fail to fire, ever. People's lives can depend on the firearm.
Such a very true statement. I recall many years ago a gun shop owner mentioning that many of the customers would spend on a top quality firearm and rarely ever practice with it. Basically, an expensive investment to just sit on a shelf in a closet.
I get people who tell me how their just as good gun never jams. Then they can't get through a class that only fires 400 rounds without having to go rent a pistol from the gunsmith to finish the class
It’s not new. I inherited a Remington 7400 in .30~06. It shot well. It had been fired only a few times a year for deer and elk. I am not sure when it was made, maybe 1970. I disassembled it (pro tip: do NOT take the trigger group apart.) I was amazed at how cheap the materials were and how rough the machining was. I did a little research and found what you said: the manufacturer assumed it would only be fired maybe five times a year. I have a Winchester .308 and did not need this rifle, so I gave it to a young man who is an avid hunter. I did warn him it was not a military firearm and basically to sight it in and go hunting each year.
I got a brand new Ruger lcp in the box from 2013 and it was only 270$ and it feels so solid and it’s so tiny and it feeds really nicely and i haven’t had a problem yet I’ve had even many problems with the hellcat failing to feed with a lot of hollows and I paid like 500 for it
@@haroldwright7772 but the chance of a spring breaking is always in the back of my head after I broke my cylinder spring. it was my fault but damn does it bother me so much.
I solved this problem by buying lightly used basically brand new M&P 1.0 pistols whenever I find them. All close to $300. Extremely reliable handguns built like tanks…. So many new guns feel like they’re made with crap materials
@@AIGuns the 2.0 are great but there has recently been a price hike on S&W new production guns and sadly the Shield Plus also suffers from modern QC issues
@@orion3253 I have a 2.0 compact and I love it. It’s a very well built gun… I just save a lot of money by buying 1.0 guns and modding them a little… there’s not much you have to do to them to make them everything a more a 2.0 is.
As someone who works in manufacturing this has been going on for a while it’s just not more noticeable now. Upper management tells us we have to get numbers out the door so stuff gets sent out that normally wouldn’t the only time the issue gets addressed is when we have customer claims.
Interesting video. In the last year I've made two handgun purchases: a 3" Colt Python and a 3" Ruger LCRx (22 Mag). Within weeks of ownership both of these revolvers had to be returned to the factory for major malfunctions. As of this writing they are still there. The Colt's cylinder locked up after less than 1000 rounds of 38 Special ammo. It's been at Colt for two months now and apparently it's considered in bad form to inquire about its repair status. The Ruger's cylinder was seriously binding on the crane; enough so it affected the double-action trigger pull among other things. I've been a revolver shooter for 60 years or so. Free translation: I'm not new to revolver failure modes but what are the odds of buying two different revolvers and having to return both of them so quickly?
Quality control is thrown around improperly. That is the inspection of parts and assembly. However the issue I have is with either design or the quality of parts and metallurgy. They are skimping on the cost of of quality parts. That is the biggest problem with the dagger.
Heyyy! Love your channel! I stumbled upon it a few months back when i purchased my first gun(Springfield Xdm elite). Ive watched pretty much every video you have. You helped me decide on my 2nd gun (Springfield Hellcat) Super happy with it! Love your content! I can't wait till we have some more new 9mm's for you to review
My mc2c wasnt going fully into battery but I couldn't tell right away. Eventually caught it and got it figured out. Extractor spring tension was too high. Clipped a link off and it hasn't given me any problems since. Not carrying it until it runs a little longer without problems but so far so good. Hope Mossberg address the issue with yours.
The mossberg most likely has an issue with the interface between the trigger bar and the firing pin block. It is a pretty common issue in striker fired pistols. The trigger bar rather than making contact and lifting the block out of the way is falling off to the side thus resulting in a click no bang. This can be resolved via a thicker trigger bar (mossberg probably doesn’t offer) or bending the current one over a bit to have better contact.
Aren't the Taurus models still made in Brazil? They moved their Miami office to Bainbridge, GA recently which is the home of Heritage Firearms. The Diamondback is made in Cocoa, FL.
If u feel like u can trust your life too it it's not our business what people carry keep up the dope work bro I got into the channel because of the love for my g26
I think it depends on the gun. Sometimes you get a lemon. I had a G3C & that thing had a failure to feed 4 times within the first 50 rounds. Looked at the barrel and it was super loose. Sent to Taurus & they refused to fix. said it takes 500 rounds to break in. So, I sold it as soon as it came back from warranty. Never had that happen with my Hellcat, Shield Plus, Equalizer or Sig 365.
Got old Gen 3 Glocks and old Gen 1 M&P pistols. Got an old gen 1 Shield 40 performance center and Shield 45 2.0 version. So far no real pistol issues. Revolvers on the other hand have been not so consistent.
I've always been weary of the critical duty ammo. It does have good performance. But the idea of a rubber tip contacting a feed ramp seems like an unnecessary risk to reliable feeding. Especially in guns with steeper feed ramps. The XTP is still the best hornady defensive ammo IMO. The small hollow point and short OAL of the projectile makes it feed better than any other JHP. Its also cheap. Ive ran over 3,000 of them without a single failure to feed in modern and old guns.
My new ruger lcp max is going to have to be sent it due to trigger safety not allowing to pull the trigger more than often & doesn't slide back empty either! Everything is garbage after covid while I have tallied around 6 manufacturers of guns to be sent in for issues 😑
The problem with these guns is that they are named after things that are Venus related. So Taurus and Diamond. But guns are related to Mars and Saturn and Rahu and Ketu. So the name is their problem .
Taurus G3C approx 1,200 rounds of Super Val reloads, Blazer maybe four/five jams from the Super Val reloads. JHP run great. Oh, and I did polish to a mirror the feed ramp... nice! My biggest issue > > > even with loctite the front site becomes loose.
I’m a beretta collector and my first round I ever fired from a new 92x jammed, but I’ve had no jams in any of my berettas in the years since. Def in the back of my mind though
The only 9mm Luger pistols I've ever handled that were less than 100% reliable were Beretta 92FS rentals (7 FTF malfunctions in 250 rounds), and my old SIG Sauer P229 M11-A1 (3 FTE malfunctions during my first shooting session with it). The SIG went to SIG Sauer in Massachusetts for warranty service - it came back to me with a new extractor and stronger extractor spring and in the ten years since has never malfunctioned again, through several thousand rounds. All of my .357 SIG, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP pistols have always run flawlessly. I've owned two 10mm Auto pistols. A Glock 20SF Gen3, and a S&W M&P 10mm M2.0 4.6". My G20SF proved to be a veritable jam-o-matic (both FTF and FTE issues). I took it to a local gunsmith who told me it was "a lemon" and recommended I send it back to Glock, which I did. Glock C.S. told me they couldn't duplicate my malfunctions, said it was in spec, claimed to "service" it, and returned it to me. It is / was the single most unreliable firearm I've ever owned, thus it became a safe queen for years. My M&P 10mm Auto had one malfunction (a FTF) out of 216 rounds fired during my first shooting session with it in mid May 2022. It was very undersprung from the factory (both the RSA and the magazine springs). In late May 2022 I replaced the weak OEM stock factory 17# RSA with a Wolff Gunsprings solid stainless steel guide rod and an uncaptured 24# recoil spring, and I replaced the soft OEM stock factory magazine springs with longer stronger 11-coil magazine springs from Springer Precision. Now, almost two years and 2,100+ 10mm Auto rounds later my M&P has been 100% flawless. My Gen3 Glock 20SF has been permanently retired and is history. Good things! 👍
Exactly why I switched to a tried and tested trusty ole S&W 442. No mag problems, no slides to clear and oil and maintain…just me and a time tested design that gives me 5 guaranteed shots no matter what ammo I use.
I feel your pain, SPN. I wanted to like the LCP 1 so much, but mine is incredibly finnicky and can't be trusted after just a few hundred rounds. I saw recently that Ruger has put a much larger extractor on the LCP 1s produced today. My G2C has never had any issues at all, probably after 600 rounds, but I can only hope it lasts. Very nice pistol (although the finish on the slide is trash). I know a few people who have had problems with SIG, Ruger, S&W revolvers, etc. within the last few years. It's just sad, not that they have issues, but that they're not duly recalled and fixed, and I mean every single one of them. Unreliable handguns are inexcusable, and I don't care how much they cost. Most of the time, the pistols sent back in are "fixed" but still unreliable upon return. Customers give up and just end up setting them aside; can't sell them to anyone in good faith.
Is there a maintenance interval for these parts or they lifetime use? Also aftermarket parts unless they are from a very reputable manufacturer your gamble
Can’t speak for the other guns, but with the Mossberg, field strip it, take some q-tips, and clean the heck out of the striker channel. If it’s real gunky, use a little rubbing alcohol. Then wipe down the striker because that area needs to be clean and dry on the MC2 pistols. Unless you have a broken striker pin, that should fix it.
Not all guns can handle all ammo. I have a .32 acp Seecamp clone that the manufacturer stated in the instructions to use only 60 grain ammo. In the smaller guns you might want to use ammo recommended by the maker.
My Glock 23 Gen 2 does not like Sellier & Bellot 180 gr FMJ , out of every 50 rounds I get one or two FTE and 2 to 4 hard primer malfunctions every other name brand ammo work's fine.
Taurus still produces Rossi revolvers in Brazil, but as of 2019, the Taurus side of it has been in Bainbridge, Georgia. Before that it was Miami, Florida and before that, Brazil.
@@HighStrangeDrifter I don't know about the rest of their stuff, but although the slides are stamped in Bainbridge, the PT92s are definitely still made in Brazil.
Check the screws on the mossberg first. I had this problem with a glock after installing a new red dot. The screw was too long and causing drag on the extractor rod and since the extractor couldn't work properly it couldn't move fully out of the way causing drag on the firing pin. Sorry for the long explanation just check and make sure that one screw isn't interfering especially since it was working fine before that dot.
Hello, I watched this video, and you mentioned a couple of Taurus guns that you have that run reliably, as opposed the more expensive ones that don't. One among them is the Taurus Spectrum. I own a PT111 Millennium G2 never has a single issue. So, now that I'm looking to pick up a used .380, I found a very nice looking specimen of a Spectrum for $179. What can you tell me about the gun. I need it to feed fluted rounds (Underwood Extreme Defenders, or G9 External Hollow Points), if I decided to carry it. I like the ergonomics and the aesthetics of the gun, but I need to know if it goes bang when I pull the trigger. On CZcams, the squeakiest wheels are usually the one's who talk smack. What say yee?
Been there done that. Got a HK P30sk runs like a top. Same with my CZ P10 s great guns. Glock 27 great gun. All three I can trust my life with. Notice all compacts not micro compacts.
I'm a subscriber and LOVE your channel! Please sell some of these low budget guns. Buy HK, CZ, and Beretta (yeah, okay, maybe some others). Quality is important with firearms. I KNOW that you are aware of this. Pare down, sir. Only own quality.
not quality assurance, no one in any business situation using the "Ohno's 7 wastes" "overproduction, inventory, motion, waiting, transportation, over-processing and defects" this how we have such terrible quality products around the world because no on the supply chain is doing anything, they slapping shit together to sell to us and over priced now. No lean sig sigma either as well,
I disagree. The guns I've shot were not reliable before DEI, 2020, etc. Gun companies count on the fact people don't shoot their guns. Ive had bad Glock mag followers in < 500 rounds. I've sent 7 out of 14 of the Ruger semi-autos back because they malfunction out of the box. They always came back repaired. I've sent Taurus back more than once. All before 2020.
I have a Taurus G3C and it the only gun I can't shoot well with. No matter how carefully I aim, that thing is always off. Shoot very well with all my other pistols. Even the G3. Not sure what it is with that one. Not super snappy or anything. Weird.
Great video, it’s true they don’t make things like they used to. Now that we have DEI hires everywhere with a sense of entitlement unfortunately accountability is a thing of the past.
I'm gonna start focusing more on revolvers. Getting tired of all the little hiccups and not to mention my czp10c had a failure to go into battery. Slide had to be mortered forward.
The only brand I’ve had any problems with in the last 20 years is S&W 637 and an S&W M&P9 first Gen both were notorious for light strikes and failure to fire, but the worst was a S&W CSX I got about 5 months ago really wanted to love this gun but it was the biggest piece of shit firearm I ever owned. Failure to feed, failure to eject, light primer strikes then on one of my better mags I felt something hit my hat and looked and there was no rear sight on my CSX. Took it back to the shop I bought it and got a credit and they sent it back to S&W I hope to be melted down. But put the credit towards a HK VP9SK and couldn’t be happier with that pistol it’s quickly becoming my carry gun on the rare days I don’t carry my Ruger SP101 in 327, but S&W is a no go brand for me now.
The parts are made in Austria and only assembled here. You can still get Austrian assembled Glocks. To my understanding they don’t allow the US to actually make the parts here. That’s probably a good thing. Sig Sauer?? 😅
ive seen another video you posted saying dont you want the best battle proven most reliable gun, and no hate im being genuine. With your logic wouldn't you run a Trijicon RMR type 2 instead of those red dots? The RMR is near indestructible
The potential for malfunctions is greater in smaller handguns. One in a thousand or so malfunction rate is not a reason for concern unless your gunfight is going to go 1000 rounds.
Weak strikers on the PSA Dagger is a known problem. Many people have reported breaking their's by dry firing. PSA will replace the striker at no cost but you have to go with Glock if you want one that won't break as easily.
No it’ covert gun control, all of these parts are out of spec, even from the main manufacturer most of weapons aren’t built reliable and this is a problem. I’m glad you spoke about this cause a lot of these channels don’t talk about reliability so far away and we’re still having issues with them as of 2024.
I won't ever carry a piece that doesn't have a safety in place other than grip safety and the trigger lever. In fact I don't really need those. Fortunately there are options for me. Even some pocket pistols.
Ppl put a bunch of aftermarket shit on their guns and then complain when they don’t work. Most gun owners are not gunsmiths and most guns don’t need upgrades. Sure, get some better sights or a magwell or a light but once u start swapping out internals for aftermarket parts all the tolerances go out the window. If u want to tinker with some something you’re not gonna carry that’s cool. I’m not opposed to it but, if you’re not a competition shooter why are u fucking with all the parts that make the gun operate? I just don’t understand it
I had a new Ruger 10/22 and a new Ruger LCRx that had to go back. Ruger's customer service is second to none, but 2 flawed out of the box in a year is undesirable. I think it's employees who don't care about doing a good job.
I humbly feel that companies just dgaf. Quality of stuff is at an all-time low, but i doesn't matter because we'll still keep buying with our consumerism culture. Also, I'm fed up with DEI. But there's a big misconception. Those people tend to have to be even more qualified because they're already scrutinized for being DEI and under a microscope. I.e. i definitely have to show up to work ontime and be a top performer vs the bosses son, or someone with familial preference.
In general, in order to really know how reliable a gun is, one has to collect data, run the numbers, etc. A sample of one does not a data point make and internet is full of shit. I already see idiotic comments for this video. In general, the more you shoot a gun, the more reliability issues you will have. I'll give an example of one, in the past, I shot thousands of rounds through my Sig M11A1, and it had hard failure at just over 6000 rounds when the original recoil spring snapped in half, the gun was hard down. Sig told me they recommend changing the recoil spring every 3000 rounds. Lasted twice that, so that was nice. In addition, just because a manufacturer has had a checkered past, doesn't mean the current guns produced are of poor quality or reliability. Taurus might be a good example, their new GX4's have been great in my collection, my original GX4 has over 2000 trouble free rounds. However, until data is collected, the numbers are crunched, all I can say is, my GX4's are solid. I've bought well over one hundred handguns in the last fourteen years, mostly Glocks and Sigs, and I've had the most issues with Glocks and Sigs. My guess is being the larger sample of guns being those two brands, I have seen more issues with those brands. A gun range might be a good place to see how well a certain gun performs over time. I was shooting in Prescott, AZ years ago, rented a Gen 3 G19. The gun went hard down and I brought it out to the counter and said, this G19 broke. He said impossible, Glocks don't break. I simply said, this one did. Never found out why, I was visiting a friend and we went shooting. However, I would not say Glocks are unreliable, but guns, Glocks included, are never 100% reliable when shot enough.
Some of it, maybe all of it, can be traced back to supply chain issues. Vendors sneaking in low quality materials (recycled steel, etc). Even high quality manufacturers get caught out because of their subcontractors or vendors pulling tricks. Combined with the fact that a lot of knowledge and skill for manufacturing has been lost due to offshoring. Hardly anyone knows how to make high quality steel any more or engineer proper designs. I have friends and family that work in aerospace and military manufacturing and it's a huge problem. All materials at every level have to be inspected, sample tested, x-rayed, etc. to verify that it meets its specifications. Trust is gone.
Your PSA striker experience is NOT a fluke ... I have broken 3 of them. Absolutely replace the PSA striker with a Glock OEM if you use it for anything other than a training gun. My favorite Glock to shoot is my PSA Dagger ... but their striker is a giant fail.
Overthinking it bro. And leaving out important details. Especially about the macro, those mags compress weird and the springs go bad faster than their wider cousins. The condition of the weapon also matters. You can minimize failures by keeping your weapon wet. - Also 1 failure in 1000 is wildly good. For comparison, the CZ p01 suffered 1 stoppage per 500 rounds.
Glock, HK, CZ and S&W are the only guns I trust nowadays. All of these brands, while not perfect, offer the highest reliability. I should note, that S&W and CZ will require more parts maintenance than Glock and HK, this is just the nature of their brands.
When everyone is trying to squeeze every penny they can out of production, metallurgy goes to crap, machining goes to crap because they want to get one more part out of a cutting tool, and then you have to wait around for new parts that are made to the same basement level budget standard.
LE trade in pistols are the best budget pistols.I picked up a lightly used LE G17 that still had the copper grease on it for $340. LE trade in Glock or S&W is superior to a Taurus or SCCY.
Biggest issue is due to the world shutdown several years ago. Once companies were producing again, there was demand for goods that were ordered prior to, during, and after the shutdown. Quality of materials and workmanship was and still is cut to meet those demands.
I can remember the time I got a failure to extract out of my trusty G43. My heart was broken. We’d been through thousands of rounds together. Hasn’t happened since, but damn it hurt lol.
That story made my eyes water up a little...
I always blame the ammo 😜
1/thousands of rounds is a solid track record 👊
I have never shot a g43 or a millennial that made it through a range session without some issue.
It’s a crap shoot regardless of brand sometimes.
Dude is using after market magazine and extensions so of course he is going to have issues.
@@Thomastank2023 I never shot a millennial that made it through a range session without an issue, either. 😆
Gun manufacturers count on people not using their firearms. So many buy a gun then buy all kinds of attachments, play with it, and stick it in the closet\safe. Especially with semi auto rifles. Manufacturers figure it only needs to last a few hundred rounds. Wrong. Especially pistols. No firearm should fall apart, not feed, or fail to fire, ever. People's lives can depend on the firearm.
Love this comment man, very well said. Thanks for watching and respect
Such a very true statement. I recall many years ago a gun shop owner mentioning that many of the customers would spend on a top quality firearm and rarely ever practice with it. Basically, an expensive investment to just sit on a shelf in a closet.
I get people who tell me how their just as good gun never jams. Then they can't get through a class that only fires 400 rounds without having to go rent a pistol from the gunsmith to finish the class
It’s not new. I inherited a Remington 7400 in .30~06. It shot well. It had been fired only a few times a year for deer and elk. I am not sure when it was made, maybe 1970. I disassembled it (pro tip: do NOT take the trigger group apart.) I was amazed at how cheap the materials were and how rough the machining was. I did a little research and found what you said: the manufacturer assumed it would only be fired maybe five times a year. I have a Winchester .308 and did not need this rifle, so I gave it to a young man who is an avid hunter. I did warn him it was not a military firearm and basically to sight it in and go hunting each year.
Since 2020 the world & quality on everything has gone to shit
I got a brand new Ruger lcp in the box from 2013 and it was only 270$ and it feels so solid and it’s so tiny and it feeds really nicely and i haven’t had a problem yet I’ve had even many problems with the hellcat failing to feed with a lot of hollows and I paid like 500 for it
This is why I've switched to a bow and arrow now, it's the only thing I will trust my life to!
Can't get mine tucked under my shirt😅
You're styling man; I haven't been able to trade in my Atlatl for anything better.
Revolvers thou🤔🫡
@@haroldwright7772 but the chance of a spring breaking is always in the back of my head after I broke my cylinder spring. it was my fault but damn does it bother me so much.
@@Watchlist_Nominee Wait, what did you do that broke it?
Great points. My most expensive of my 10 1911's, a Kimber, is the most unreliable one I have. Can't trust it for everyday carry.
I solved this problem by buying lightly used basically brand new M&P 1.0 pistols whenever I find them. All close to $300. Extremely reliable handguns built like tanks…. So many new guns feel like they’re made with crap materials
I like the 2.0 a lot better. To each their own.
@@AIGuns the 2.0 are great but there has recently been a price hike on S&W new production guns and sadly the Shield Plus also suffers from modern QC issues
That's weird, I'd have expected that to be what people were saying about M&Ps like 15 years ago.
@@orion3253 I have a 2.0 compact and I love it. It’s a very well built gun… I just save a lot of money by buying 1.0 guns and modding them a little… there’s not much you have to do to them to make them everything a more a 2.0 is.
Guns are getting too cheap forcing manufacturers to go cheaper plus people don't run guns as hard as you do compacts people run fullsize hard
As someone who works in manufacturing this has been going on for a while it’s just not more noticeable now. Upper management tells us we have to get numbers out the door so stuff gets sent out that normally wouldn’t the only time the issue gets addressed is when we have customer claims.
Interesting video. In the last year I've made two handgun purchases: a 3" Colt Python and a 3" Ruger LCRx (22 Mag). Within weeks of ownership both of these revolvers had to be returned to the factory for major malfunctions. As of this writing they are still there. The Colt's cylinder locked up after less than 1000 rounds of 38 Special ammo. It's been at Colt for two months now and apparently it's considered in bad form to inquire about its repair status. The Ruger's cylinder was seriously binding on the crane; enough so it affected the double-action trigger pull among other things. I've been a revolver shooter for 60 years or so. Free translation: I'm not new to revolver failure modes but what are the odds of buying two different revolvers and having to return both of them so quickly?
Thanks for the video man very enlightening!!
Thanks man, I appreciate that. Respect!
That dang federal ammo strikes again
I was excited for the Mossburg MCS2 because of your channel. I really like the crossbar safety. I wonder if I can have radium Iron Sights on it.
Quality control is thrown around improperly. That is the inspection of parts and assembly. However the issue I have is with either design or the quality of parts and metallurgy. They are skimping on the cost of of quality parts. That is the biggest problem with the dagger.
Heyyy! Love your channel! I stumbled upon it a few months back when i purchased my first gun(Springfield Xdm elite). Ive watched pretty much every video you have. You helped me decide on my 2nd gun (Springfield Hellcat) Super happy with it! Love your content! I can't wait till we have some more new 9mm's for you to review
I really appreciate that man. Lots more to come and great choice! Respect
My mc2c wasnt going fully into battery but I couldn't tell right away. Eventually caught it and got it figured out. Extractor spring tension was too high. Clipped a link off and it hasn't given me any problems since. Not carrying it until it runs a little longer without problems but so far so good. Hope Mossberg address the issue with yours.
Great info … thanks.
The mossberg most likely has an issue with the interface between the trigger bar and the firing pin block. It is a pretty common issue in striker fired pistols. The trigger bar rather than making contact and lifting the block out of the way is falling off to the side thus resulting in a click no bang. This can be resolved via a thicker trigger bar (mossberg probably doesn’t offer) or bending the current one over a bit to have better contact.
Aren't the Taurus models still made in Brazil? They moved their Miami office to Bainbridge, GA recently which is the home of Heritage Firearms. The Diamondback is made in Cocoa, FL.
If u feel like u can trust your life too it it's not our business what people carry keep up the dope work bro I got into the channel because of the love for my g26
Same. I love my fat lil baby. My ole 26 and an original 43 are my go to’s for carrying
best gun on the market
Had tge same issues with 3 name brand firearms. Not to mention 100's of other retail things on the market.
I think it depends on the gun. Sometimes you get a lemon. I had a G3C & that thing had a failure to feed 4 times within the first 50 rounds. Looked at the barrel and it was super loose. Sent to Taurus & they refused to fix. said it takes 500 rounds to break in. So, I sold it as soon as it came back from warranty. Never had that happen with my Hellcat, Shield Plus, Equalizer or Sig 365.
The gun should have an affirmative action, not the manufacturer.
Yeah them white women they hire am I right?
broken strikers? broken guide rods? My man what are you doing with those pistols? You're supposed to shoot with them, not throw them at the target.
That’s what shooting 300-1000 rounds per weekend does. It shows you flaws in firearms
Good stuff!
Got old Gen 3 Glocks and old Gen 1 M&P pistols. Got an old gen 1 Shield 40 performance center and Shield 45 2.0 version. So far no real pistol issues. Revolvers on the other hand have been not so consistent.
One of the reasons I like buying guns like the CZ Rami 2075, and Beretta 84 "Cheetah". Old school guns built like tanks.
The CZ Rami came out in 2004 and the Beretta Cheetah predates Glock by 6 years.
I've always been weary of the critical duty ammo. It does have good performance. But the idea of a rubber tip contacting a feed ramp seems like an unnecessary risk to reliable feeding. Especially in guns with steeper feed ramps.
The XTP is still the best hornady defensive ammo IMO. The small hollow point and short OAL of the projectile makes it feed better than any other JHP. Its also cheap. Ive ran over 3,000 of them without a single failure to feed in modern and old guns.
Springfield, Glock, and Ruger are the only brands I carry now. SIG has failed me so many times I no longer feel comfortable carrying one.
My new ruger lcp max is going to have to be sent it due to trigger safety not allowing to pull the trigger more than often & doesn't slide back empty either! Everything is garbage after covid while I have tallied around 6 manufacturers of guns to be sent in for issues 😑
@@adamf1944everything is garbage....after DEI
My brand new 43x has had multiple out of battery light primer strikes and a failure to extract within 550 rounds.
The problem with these guns is that they are named after things that are Venus related. So Taurus and Diamond. But guns are related to Mars and Saturn and Rahu and Ketu. So the name is their problem .
This is literally the looniest thing I've ever read on the interwebs.
My Charter Undercover II is at Charter right now. Only fires about 2 out of 6 rounds in double-action. 3-4 of 6 in single
I dont buy cheap guns. Its not my priority. The cost is not why i buy. I only buy what i like, if they are quality. So far no issues
Some of the most expensive guns, have the most problems.
"I don't buy cheap guns"
"The cost is not why I buy"
Lol 🤦🏼♂️
One of the worst guns I had to pay a gunsmith to fix was one of the more expensive ones I own.
😂 bro contradicted himself.
Taurus G3C approx 1,200 rounds of Super Val reloads, Blazer maybe four/five jams from the Super Val reloads. JHP run great. Oh, and I did polish to a mirror the feed ramp... nice!
My biggest issue > > > even with loctite the front site becomes loose.
I’m a beretta collector and my first round I ever fired from a new 92x jammed, but I’ve had no jams in any of my berettas in the years since. Def in the back of my mind though
They'll be 500 years old in 2026, they have their shti together.
@@henryknox4511😉😊🔥
@@henryknox4511 100%, probably 40% of my guns are berettas lol. Also I really hope they drop a 500 year anniversary beretta!
Always new/used old hinged triggered SWs and 3/4th Gen glocks always leave the internals oem on all guns but never ♉️
The only 9mm Luger pistols I've ever handled that were less than 100% reliable were Beretta 92FS rentals (7 FTF malfunctions in 250 rounds), and my old SIG Sauer P229 M11-A1 (3 FTE malfunctions during my first shooting session with it). The SIG went to SIG Sauer in Massachusetts for warranty service - it came back to me with a new extractor and stronger extractor spring and in the ten years since has never malfunctioned again, through several thousand rounds.
All of my .357 SIG, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP pistols have always run flawlessly.
I've owned two 10mm Auto pistols. A Glock 20SF Gen3, and a S&W M&P 10mm M2.0 4.6". My G20SF proved to be a veritable jam-o-matic (both FTF and FTE issues). I took it to a local gunsmith who told me it was "a lemon" and recommended I send it back to Glock, which I did. Glock C.S. told me they couldn't duplicate my malfunctions, said it was in spec, claimed to "service" it, and returned it to me. It is / was the single most unreliable firearm I've ever owned, thus it became a safe queen for years.
My M&P 10mm Auto had one malfunction (a FTF) out of 216 rounds fired during my first shooting session with it in mid May 2022. It was very undersprung from the factory (both the RSA and the magazine springs). In late May 2022 I replaced the weak OEM stock factory 17# RSA with a Wolff Gunsprings solid stainless steel guide rod and an uncaptured 24# recoil spring, and I replaced the soft OEM stock factory magazine springs with longer stronger 11-coil magazine springs from Springer Precision. Now, almost two years and 2,100+ 10mm Auto rounds later my M&P has been 100% flawless.
My Gen3 Glock 20SF has been permanently retired and is history.
Good things! 👍
Exactly why I switched to a tried and tested trusty ole S&W 442. No mag problems, no slides to clear and oil and maintain…just me and a time tested design that gives me 5 guaranteed shots no matter what ammo I use.
Thanks!
Thanks man, I really do appreciate that. It means a lot! Respect and have a nice Sunday!
I feel your pain, SPN. I wanted to like the LCP 1 so much, but mine is incredibly finnicky and can't be trusted after just a few hundred rounds. I saw recently that Ruger has put a much larger extractor on the LCP 1s produced today. My G2C has never had any issues at all, probably after 600 rounds, but I can only hope it lasts. Very nice pistol (although the finish on the slide is trash). I know a few people who have had problems with SIG, Ruger, S&W revolvers, etc. within the last few years. It's just sad, not that they have issues, but that they're not duly recalled and fixed, and I mean every single one of them. Unreliable handguns are inexcusable, and I don't care how much they cost. Most of the time, the pistols sent back in are "fixed" but still unreliable upon return. Customers give up and just end up setting them aside; can't sell them to anyone in good faith.
Yup exactly… very well said. Respect and thanks for watching
Is there a maintenance interval for these parts or they lifetime use? Also aftermarket parts unless they are from a very reputable manufacturer your gamble
Let’s start there 😂 my G3C runs like a dream and so does my G26 no problems here lmao
Can’t speak for the other guns, but with the Mossberg, field strip it, take some q-tips, and clean the heck out of the striker channel. If it’s real gunky, use a little rubbing alcohol. Then wipe down the striker because that area needs to be clean and dry on the MC2 pistols. Unless you have a broken striker pin, that should fix it.
Not all guns can handle all ammo. I have a .32 acp Seecamp clone that the manufacturer stated in the instructions to use only 60 grain ammo. In the smaller guns you might want to use ammo recommended by the maker.
My Glock 23 Gen 2 does not like Sellier & Bellot 180 gr FMJ , out of every 50 rounds I get one or two FTE and 2 to 4 hard primer malfunctions every other name brand ammo work's fine.
btw, you can buy the SCT frames stripped. Don't waste your money getting the completed frame.
My edc is either my lcp max and 43x. But my first gun was my g2c and I still have it and I never had a issue with it.
Broke a striker on my PSA 5.7 Rock after about 100-200 rounds. Super disappointed but PSA customer service is super easy to work with and fast!
Fantastic video. While I cannot speak on Mossberg pistols I can say their shotguns are very reliable. I own the Mossberg 500 and zero issues!!
the PSA firing pin was not a coincidence i've been seeing videos popping up talking about how their pins break in odd ways.
Taurus pistols are made in Brazil. Check the other side of the gun. The U.S. branch is head quarters in Bainbridge, GA.
Taurus still produces Rossi revolvers in Brazil, but as of 2019, the Taurus side of it has been in Bainbridge, Georgia. Before that it was Miami, Florida and before that, Brazil.
@@HighStrangeDrifter I'm not too far from the GA factory it was a new building with it's own road Taurus Rd it has around 200" 250 people work there
@@HighStrangeDrifter I don't know about the rest of their stuff, but although the slides are stamped in Bainbridge, the PT92s are definitely still made in Brazil.
Made in USA. Made in China too..ok do not worry its a good f gun.ok TAURUS. EXCELLENT👉 PAO PAO PAAAA
Check the screws on the mossberg first. I had this problem with a glock after installing a new red dot. The screw was too long and causing drag on the extractor rod and since the extractor couldn't work properly it couldn't move fully out of the way causing drag on the firing pin. Sorry for the long explanation just check and make sure that one screw isn't interfering especially since it was working fine before that dot.
Hello,
I watched this video, and you mentioned a couple of Taurus guns that you have that run reliably, as opposed the more expensive ones that don't.
One among them is the Taurus Spectrum. I own a PT111 Millennium G2 never has a single issue. So, now that I'm looking to pick up a used .380, I found a very nice looking specimen of a Spectrum for $179. What can you tell me about the gun. I need it to feed fluted rounds (Underwood Extreme Defenders, or G9 External Hollow Points), if I decided to carry it. I like the ergonomics and the aesthetics of the gun, but I need to know if it goes bang when I pull the trigger. On CZcams, the squeakiest wheels are usually the one's who talk smack. What say yee?
Been there done that. Got a HK P30sk runs like a top. Same with my CZ P10 s great guns. Glock 27 great gun. All three I can trust my life with. Notice all compacts not micro compacts.
The sk, 27 and cz p-10 s are subcompacts…. That’s what the s and sk stands for. You have all subcompacts…
I'm a subscriber and LOVE your channel! Please sell some of these low budget guns. Buy HK, CZ, and Beretta (yeah, okay, maybe some others). Quality is important with firearms. I KNOW that you are aware of this. Pare down, sir. Only own quality.
He’ll never listen lol. And he’ll fly off the handle if you’re knowledgeable and actually have a clue with firearms
not quality assurance, no one in any business situation using the "Ohno's 7 wastes"
"overproduction, inventory, motion, waiting, transportation, over-processing and defects"
this how we have such terrible quality products around the world because no on the supply chain is doing anything, they slapping shit together to sell to us and over priced now. No lean sig sigma either as well,
I don't see any Walthers there.
Walther doesn't make compelling Ccw's, Spn is a Ccw guy. The best choices are basically the Pdp F series compact, or a single stack
I disagree. The guns I've shot were not reliable before DEI, 2020, etc.
Gun companies count on the fact people don't shoot their guns.
Ive had bad Glock mag followers in < 500 rounds.
I've sent 7 out of 14 of the Ruger semi-autos back because they malfunction out of the box. They always came back repaired.
I've sent Taurus back more than once.
All before 2020.
What is the life expectancy on the guide rod of the xds 45?
You didnt go much into it
I have Ceylee's too. I haven't had any issues with them.
I have a Taurus G3C and it the only gun I can't shoot well with. No matter how carefully I aim, that thing is always off. Shoot very well with all my other pistols. Even the G3. Not sure what it is with that one. Not super snappy or anything. Weird.
Great video, it’s true they don’t make things like they used to. Now that we have DEI hires everywhere with a sense of entitlement unfortunately accountability is a thing of the past.
I'm gonna start focusing more on revolvers. Getting tired of all the little hiccups and not to mention my czp10c had a failure to go into battery. Slide had to be mortered forward.
Be wary many of these new production revolvers.
I've had revolvers fail to rotate after a round was fired. You gotta literally carry 3 small weapons now just to have some redundancy.
@@ChatGPT1111 yeah for real. i've had to send a few revolvers back for repairs too.
The only brand I’ve had any problems with in the last 20 years is S&W 637 and an S&W M&P9 first Gen both were notorious for light strikes and failure to fire, but the worst was a S&W CSX I got about 5 months ago really wanted to love this gun but it was the biggest piece of shit firearm I ever owned. Failure to feed, failure to eject, light primer strikes then on one of my better mags I felt something hit my hat and looked and there was no rear sight on my CSX. Took it back to the shop I bought it and got a credit and they sent it back to S&W I hope to be melted down. But put the credit towards a HK VP9SK and couldn’t be happier with that pistol it’s quickly becoming my carry gun on the rare days I don’t carry my Ruger SP101 in 327, but S&W is a no go brand for me now.
Glock shouldn’t have ever left Austria. I feel the quality went down when they started being made in the United States.
The parts are made in Austria and only assembled here. You can still get Austrian assembled Glocks. To my understanding they don’t allow the US to actually make the parts here. That’s probably a good thing. Sig Sauer?? 😅
Ok on the G - 29 is going to be ammo cause I've had a problem with that federal and Remington white box to in both my G - 26 and my G - 17
Not to worried about failure to feed. 99% of the time, it's ammo or magazine related.
Nothing if you buy the right ones
ive seen another video you posted saying dont you want the best battle proven most reliable gun, and no hate im being genuine. With your logic wouldn't you run a Trijicon RMR type 2 instead of those red dots? The RMR is near indestructible
The potential for malfunctions is greater in smaller handguns. One in a thousand or so malfunction rate is not a reason for concern unless your gunfight is going to go 1000 rounds.
Weak strikers on the PSA Dagger is a known problem. Many people have reported breaking their's by dry firing. PSA will replace the striker at no cost but you have to go with Glock if you want one that won't break as easily.
No it’ covert gun control, all of these parts are out of spec, even from the main manufacturer most of weapons aren’t built reliable and this is a problem. I’m glad you spoke about this cause a lot of these channels don’t talk about reliability so far away and we’re still having issues with them as of 2024.
My Mossberg has run flawless so far 7-800 rds ..id swap the striker spring firing pin cause there cheap ..
Prices have gone up but quality has gone down, alot of these companies get away with their fancy marketing to sell their over priced junk
I got an sig p365 that was constant problems. Nobody with sig got back to me
Welcome to the real world.
I no longer carry hollows or soft tips due to failure to feeds. Underwood xtreme defenders all day 👊
can you try out the Grit Grips g19 frame?
I won't ever carry a piece that doesn't have a safety in place other than grip safety and the trigger lever. In fact I don't really need those. Fortunately there are options for me. Even some pocket pistols.
All these guns have one common denominator… you! 😂. I’m kidding
Ppl put a bunch of aftermarket shit on their guns and then complain when they don’t work. Most gun owners are not gunsmiths and most guns don’t need upgrades. Sure, get some better sights or a magwell or a light but once u start swapping out internals for aftermarket parts all the tolerances go out the window. If u want to tinker with some something you’re not gonna carry that’s cool. I’m not opposed to it but, if you’re not a competition shooter why are u fucking with all the parts that make the gun operate? I just don’t understand it
I’m on my 4th MC9 Guide Rod Spring
ammo quality from some of the more known makers has went down too.
I had a new Ruger 10/22 and a new Ruger LCRx that had to go back. Ruger's customer service is second to none, but 2 flawed out of the box in a year is undesirable. I think it's employees who don't care about doing a good job.
I humbly feel that companies just dgaf. Quality of stuff is at an all-time low, but i doesn't matter because we'll still keep buying with our consumerism culture. Also, I'm fed up with DEI. But there's a big misconception. Those people tend to have to be even more qualified because they're already scrutinized for being DEI and under a microscope. I.e. i definitely have to show up to work ontime and be a top performer vs the bosses son, or someone with familial preference.
I bought a brand new savage AR15 first time out after 20 the bolt jammed up in the upper $900 gun. All the reviews here said they were great guns 😢
Why should a guide rod have an expected lifespan?
Because they all do. But I’m this case, it’s a .45 out of a small handgun. That’s really hard on it over time! Respect
I have a few 1911 that need the guide rods changed every 500 rounds.
Because entropy it's simple physics 😂
I change my guide rods every 2000 rds, and if I use full synthetic guide rods 10k miles.
@@spnfirearms I'm very impressed with the Centennial Defense Glock 43X and Glock 21 stainless steel guide rods.
In general, in order to really know how reliable a gun is, one has to collect data, run the numbers, etc. A sample of one does not a data point make and internet is full of shit. I already see idiotic comments for this video. In general, the more you shoot a gun, the more reliability issues you will have. I'll give an example of one, in the past, I shot thousands of rounds through my Sig M11A1, and it had hard failure at just over 6000 rounds when the original recoil spring snapped in half, the gun was hard down. Sig told me they recommend changing the recoil spring every 3000 rounds. Lasted twice that, so that was nice.
In addition, just because a manufacturer has had a checkered past, doesn't mean the current guns produced are of poor quality or reliability. Taurus might be a good example, their new GX4's have been great in my collection, my original GX4 has over 2000 trouble free rounds. However, until data is collected, the numbers are crunched, all I can say is, my GX4's are solid. I've bought well over one hundred handguns in the last fourteen years, mostly Glocks and Sigs, and I've had the most issues with Glocks and Sigs. My guess is being the larger sample of guns being those two brands, I have seen more issues with those brands. A gun range might be a good place to see how well a certain gun performs over time. I was shooting in Prescott, AZ years ago, rented a Gen 3 G19. The gun went hard down and I brought it out to the counter and said, this G19 broke. He said impossible, Glocks don't break. I simply said, this one did. Never found out why, I was visiting a friend and we went shooting. However, I would not say Glocks are unreliable, but guns, Glocks included, are never 100% reliable when shot enough.
Some of it, maybe all of it, can be traced back to supply chain issues. Vendors sneaking in low quality materials (recycled steel, etc). Even high quality manufacturers get caught out because of their subcontractors or vendors pulling tricks. Combined with the fact that a lot of knowledge and skill for manufacturing has been lost due to offshoring. Hardly anyone knows how to make high quality steel any more or engineer proper designs. I have friends and family that work in aerospace and military manufacturing and it's a huge problem. All materials at every level have to be inspected, sample tested, x-rayed, etc. to verify that it meets its specifications. Trust is gone.
I'm a PSA Dagger fan boy and I own the Canik TP9 SC.
Your PSA striker experience is NOT a fluke ... I have broken 3 of them. Absolutely replace the PSA striker with a Glock OEM if you use it for anything other than a training gun. My favorite Glock to shoot is my PSA Dagger ... but their striker is a giant fail.
Overthinking it bro. And leaving out important details. Especially about the macro, those mags compress weird and the springs go bad faster than their wider cousins. The condition of the weapon also matters. You can minimize failures by keeping your weapon wet.
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Also 1 failure in 1000 is wildly good. For comparison, the CZ p01 suffered 1 stoppage per 500 rounds.
Glock, HK, CZ and S&W are the only guns I trust nowadays. All of these brands, while not perfect, offer the highest reliability. I should note, that S&W and CZ will require more parts maintenance than Glock and HK, this is just the nature of their brands.
When everyone is trying to squeeze every penny they can out of production, metallurgy goes to crap, machining goes to crap because they want to get one more part out of a cutting tool, and then you have to wait around for new parts that are made to the same basement level budget standard.
It's like flipping a coin you really don't know. You had issues with the 365. I never have.
I have been wanting to buy a CZ-P10M soon but my holdup is lack of holster support. I can’t find anything. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Vedder! I love my Vedder holsters for it! Respect
LE trade in pistols are the best budget pistols.I picked up a lightly used LE G17 that still had the copper grease on it for $340. LE trade in Glock or S&W is superior to a Taurus or SCCY.
Stock G2C and a stock glock are most reliable
Especially when handling +P 💯💯💯💯💯
Make a Video..on the swiss phoenix redback or tangfolio..both excellent sportshooters..that can hit a fly out half a mile...😂😂
Just got another Cylee wolf 2 for my new Baretta Sox A1 compact
I have an old xd9 sub, made in 2006.
PSA micro dagger mags suck. Stuck followers shouldn’t be a thing.