Sidearms & Scatterguns Taurus G3c -cheap but worthy?

[eastexsteve]

I was on the lookout for a pocket gun. I have a Sig P365, but the grip is just too small for me. I picked up a Taurus G3c and was pleasantly surprised. It's physically almost the same size as the P365, but a little bigger and a bit beefier. And, aside from 9mm, it also comes in S&W 40 caliber. I picked up a new all black one in 9mm with two 12 round mags for $232.00 so I figured I couldn't lose. At least, not much.

After 100 rounds, I like this gun! The slightly larger grip feels much better to me than the one on the Sig, and I can shoot it every bit as well or better. The trigger has a lot of take-up, but the break was better than most guns of that type I've shot. It has a trigger safety. It also has a right-handed safety, but the grip is ambidextrous. I have no problem holding dead center on man-sized targets out to 50 feet, and I can still hold it center mass on the target out to 50 yards. I had a variety of ammo, and it ate everything I fed it.

It breaks down like a Glock, and cleaning is easy. Mine came with 12 round mags, but you can get it with 10 rounds mags that protrude a bit shorter out of the grip.

If your looking for a pocket pistol and most offerings feel uncomfortably small in the grip, you might check out one of these.
Taurus G3c

 

[rlsmith1]

Any comparison to a Glock 43x? I'm looking for something similar

 

[Smokeshot]

Any comparison to a Glock 43x? I'm looking for something similar

 

[eastexsteve]

The trigger on the Glock 43 I shot was not as good as the one on the Taurus G3c. But, your mileage may vary.

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Taurus is NEVER the answer.

 

[Mile High Shooting]

Bought one on a whim years ago and it has never failed to go bang. I do not carry it, but it has worked fine.

Kent

 

[Baron85]

I used to be pretty anti Taurus but picked up a tx22 a few years ago because my kid liked it and I have to say, it is very accurate and reliable and the trigger blows my ruger mark3 and old buckmark out of the water.

I have held the G3C but never fired one. They do feel better in my hand vs the 365/hellcat size guns. I wear XXL gloves.

 

[ironman56]

I have the g3 full size, it's been a good range gun and I used to keep it on my nitestand in the BR ,but have rotated several other pistols for that over the years , only thing that really irked me was the rear sight was plastic , replaced it with a fiber optic sight , haven't fired it in over 2 years , but back when I 1st got it I put maybe 300rds through it with no problems , also have a G2 or as it was called back then a PT111 , I used it as a CC pistol for a while ,but eventually returned to my glock G27 that I still use today , I know alot of people bad mouth Taurus guns , but I've had 5 over the years and never had a failure of any kind, YMMV.now that I think about it ,I remember seeing a YouTube video about the G3 compact having some issues, might want to Google reviews and see if that comes up.