
TX22 TORO after ~1,800 rounds, from someone who'd sworn off Taurus
I inherited a couple of 9mm/.40 Taurus pistols years ago that never inspired confidence, and I'd decided I was done with the brand. Then I sold my Sig Mosquito for a TX22 TORO (waited months to find one at retail, Bass Pro parking lot at opening).
- ~1,800 rounds, most of them suppressed (Rugged Oculus22) with a Vortex Defender-CCW green dot
- Every failure to fire was Winchester white box. Golden Bullet, Federal Champion, Aguila, CCI standard and CCI subsonic all ran clean. My Mosquito averaged several failures per mag.
- Ran it about 45 days on irons first. The optic is optional.
- Watch out: Taurus doesn't make it clear which screws the optic cut takes. The commonly recommended ones backed out after 3 rounds for me. M4 x 0.7 at 9.8mm with blue Loctite fixed it.
- No measured groups and nothing past 25 yards. I say so in the write-up.
I run NFA Watch, and the full review (with what I didn't test) is here: NFAwatch.com/gear/taurus-tx22