How heavy? Using a Lyman digital gauge from Brownell’s, I started at the toe of the tabbed trigger and got an average pull weight of 5.021 pounds. This follow-up pull will be heavier, with firm resistance from the beginning of the press. It reminds me of the DAK (Double Action Kellerman, named after its designer) that SIG offered on their metal frame duty pistols. If you have a bad primer and get a misfire, the G3X is one of the rare polymer striker guns that gives you a second chance: “second strike” capability. Then, there’s a light, very short roll, and the shot breaks. In live fire, or for the first dry fire press after you’ve racked the slide, there is a long and very light take-up until you “hit the wall” of firm resistance. Trigger pull is a critical feature, of course, and on this pistol, that was … different.
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The mags themselves were easy to fill up to capacity, even with arthritic hands, and easy to insert and positively lock in even when full up and with the slide forward. Ejected magazines just shot right out of the bottom. The left-side-only mag release button was easy to reach and activate, even for this elderly tester’s arthritic thumb. The grip filled the hollow of the palm nicely. Stippling was aggressive: when holding it tight, there was mild discomfort, and in shooting, a tiny “sting” in the palm reminded you that, yes, it was live ammunition. The sights were decent: white dot post front, serrated square-notch fixed rear. Pointing - always a subjective characteristic - was good. Trigger reach was about the same as the G19: in the average-sized adult male hand, the pad of the index finger comes naturally to the trigger when the barrel is in line with the forearm. Trigger reach is almost identical to a Glock 19. The trigger mechanism on Taurus’ G3 line gives you what most striker-fired pistols do not - second-strike capability. The serrated slide stop and single-sided mag release are well placed and function smoothly.
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This is a feature Taurus pioneered some twenty years ago on their early Millennium series and should be applauded for. The frame has a depression on either side of the dust cover upon which to index the trigger finger in the ready position. Ours came with two fifteen-round magazines. Like the G19, it’s in that sweet spot “Mama Bear” size that’s suitable for uniform duty wear but also amenable to concealed carry and lets you get all your fingers on the grip for a solid hold. The G3X ships with two 15-round magazines that load easily and seat easily on a closed slide when loaded to capacity.īuilt at the new, modern plant in Brazil, the G3X presents itself as Taurus’ answer to the uber-popular Glock 19: a 15+1 round 9mm Parabellum, striker-fired with a polymer frame, no thumb safety, and Glock-ish takedown. Thus, I was skeptical when I took this assignment from Ben Battles … but by the end of the test, it looked as if Taurus had redeemed itself. Unfortunately, there followed a period when quality control slipped, badly hurting the brand’s reputation with me and many others. There was a time in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s when Taurus made very functional clones of Beretta pistols and S&W revolvers that gave excellent value for their comparatively low prices. At $342.98, Taurus’ newest G3 is ridiculously priced … low-priced, that is
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