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Catastrophic weapon malfunction — Taurus fires all by itself

They may not speak English, but we can understand gun failure in any language. This Taurus has suffered a catastrophic malfunction allowing it to fire without a trigger pull. Even with the safety on, the slightest bump will cause the firing pin to drop. Watch him empty an entire magazine just by shaking the weapon.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 9_YWNo1f-o

Read More: http://www.rawdogtactical.com/blog/cata ... by-itself/

I'd like to know how many rounds have been fired in that particular handgun in it's life. I bet it's seen a lot of use.

Did you ever think that is what all the Taurus recall/ settlement talk has been about???

I was assuming that was the case.

This is actually a pretty well known AD situation from Europe. Its a few years old, I believe.

Even being years since the incident, I still feel like I read about these occurrences with Taurus on a fairly common basis. They always seem to be in the spotlight for negative publicity.

This all started by an officer in a foot-chase dropping his gun and it fired.

If I'm not mistaken that is the video where someone pointed out if you look closely you can see a string on the trigger and when the user shakes the gun pushing it away, it fires. So it's fake.

But yes there is a lawsuit pending at Taurus Arms and the settlement is just being identified this month. I've been following as my son has a Taurus Tactical OSS 24/7 9MM which is now obsolete.

http://www.taurususa.com/important-noti ... y-work.cfm

Joe seems to be leading the thread and seems most knowledgeable.
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/mille ... ost2135100