My brother and I each bought one last fall for a bow elk hunt in CO. Very light and easy to carry/pack. The gun does kick with full 44 mag loads. Both our pistols shot high and mine had 2 cylander notches that were milled to wide leaving alot of play in the gun. I sent it back to Taurus and got it back a month and a half later. They send a test target and apparently fixed the point of aim, but didn't do anything about the timing. Customer service lady said I could send it back if I wanted, but if the gun shot and functioned, they would not do anything about it. She wouldn't even look up my file or let me talk with anyone who knew anything. I was not too happy and will be getting through to someone who can deal with this soon. Overall it seems to be a nice gun, but this may just be the last Taurus I buy if they don't fix the issue.