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.