On the sides, near the butt, where the grip frame and magazine meet, is a scalloped area that’ll help if the magazine must be ripped from the magwell during a malfunction clearance. The front of the trigger guard is squared for those who like to hook their support-hand index finger around it. There’s also a stippled area just above the trigger on both sides of the frame that’s an indexing point for your trigger finger to rest.
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They also help if you don’t have an ideal grasp on the pistol during a fast draw, plus they can also prevent the pistol being snatched from your hand in a gun grab. They provide a firm gripping surface to allow maximum control during rapid-fire shooting. The black polymer frame, undergirded by a stainless steel framework, encompasses the grip, which has rough, stippled panels that adorn the sides, front and backstraps. Internal metal parts are nickel plated, so everything works smoothly and resistant to corrosion. Control surfaces are Teflon coated the slide stop is polymer over-molded. Two new slide finish options are Tungsten and Troy/Coyote Cerakote, which add a little extra to the price. Standard slide finish is a black gas nitride treatment for durability, and the stainless steel barrel has a DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coating. The breech end of the barrel seen in the ejection port has a witness hole in the top that acts as a loaded chamber indicator. High-void serrations are on the front and rear of the slide, and the muzzle end is beveled on the sides to ease re-holstering. The front sight has a recessed white dot. Steel sights adorn the GX4 the rear sight is drift-adjustable for windage, and the rear portion is serrated.
The stainless steel slide itself has bevels and contours that align with the polymer frame, giving the gun a smooth overall profile to make concealment easier and drawing the weapon from concealment as trouble-free as possible. Now, add an 11-round magazine and with one in the chamber, you have a dozen shots of 9mm performance on tap in a pistol about the size of your palm.įrom top to bottom, you have fixed steel sights the front blade has a recessed white dot and the backside of the rear sight is finely serrated. Having a 3.06-inch barrel, the overall length has been kept to 6.05 inches, with a height of 4.4 inches and a width of 1.08 inches, giving it an empty weight of just 18.5 ounces. In essence, the buyer gets many of the features found in a service-size 9mm pistol that has been downsized to what was once the province of a single-stack. Taurus has redefined the micro-sized pistol with the introduction of the GX4.
Here’s the GX4 with the new optional Tungsten Cerakote slide finish. Then, when I thought Taurus had already “raised the bar” to new heights, along comes the GX4. I was impressed enough with this Taurus product that it has become my semi-auto EDC. Next, I tested one of the G3c sub-compact 9mm pistols. I evaluated a Taurus Model 692 revolver and then took it to Gunsite for the 250 Revolver Course. I had troubles with function and reliability, and on the Commander-size 1911 I was shooting, the extractor just fell out of the gun.īut several years ago, things began to change. I’d tested a few over the years, and by and large the revolvers ran just fine, but the autoloaders were another story.
Like most American gun enthusiasts, I wasn’t a big fan of Taurus. From Taurus is the GX4, a micro-compact pistol in 9mm Luger with a striker-fired trigger mechanism and 11+1 cartridge capacity. Unfortunately, the Taurus reputation suffered in these early attempts at gun-making, and their firearms have been the butt of jokes and more than a little contempt that’s lasted until this very day. An “ugly duckling” to be sure.īesides revolvers, Taurus purchased the machinery from Beretta to manufacture semi-automatic pistols, after Beretta had completed a contract with the Brazilian military. The checkered wood grips appeared somewhat amateurish, and the curved trigger just seemed to dangle from the frame inside the trigger guard. I noted that the cylinder flutes were serrated, something I found odd. 38 Special and had a close resemblance to a Smith & Wesson Model 10. The first Taurus handgun that I ever saw and handled was nearly 50 years ago. In 1941, they began producing firearms, and later, in 1968, commenced exportation of guns to the USA. Taurus of Brazil began operations in 1939 as a tool and die forging plant. Share on LinkedIn Taurus handguns have come a long way in terms of quality while retaining their affordable prices, one of the most recent examples of that is the Taurus GX4.
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