Your Taurus G3 holster is made in the USA, and comes backed by Alien Gear Holsters' Iron-Clad Guarantee. Taurus G3 shoulder holsters and drop leg holsters can be had as well, if more carry options are needed. The Cloak Mod Paddle Holster is perfect for your range bag and range days or competition, or for open carry. For double duty, try the Cloak Belt Holster for a high ride, comfortable OWB that conceals easily. You can also have Taurus G3 OWB holsters for open carry purposes or for open and concealed carry. Choose from our Cloak Tuck series, either the Cloak Tuck original - a classic leather hybrid holster - or the Cloak Tuck 3.5, a modern hybrid holster with a multilayer holster base for the utmost in comfortable concealment. If comfortable concealed carry is your goal, try a Taurus G3 IWB holster. The hard polymer shell ensures a smooth draw and seamless reholstering.Īlien Gear Holsters specializes in the hybrid holster design, so you merely need to choose the Taurus G3 hybrid holster style of your choice to fit how you want to carry, or bundle and save with our 2 Holster Combo! Carry knowing your pistol is securely retained in the holster, with adjustable passive retention. Your Taurus G3 gun holster starts with a custom-molded retention shell, custom-molded for the Taurus G3 alone. Start a 30 Day Test Drive to see what comfortable carrying is like… Get the Armed Volunteer Church Security Guide - Now on Amazon Kindle.Start with Taurus G3 holsters that are safe and comfortable to carry with. Overall, I would like to have given the gun an A+ rating.īut the best I can do is label it substandard in tolerances for a wide variety of ammo. It will perform 100% with enough types of ammo to put it to moderate real world use, and is certainly suitable for a range, and training gun. What's ironic is that the gun is actually usable. That said, there was improved performance with two types of hollow points, but one failure with a third premium hollow point.Īs much as people tried to divert the reason for the gun failing miserably with 5 types of ammo, it was clear it was "ammo selective" to put it nicely. I tried several more types of ammo, with about the same failure rate as the first test. Following that, I took a rotary tool and rubbing compound to further smooth the surface.įinally I finished the ramp by rotary polishing to a mirror finish with chrome polish. I gently slid it over the sharp lower edge, and into the ramp itself. I put the barrel of my gun in a vice and took some rolled 600 grit automotive sandpaper to the ramp. To ensure that was not an issue I took the following steps: Taurus G3 Second ReviewĪfter the first range session and review, I took steps to improve what could be affecting the failures to feed.Ī very sharp edged feed ramp, that is compounded by a deep curve and sharp points, may have been part of the problem. Failures that make the gun useless for real world carry and self defense if not resolved. Not just in failures with 3 of 5 different ammo types.īut specifically, failure with self defense ammo. See if there is anything definable that will cure the issue.īut for a new tactical striker fired handgun, taken from the box, cleaned, lubed, and made ready, it was a gun that failed in the most critical area. It's not the end of it. With it being a gun new, out of the box for this first review, I'll work with it some more. But it was overall, a disappointing result from a gun I expected better from. Conclusion on this First Review of the Taurus G3:Īll gun reviews are anecdotes. The spent case ejected, next round stuck at the bottom of the feed ramp, without moving up. In only 20 rounds of Hornady, the gun failed to feed several times, with the situation shown. I won't bore you here by showing you identical pictures to the one just above. Taurus G3 9mm Pistol With Hornady Critical Defense 115 JHP FTX You'll likely be scrolling through to find what went wrong with the gun.įor each of these failures, the magazine had to be dropped, round removed, magazine reinserted. If you'd like to watch the video below, it's loooooonnnngggg. I'm going to be short and precise to keep from being tedious. You can find all that in a thousand other places. Unfortunately for this one being reviewed, it is not one of the ones that could be making the gun popular. On the tail of the G2 series, it has been showing a lot of promise. The Taurus G3 9mm pistol, is, not surprisingly, rapidly becoming one of the more popular pistols across the U.S. Two of those guns also came in at a low price point.Īll dependably shoot all 5 types of ammo in this review. My standard for comparison testing is three other 9mm guns I own: A Remington RP9, Canik TP9SF, and Smith and Wesson M2.0. Below, is the first review, with the gun new from the box, cleaned and prepped for shooting. Eventually there will be multiple reviews on the Taurus G3 pistol on this page.
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