Taurus GX4: A Micro-compact Menace at the Range
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Mixed emotions flood when shooting this pistol. Memories come back, of our first moments shooting the P365 and how many similarities they share, but the price tag sets them apart.
A budget micro 9 was a tall task to begin with but Taurus has developed one with the intent of competition in the market place.
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I have a GX4 and P365. I just unloaded my GX 4 to see if it felt gritty and it felt great. I can group I as well as my Sig. Never thought I would have been a Taurus fan. My first and I said would be my last Taurus was a 1911. The slide was so loose it marked the frame.I now Own a tx22 and a tx22 competition. Love all three.
Ooh I (Gene) love the TX22 comp. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
I have the GX4 and teamed it up with the Veridian E series laser and I love it ! Tried at the range today and banged plates at 20 yds regular ! From 12 yds on in I was tearing up the paper ! I like how easy the laser sighted in and it shoots where that light is ! I love this combo and it's my carry gun now !
Sometimes I (Gene) will agree with people for the sake of agreeing with them, but I actually like the GX4 as well. Get a LOK grip back strap and oh boy it’s great. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
What holster do you use?
I have a versa carry that I will use on occasion when I carry! It fits a lot of the same sized guns and is comfortable. It’s OWB and is the medium sized holster they offer
I just picked one up and am going to the range tomorrow. I got the TORO edition because that’s the one they had. They have made a few updates since last year I think but dry firing it, the trigger felt good. It’s a little heavy but for carry that’s not necessarily a bad thing and I found the trigger had a very crisp break. Thanks for the video and an update would be great.
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Just put 6 magazines through it today with zero hiccups. The recoil was much less than I was expecting as well.
We figured you would like it. It’s a good pistol. Thanks for the follow up
I have the Taurus gx4 and love it…I cleaned it and oiled it before I ever shot it..no gritty trigger at all.
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People always want more. For EDC it’s a 3x3x3 don’t need range accessories. Good video!
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I polished my trigger bar, sear, and sear block mine feels great now. It almost feels like a custom trigger, it cut a pound or so off the pull also. Polish and lube is the answer to a great trigger!
Sweet I may do that to mine. Hey thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
My EDC zero malfunctions since I had it❤❤❤
Very good value in this gun and actually one of my favorite Taurus and I’m not a huge fan of Taurus lol. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Never heard anyone say grit and trigger in the same breath when it comes to the GX4. Maybe it's just the example you happened to get, but mine has a short take up to the wall and no grit whatsoever, just an excellent trigger, and man is mine accurate. Was right out of the box and still is with about anything I want to feed it. Now my used G2C has the double strike capability so has a long take up that a lot of people love to knock, (Until they need that double strike because of a hard primer), but a decent trigger after all of the take-up. Again, a decent trigger as far as I'm concerned after you get used to it and learn how it works and how to use it. As with the GX4, I shoot it very accurately at much further distances than you were shooting there. Pork and bean cans are in a lot of trouble with either of the ones I own at thirty yards for sure. I think Taurus makes an excellent pistol at a reasonable price myself and note this is two years after your review, so some improvements may have been made sense your review. I know they had a recall on some of the early ones and I think it was trigger related. If mine is an example of what you get in late 2023, I'd say they got it fixed.
Yeah, the reason that we started doing the UA-cam channel to start with is because we personally got sick and tired of watching UA-cam videos for pistols. We were looking to purchase and never be able to find a single bad review concerning said pistol, and think to ourselves well we must be making the right Choice here because everyone on UA-cam seems to agree that it is awesome and then we get said pistol and it not be worth two craps. So, even though Taurus is only one of two companies that actually sends us guns to review, it really does not matter to us because we are going to be completely honest and if that upsets the folks who send the stuff then I guess don’t send us anything else, because we are going to be completely honest about our experience no matter what and that is a guarantee from us to everyone watching. yes it is very true that everyone’s experience is different. If we have a great experience with a firearm and someone tells us we’re full of crap because they had a bad experience. It really just shows their ignorance, because certainly one pistol can be great and another of the same kind can be horrible just like with vehicles or anything else that one may buy. We never discredit ones experience if we have a great one and they have a bad one or we have a bad one and they have a great one we are happy for them. With that being said, I actually really like the GX four and I am not a trigger snob, I simply just reported that I was a little bit gritty. Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts and please be sure to subscribe if you have not already.
@@GSquaredTactical Certainly not knocking you or your review. Hope you didn't take it that way as that was not my intention. Just stating that it has been two years since that review until I bought mine and I have not had the experience that you had with yours. Yes, by all means keep them honest, I appreciate that and your reviews.
@@ditchdigger93 oh, no, I did not believe you was knocking the review, but you have got to have some super thick skin to do what we do and it’s just a hobby for us because we certainly do not make any money doing it lol. You don’t understand if we say one bad thing about a gun that some people like they will call is inbred, talk about our wives, talk about our haircuts, tell us that we divorced our sister to marry our cousin I mean, and that’s just to name a few. So anytime someone tells us that they have not heard anyone put gritty the name of a certain pistol we automatically assume they are trying to discredit what we are saying about our experience, but I could tell from your message that was not the case.
Glad the pistol performed well. Being a new pistol maybe the trigger will wear in with use. This GX4 pistol is a new design and not part of the G series but I know the G series triggers do wear in. G2c and G3c pistol triggers are on the heavy side out of the box but like the mags they do wear in and become lighter with use. Are triggers that aren't match grade such a problem for close range carry pistols? I doubt it at close range and I doubt the shooter will even notice it under stress. I also agree that for a carry pistol less is better to keep the pistol small and concealable. So a large red dot or reflex like an RMR sight would add size to the pistol and that defeats its purpose. Like trigger safety levers on rifles that adversely affect trigger pull, I think large sights on carry pistols to be used for concealment have no place. But that is just me and folks will do what they want and what works for them. Thanks for sharing.
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I just bought a new GX4 and immediately had trigger reset issues. Basically a dead trigger every 20 rounds or so. I shipped it back to Taurus. The customer service rep said that was "common on the GX4" !! Otherwise it shot very well..
I suppose they fixed it free of charge to you? I haven’t had that problem but if I did encounter that I would expect nothing less than a completely free repair to my gun
@@GSquaredTactical I just sent it out today...they said 2 to 4 weeks...I will let you know.
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Thanks for being honest taurus are good quality reliable guns thanks for the video
Yes sir
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@@GSquaredTactical same to u guys hope u been well I see the subscribers keep goin up I'll keep getting u more man u will reach 3,000 before summer is over 👍🙏
That’s our goal! Keep growing and growing so we can bump those giveaways up and just keep putting out new content, with new guns, ammo, and everything else freedom related lol
As long as every round is in group it’s good brother 👍🏻
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I have a Gx4 and a P365. I am not a trigger snob, I never change triggers and keep the factory trigger. The P365 trigger is much better. The GX4 has a weak trigger pin and the trigger is inconsistent with excessive stacking. I will keep the Sig.
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Good video great info. I carry a Taurus G3C and have put 500 rounds thru it with no failures. I am waiting for the GX4 to come out Optics ready then may add it to my EDC.
Sweet let us know when you get yourself one and how it is. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. thanks again
On my GX4, the gritty trigger got significantly better. With more rounds i put through it.
I’m sure most do with time thanks for watching
honest takes much appreciated subscribed
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any Taurus deep clean twice before shooting makes all the difference.
Cleaning or no cleaning we’ve not had an issue with any of the new Taurus pistols and very excited about it. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
I was a little disappointed that Taurus didn't use the G2c/G3 trigger system in the GX4. The good thing about the G2c/G3 trigger system is that it can be easily , cheaply and radically enhanced with a Keep Tinkering trigger. In fact I would put my KT triggered G2c up against any poly/striker fired pistol as far as trigger pull quality and feel.
I haven’t (Trey) specifically tried that trigger set up but if it’s as good as you say I’ll have to take look at it. I’m all for a enhanced trigger. And now that we have done our base review of this pistol, might as well slap some mods on it
The G2C trigger sucks balls lol. What do you mean? Lonnggggggg ass travel, but the break is somewhat crisp.
Informative and nicely done, Thanks...!
Thank you and thanks for watching
The trigger is great, not gritty, reset is great, what are you shooting?
Mostly blazer, we are digging out whatever we can find
Yuppers, reflex sight on a micro compact doesn't make sense, but a laser does! Lol Great video
Yeah it’s crazy these days with these reflexes 🤦♂️. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
I shot a friend GX4 and it wasn’t gritty at all. Nice clean break. He had around 200 rounds or a little more through it but I was impressed with the trigger. You may have a Monday or Friday gun, lol.
Anything is possible when mam makes something. Either way it performed great on the range. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
I have one that is optic ready. It is not gritty at all in my opinion!
Maybe it was a break in thing or me just comparing it (unfairly) to a different gun. It’s hard to use a standard in the gun world when comparing guns but overall I think this is a solid pistol! Normally we move guns through the channel but I actually held on to this one!
They seem to be doing better than when I bought a 709 slim that fell apart after 200 rounds. They had horrible customer service and out of 20 odd pistols I’ve traded through over the years as I’ve upgraded them regularly the Taurus 709 slim still remain hands down the worst. A jamming gun that would slide bite you, jam every mag, and rust just from touching it. Since then I have friends who swear by the g2c and g3c as truly great pistols. I hear good things about these too. Eventually I’ll try one but for me I’m happy with a p365, shield, makarov, Glock 43x, cz75 or my 1911.
All great options for any gun owner for sure. I promise it wasn’t easy for us to spend our money on but we did for the sake of the channel and our curiosity. If I were you I’d at least give one a shot when the time comes your ready to buy another gun. Let us know!
My neighbor got to trade his 709 for a G2C from Taurus. I would push the issue from them if you still have it.
I had a 709 with over 1,000 rounds through and never had one malfunction, same with my 740 slim about 500 rounds no issues.
@rustynuts8668 you was very lucky compared to most. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Front sight on mine came loose about 30 rounds in. Tightened with Loctite, loose again next time I was out... Keep an eye on it if you get one.
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The Taurus I had had the rear sight fly off after a couple of hundred rounds. Customer service was not helpful and worthless- they couldn’t mail a ten cent screw because they were out of stock on an in production gun
We haven’t dealt with customer service up until this point but you have our word if we do we will update!
Same thing happened to me. After the second set of front sights and the recoil spring falling apart, I got rid of it. Shot great.
After trying this, I don’t think I owned it for 2 weeks, I love my Taurus G3C & TX22, but this one is a no go for me..The capacity and size are very similar to the G3C. The GX4 is smaller of course. I like the longer trigger, and I like the manual safety.
I shot 50 rounds through this, had about 7/8 FTE. Not today Renee!
I like the size, grip is awesome, ergo’s, capacity, minimalist design with nice looks.
Without the FTE, this would be a winner for sure. If I liked the trigger I would have kept it. It’s just too light and short for my EDC.
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I also had a FTF issue out of the box. I used a tiny file to clean up the extractor where it hooks the rim of the cartridge. Not a single FTF since. Probably close to 1500rds by now.
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Replaced front sight with Fusion night sight made for Glock, AWSOME!
How was the fit?
@@GSquaredTactical Good, screw is tiny, if you have big fingers like me you might say a few cuss words, but yes it fits nice. Use a tiny dab of locktite.
Ok thanks a lot
Be careful with the GX4.... I don't know how many exactly, but there are alot out there that have a HUGE problem with the striker not dropping when the trigger is pulled, and then a few seconds later it will release and strike the bullet, making the gun go off.
Wow that is super unsafe I haven’t heard about that but will look into it. Thanks for the info and for watching. Be sure to subscribe if haven’t already. Thanks again
Where is that info located?
I’m not 100% sure, I’m just taking Tyler L word for what he says. It may not be who knows haha
Can't see the hits on the Target?
Sorry
Coming at the sig p365 and the Springfield hellcat, I've shot both of those but waiting to get my hands on the Taurus
Honestly it feels about the same as the 365 just a little snappier. In my opinion I was more accurate with the Gx4. I’ve never hit the broad side of the fence with the 365 lol
I got my GX4 today for $299, a friend P365 owner has both and says the GX4 is like the P365, but with an adult grip. I was really impressed with the quality of the finish on the GX4. I am not a short trigger guy, I like the khar trigger and also the G3C trigger. So far I love this GX4 trigger.
I ONLY BOUGHT THIS ON AN IMPULSE SINCE IT WAS $299 for the one with the bronze slide and my friend likes his so much he was buying another one. 😎
To each there own my friend! Everyone has their pistol and it sounds like you may have found yours. If you are confident in it that’s what matters most!
I had the 365 and didn't care for the thin grip. Also own the 43, but GX4 just feels way better in the hand.
To each his own every person is different thus the many different guns out there. The GX4 seems to be a good firearm. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
Just wondering if you have put more rounds thru this GX4, beyond this video, and have experienced any trigger issues as reported on other UA-cam channels? Thanks
We haven’t shot it since the range but have had no issues to this point
I'm considering getting the GX4 for summer and just extra concealed carry. Is the GX4 a lot easier to conceal than the G3C, or is it not a huge difference? My current gun for summer/extra concealed carry is my Glock 43, and I figure this is similar in size but has extra rounds.
Definitely easier than the g3c to conceal no question. It’s almost identical in size to the Hellcat and 365
The old guy's comments are very very odd....never heard from many reviewers. bogus.
“Old guy” here!! Not sure I understand your comment or your question.
I agree. I have one and it’s nice!
I bought my GX4 for my NEW EDC.
Wasn't looking for a firearm that was Red Dot Optics ready or had a 'rail'.
I wanted a small 9mm that would be the best for self defense, concealment, yet have quality and be dependable.
I wasn't going to be in any shooting competition with the GX4 as I have other firearms for that.
Purchased the GX4 at my local Scheels and got the last one in stock at that time.
329.00
Put the Amerigo Glow Dot front sight on and a big+ over the white factory front sight.
29.95
Received the pinky extentions (2) for the two 11 rd mags that were included and that completed the grip for me....good to go with my pinky on board.
9.98
Of course my 13 rd mag has the extension.
That's all I needed to do get the GX4 the way I wanted it on my hip.
Where did you get the pinky extension base plates from? The Ameriglo front sight is killer isn't it? I have the full sight sets on my G2c and G3 and love them.
@@BazonBlades Ordered the extensions for the 11 RD mags, Amerigo Glow Dot front sight and the 13 RD mag right from the Taurus Store.
Took a little while to get out West here but they did arrive.
I find it mind-boggling that people are upset with micro-compacts not being optics ready. For me, these are pocket guns. The instant you start sticking even a small red dot on them starts to defeat the whole purpose of them being so compact. To each their own, but I'm honestly happy to not have a couple of screws sticking out of the slide on a retaining plate. If you don't ever intend to use them, they just look terrible.
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I bet red shirt has caught a 30 lb goggle eye on a yeller jitterbug.
I’m not sure what that means haha but thank you for watching!
Yup trigger issues.
You had trigger issues ?
@@GSquaredTactical Haven’t got it yet, it’s on layaway. Just agreeing with your shooting buddy. He said something about the trigger. I’ve seen other video’s covering that topic. Hopefully Taurus will recall the issue. I bought one of the original Full Conceal 19 model which had an unsafe trigger. Rather than fixing the trigger for me, they just sent me the parts to fix it myself and now the company is out of business. Fortunately I got the trigger at least lol.
Sometimes you just gotta make lemonade yourself lol, thanks for watching!
I’m not so sure I agree, the Hellcat was getting claims of trigger issues as well, then nothing but crickets. I see a similar pattern with this pistol, about 3/4 vids from the same guy, all you ever see is him holding the pistol so tight his hands are shaking, the exclaims there it just did it another 3/4 times. Some guy no one has heard of.
If it gets them some views why not cry Wolf? Most of the reviews on this pistol are very positive.
@@bowl816 Exactly. All the anti Taurus guys are eating it up and spewing it everywhere. They swear that if you use the old GI Joe kung fu grip and hold your mouth just right and look cross eyed at the front sight, you can cause issues with the striker release. LOL It's a piece of plastic, thin and light weight. Of course if you squeeze it hard enough you can cause it to deform slightly and possibly cause a malfunction. You could likely do the same with any of the rest of the micro 9's. With a proper grip I doubt that many folks can do this unless you are trying extremely hard to do it.
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North Carolina
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Look at my bronze gx4 nicely cleaned and oiled and tell me its ugly to my face. Pffff perposterous. Also the trigger is heavy but very. Crispy. Yall some fibbers. It is snappy tho I'll give u that
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Yeah! Tryin to be cute😊😉
Lol
Mag dump everything. 👊😁
Hahah thanks for watching
All Taurus vids I have watched they all talk about problems in the vid or comments. I've never seen vids or comments of failures with smith or glock ...which I have both. A glock 19 and a shield plus and neither have ever had a failure with any manufacturers ammo... brass, steel, fmj or hollow. Not sure but I guess you get what you pay for
That’s true