Hello from Durango, CO. I've been waiting since January for arrival of a Tarus TX 22 from our local shop.
Today I received notice & proceeded to shop with bore scope. Owner had disassembled pistol, cleaned the bore, & was waiting. The bore was perfect & chamber concentric. I purchased it for $250.00 plus tax & background check.
Next a quick trip to the range, about 75 rounds of CCI Mini mag with 100% function reliability & accuracy was minute of empty shotgun shell at ten yards.
I then returned home, disassembled again & cleaned. I noted the serial number as 1PT309XXX. I went to the Tarus site & checked serial #'s there on a thread about chattering mars & serial # correlation. I am in a different serial numbering range.
Maybe, just maybe Tarus has corrected the poor barrel situation.
Pertaining to my qualification to render an opinion on this pistol, I'm retired 29 year Fed SA LEO (Border Patrol & US Customs), FLETC certified Firearms Instructor, & served as training officer at three different duty stations. I currently still compete.
In my opinion this is an excellent value, accurate & so far 100% reliable, threaded barrel, & great trigger. I have two friends with this pistol & shot theirs prior to purchase. Theirs are also running great reliability with decent ammo. They've never run the Thunderbolt category of bargain ammo so I can't forecast if pistol will run on economy bulk ammo. They both also own the Glock 44 & agree the Tarus is more bang for the buck. They both shoot the Tarus more because of the threaded barrel & included 1/2" x 28 TPI adapter.
I'm going to run this pistol a bunch this coming week for reliability purposes & if it continues to function 100% with quality ammo I'll use it for a lightweight hiking pistol. I really appreciate the light weight & high capacity.