No....if you want a cheap 45 or 9mm to go to the range with then get a Taurus...my friend has a 24/7 pro 45 that seems to be ok (albeit it only has 80 rounds thru it) but every other one i've fired, besides his, has either jammed or had a fte problem...another 24/7 9mm, 1911, one of the snub 38's had a screw fall out of it as my buddy was shooting. he sold it to the range we were shooting at....regardless of what i am telling you, you have to look at track records...tauruses have been known to be cheap, one time use throw aways through out the years...if you want to buy a piece that you can trust to go boom every time you pull the trigger your'e going to have to go with a company that has proven themselves (i.e. S&W, Glock, Ruger, Sig etc) these maybe at tad more expensive but as the old cliche goes "you get what you pay for"...personally i carry a Ruger p95 9mm...look it up...this gun doesn't have failures...and yea it sits on my nightstand then goes on my hip when i leave...also the p90 45 is another "built like a tank" piece from them...look around and save a little money instead of picking up a taurus just because you can get a compact 45 for 350$...