I read what people say about brands (Taurus in this case), but I don't know those people from Adam. What I can testify to is thousands of trouble free rounds down range personally. I realize it would be naive to discount the talk, but like I always say, you are much more likely to hear the bad. Generally speaking, people aren't going to run out and say "ooh ooh! I bought something and it worked exactly the way it was supposed to!" On the other hand, when one has a poor experience, we generally like to share our misery with as many people as possible.
I've only ever had problems with ONE gun, and due to their fanatical following, I usually just let that sleeping Tupperware dog lie...