I own both Taurus and Ruger products, and like them both. I just had to send my Taurus PT-111 of to Taurus to get some work done on it though - having some extractor problems. I guess that is to be expected after five years and about 7,000 rounds down the tube.You will get supporters of both weapons on this forum. I and my son own Taurii semi-autos, and Ruger 10/22s. All our weapons work great. In my opinion, I take the economical Taurus. Of course, others will say to pay more for quality. It will be an endless argument.