I have a 1986 Taurus model 96 .22 revolver. It has great bluing, hardwood target grips, case hardened trigger and hammer, adjustable target sights, a quite good DA and a very crisp SA. It's gorgeous and fooled quite a few people into thinking it was a S&W at the range. I let them fire it before telling them it was a Taurus and they called bullshit before looking at the fine print....
It was an early gun of mine and the firing pin broke due to dry fire. I hadn't actually done it more than few dozen times and and the revolver appeared to be very lightly used before me, but still my fault for dry firing a rimfire. I sent it to Taurus for repair. Paid shipping one way, repaired free of charge, and had it back in a few weeks. No complaints at all.
While the gun was in transit I found a S&W 617 available locally for an unbelievable price and paid the seller without hesitation. The Taurus 96 has been superseded by the 617 (which became the favorite gun in my collection) but the Taurus is really quite nice. It sits in the case for some future friend, child, or grandchild. It's far, far nicer than the sum a lowly Taurus could be sold for. Unfortunately I don't think a 28 year old revolver says much about the state of Taurus revolvers today.
On the semi-auto side my Taurus TCP .380 has been pretty good so far. The pistol has a very nice trigger (better than the Ruger LCR) which has been accurate and reliable with good ammo. Maybe 200 rounds fired so far. The reloads I bought for it haven't been reliable but the name brand ammo has been good. It will prove itself a bargain if things continue well. It's pretty nice for a cheap pocket pistol.