My most fun handgun to shoot is a little M605 5-shot Taurus revolver in .357 magnum. I enjoy it more than my P229R, and that says a lot. Yes, it had problems out of the box. Would fail to carry up the cylinder. Sent it back to Taurus in Florida, and it was back in my hands within a month and functioning flawlessly ever since. To me it's a cheap S&W that does what it needs but that I wouldn't mind losing.
My friend bought a new M85 in .38sp that locked up solid on the second loading and also had to be sent back.
So I tell people not to shrink back necessarily from buying this brand, but anticipate it not being quite right out of the box, but that the company will make it right.