Taurus 1911s

[Pinedawg]

Pat:

There has to be a way we can do this. The more I think about the kind of ribbing you woiuld get from your fellow LEO's when you lose your prize piece to an ol' biscuit eatin redneck like me, it makes it even more worth it.

We're getting quite a following here and I'd really hate to let down my fellow XDTalker's that have been cheering me on ( i had to go thru 65 p,m's today that said they couldn't wait to see me bring the smackdown on to ya).

Besides, I think we may even be able to get this televised if we play it right. Have you seen Bobby Flay's Throwdown? We can have Showdown, the new gunslinger reality show ( patent pending, trademark claim, interner rights, royalties, etc....all mine, cuz I'm gonna win).

I was just kidding about the PM's but you have to admit, it got you going didn't it.

Just remember, when I come to shoot, pack a lunch, cuz I get hungry.

[nra-life-member]

These are worth the money, IMHO

[qwik48]

Originally Posted by tex45acp

Good Lord,

It's amazing how easy, a simple mistake, can cause such a change in opinion.

I have been shooting, working on and even customizing 1911's for the better part of 30 years. I have owned Colt, Springfield Armory, Kimber, Dan Wesson, RIA, Para Ordnance, Norinco, Llama and Wilson Combat and Ed Brown. I have experienced problems with all but two, a high end Wilson Combat and the other was a Springfield Armory loaded. I have had problems with one or more of the others. So if I chose to not ever again buy a gun brand becaus of a majur problem with one, I would quite literally have to give up sub $1000.00 1911. Christmas a year ago I bought my youngest son who turned 21 the October before, and wanted a 1911, his first 1911. Was it one of the brands listed above....no. Was that because I agree with quick48's line of thinking....no. I had gone into my local gunstore and found a Taurus 1911. I asked the owner who knows my abilities with a 1911 if I could detail strip and then reassemble the gun. He allowed me to do so and he did the same with a Springfield Loaded model. We were both impressed with the quality and machine finish of the Taurus. It was basically the same quality gun at almost half the price. It actually had a better trigger than the SA loaded. The slide to barrel fit and slide to frame fit were comperable. As best we could, we compared MIM part quantities and thery were even. I reassembled the gun and promptly bought it. I decided to wring it out before boxing it up with a nice ribbon. 300 rounds of ammo later I had lots of ragged holes but not on single failure. I shot everything from junk to high end, I shot JHP's FN SWC and FMJ. It fed everything. I tore it down again and found no abnoremal wear. I cleaned, re-lubed and boxed it up for Christmas. The only thing I did to change it from original is to replace the plastic grips with a mice set of Cocobolo Checkered Double Diamond I had laying around. My son now has over 3000 round through the gun no problems. Does this surprise me...no I have 3 other Taurus semi-autos with the same kind of reliability. My stainless PT-145 is ticking around 5500 rounds now and all I have done si replace the recoil springs. To coin a phrase: 'One bad apple dont spoil the whole bunch." Plus you can find a lemon anywhere.

I love my three Wilson Combat 1911's and my Springer, but would not hesitate to trust my life to a Taurus 1911. For that matter I do carry the PT-145 as a primary defensive weapon quite often. It has never failed to shoot when I pull the trigger.

tex45acp

I'm sorry... where was the mistake? I'm just wondering? No biggie tho.. I just couldn't bring myself to buy a gun that had an occurance like that. I have personally seen a WILSON do this (high mileage wilson.. 7000+ rounds...) scared the crap out of me not because it HAPPENED, but because it almost shot the guy in the head. I believe if he had been using 10 round magazine's, he'd taken one to the frontal lobe.

[Pinedawg]

Originally Posted by qwik48

I'm sorry... where was the mistake? I'm just wondering? No biggie tho.. I just couldn't bring myself to buy a gun that had an occurance like that. I have personally seen a WILSON do this (high mileage wilson.. 7000+ rounds...) scared the crap out of me not because it HAPPENED, but because it almost shot the guy in the head. I believe if he had been using 10 round magazine's, he'd taken one to the frontal lobe.

So you never really saw the Taurus do this, you just heard about it?

And you obviously would never buy a Wilson now either right?

[qwik48]

No actually I didn't... but I READ IT A FORUM!!! and the actual owner of the gun was describing his problems... Ask AlaskaPopo... he'll dig it up for you. The gun was practically new when it started doing this (and had already been to Taurus for something unrelated)... Mind you, it could just've been the trigger fit or sear spring.. or it could have been something else like actual sear to hammer fit... either way near new gun.

And the Wilson, SURE I'd own one!! I just be doing a safety check on it (as any competent person would) or detail stripping it to check for crap like this... so in my head it kind of works like this

AlaskaPopo don't put out junk links
The guy was the obvious owner
...who sent it to Taurus once before...
and it came back and developed a hammer drop

It's made in Brazil... I just have a problem with the import of anything past the Texas state line (Salmonella, Pregnant woman, rotten tomato's...)

And I know it's not mexico and they're primary language is Portuguese.

Still I'm no shmuck

[crump582]

Over 2K through mine and it works with ZERO problems. Love it...

I'm sure if you search the internet long enough you can find VERY dangerous problems from EVERY gun maker... just my 2 cents...

[Reeek]

Originally Posted by qwik48

It's made in Brazil... I just have a problem with the import of anything past the Texas state line (Salmonella, Pregnant woman, rotten tomato's...)

A lot of guns, not just Taurus, are made in Brazil whether you or I like it or not. Some SA in fact.

[qwik48]

good for Springfield.. and all other american gun companies making they're guns with cheap labor... they're ALL in the same boat as anheuser busch... woo hoo... traitors.

and to crump582: I'm sure I can. thats great news. enlighten me.