Taurus PT1911 - Any complaints or comments?

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01 February 2010, 18:02

Rae59

Taurus PT1911 - Any complaints or comments?

I've got one but haven't been able to shoot it enough yet. So far I like it. The only thing that worries me is the bushing below the barrel at the muzzle end (I don't know what it is called at the moment). I can see it getting dinged if the pistol is ACCIDENTALLY dropped, and the slide not functioning.

Comments please.

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01 February 2010, 21:53

butchloc

never fired one, but i haven't heard anything bad about them yet. IMO taurus has upgraded their stuff lots in the last few years

02 February 2010, 03:01

Sam

Do you have the full length guide rod or the spring and plug? There isn't much to worry about. It's only a 100 year old design copied by everybody. If it was going to break it would have already broke and been redesigned. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't make a mil-spec model.

03 February 2010, 02:55

Rae59

quote:
Originally posted by Sam:
Do you have the full length guide rod or the spring and plug? There isn't much to worry about. It's only a 100 year old design copied by everybody. If it was going to break it would have already broke and been redesigned. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't make a mil-spec model.

It has a bushing that slides over a full length rod with a exposed/open end on the bushing. It is not a plug like the conventional 1911 design. Heaven forbid, I can see it getting dropped and landing on the bushing and denting it in so that the rod will not go through and thus not functioning at all.