Good Ol' Boy
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First of all thanks to all that contributed to my several threads about smaller CC and what to get.
I went today to the one LGS that still had PT111's in stock with the intention of buying one and low and behold they were out of stock. I was just there yesterday and they had them but wanted to sleep on it and get some advice from THR, so I waited and missed out.
So I decided to go with my 3rd back up option. I posted a thread a while back on this gun and nobody seemed to have any experience with one so I guess I'll be the test buyer. Haven't read much negative from other sources so I went for it.
Enter the Taurus PT709 Slim. My initial unboxing was similar to CounterZero's with his PT111. Excessive grease and those darned little pellets that were everywhere. The trigger would not even function out of the box because there were pellets down in the workings. Spent an hour cleaning it and installed one of the grip extensions that I bought and have been playing with it for a bit now.
First impressions are, with the grip extension I think I'll be able to make this small gun work. May need some additional grip enhancement, won't know til I shoot it. I LIKE the SA trigger. It's not as nice as my full size but it's not bad. Kind of bummed about coming with only one mag and only 7+1 capacity, but I've found aftermarket mags aren't terribly expensive and there are 8 and 10 round options available.
First order of business will be getting a few boxes through this thing to the point it meets my satisfaction to carry, then order probably a couple more mags. Will update with range report when I get to it.
Few pictures. Last one is next to the full size.
I went today to the one LGS that still had PT111's in stock with the intention of buying one and low and behold they were out of stock. I was just there yesterday and they had them but wanted to sleep on it and get some advice from THR, so I waited and missed out.
So I decided to go with my 3rd back up option. I posted a thread a while back on this gun and nobody seemed to have any experience with one so I guess I'll be the test buyer. Haven't read much negative from other sources so I went for it.
Enter the Taurus PT709 Slim. My initial unboxing was similar to CounterZero's with his PT111. Excessive grease and those darned little pellets that were everywhere. The trigger would not even function out of the box because there were pellets down in the workings. Spent an hour cleaning it and installed one of the grip extensions that I bought and have been playing with it for a bit now.
First impressions are, with the grip extension I think I'll be able to make this small gun work. May need some additional grip enhancement, won't know til I shoot it. I LIKE the SA trigger. It's not as nice as my full size but it's not bad. Kind of bummed about coming with only one mag and only 7+1 capacity, but I've found aftermarket mags aren't terribly expensive and there are 8 and 10 round options available.
First order of business will be getting a few boxes through this thing to the point it meets my satisfaction to carry, then order probably a couple more mags. Will update with range report when I get to it.
Few pictures. Last one is next to the full size.
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