TimboKhan
Member
Yo,
I am not going to describe how a 1911 works. If you haven't seen it by now, your not going to learn it from me!
Anyway, went to the range today with my new Taurus PT-1911, and all I can say is "Wow!".
Pros: Very accurate with all loads. Heinie Straight-Eights are incredible.
Both magazines worked flawlessly, much to my delight.
Hollowpoints fed just fine.
Trigger was very good.
Cons: Not many, but I don't like the slide release all that much. A tad small
Grips are adequate, and look OK, but I can see replacing them soon.
I fired 254 rounds from the Taurus with no cleaning. There were zero malfunctions. The ammo ran the gamut from Hydra-shoks all the way down to some iffy reloads I got specifically to test in the gun. The magazines worked well even when fully loaded with 8 rounds. I will likely buy some additional mags, but the stock ones work exactly as intended. I shot a shoot-n-see at about 25-30 yards, and was able to keep all my rounds to within about 6-7 inches, max, with my closest groups being in the 2-3 inch range, which is pretty darn excellent for me. I also blooped a plastic bottle around the range with ease. I also shot some tiger teeth at various ranges, and was having a hard time missing them.
In short, I am very, very happy with the Taurus. Long term reliability is unknown, but I was impressed enough with the performance to say that I would recommend this pistol to anyone interested.
As a side note, I shot a new friends S&W Ti snubby in .357. I very much enjoy shooting my own .357, but the Ti is obviously very light and thus generated waves of unpleasant recoil. I would not, and in fact did not, shoot it again. As a carry gun, I can see where it would be a delight, but I think you have to shoot what you carry, and I just can't see shooting that thing enough to develop any real skill with it. The firesights on it were very nice, though.
I am not going to describe how a 1911 works. If you haven't seen it by now, your not going to learn it from me!
Anyway, went to the range today with my new Taurus PT-1911, and all I can say is "Wow!". Pros: Very accurate with all loads. Heinie Straight-Eights are incredible.
Both magazines worked flawlessly, much to my delight.
Hollowpoints fed just fine.
Trigger was very good.
Cons: Not many, but I don't like the slide release all that much. A tad small
Grips are adequate, and look OK, but I can see replacing them soon.
I fired 254 rounds from the Taurus with no cleaning. There were zero malfunctions. The ammo ran the gamut from Hydra-shoks all the way down to some iffy reloads I got specifically to test in the gun. The magazines worked well even when fully loaded with 8 rounds. I will likely buy some additional mags, but the stock ones work exactly as intended. I shot a shoot-n-see at about 25-30 yards, and was able to keep all my rounds to within about 6-7 inches, max, with my closest groups being in the 2-3 inch range, which is pretty darn excellent for me. I also blooped a plastic bottle around the range with ease. I also shot some tiger teeth at various ranges, and was having a hard time missing them.
In short, I am very, very happy with the Taurus. Long term reliability is unknown, but I was impressed enough with the performance to say that I would recommend this pistol to anyone interested.
As a side note, I shot a new friends S&W Ti snubby in .357. I very much enjoy shooting my own .357, but the Ti is obviously very light and thus generated waves of unpleasant recoil. I would not, and in fact did not, shoot it again. As a carry gun, I can see where it would be a delight, but I think you have to shoot what you carry, and I just can't see shooting that thing enough to develop any real skill with it. The firesights on it were very nice, though.
