Re: Any one want to talk me out of a Taurus 1911
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: boone</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do you know how many Smith and Wesson revolvers screw up? My smith keeps about 6 boxes full of parts for them. Aren’t S&W supposed to be the top of the line?
I bet you see a high volume of sales on the PT1911 compared the other brands, so you see more a bigger return rate of the PT1911. That's understandable. I won't lie that the PT1911 has some issues but there minor. First thing pull the factory safety. Second if so inclined replace the extractor. My extractor has yet to break.
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The other MAJOR problem is their internal locking mechanism, which I think I've seen self-activate on every pistol they make. I've watched it happen...guys are shooting their guns, then they just spontaniously stop. I went over to the guys on the line to help, dead trigger on the spot. Take out the key, unlock the mechanism, gun runs again. Those ones get sent back pronto.
I've seen it in the PT145's, PT111's, their little revolvers in .22lr and .38Special, their Tracker series in .357 Magnum, etc.
You need to get that part the hell out of the gun, ASAP. Their frame dimension are typically jacked up though, so fitting aftermarket quality parts can often be an exercise in futility.
People who want an inexpensive 1911 that runs would be far better suited to jumping on a used basic Colt/ SA, then sending it out to a good smith and having it tuned for reliably (and gutted and replaced with high quality small parts whenever financially possible) and having their required upgrades performed.
No company is immune from sending out bad guns. But we sold a LOAD of SA guns, and only had to send back a few. We payed attention to percentages. We also sent back more Glocks than HighPoints....because we probably sold 2 HighPoint's a year (that we robbed for $20 and sold for $50), while we sold 20 Glocks a week.
If you get screwed on a S&W or SA, they'll make it right. If you get screwed on a Taurus (and you very well might) you'll have to buy a Spanish/ English dictionary to communicate with the customer service department, then wave goodbye to your pistol for months at a time.
I had one customer send his Taurus Tracker back 4 times (IIRC) to get the lockwork right. It took over 6 months to fix the gun from the day it had it's first problem and was boxed up for the first time. We also had some S&W's that shipped with some charge holes out of time....those got fixed in ~2 weeks.
I've seen it all break (nighthawks, les baers, glocks, hk's, etc), but there are still companies that make more reliable products than some of their competitors. Taurus just isn't trustworthy, IMO.
