Re: PT 1911 safety problem
By "left hand safety" do you mean the safety on the left hand side of the gun as a shooter would be holding it...or do you mean the safety a left handed shooter would use (right side of the gun)?
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
The safety on the left as the shooter would be holding it.
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
Send it back, or have a qualified gunsmith who works on 1911's look at it for you.
You should have to work that part off the gun....if it fell out on its own...I wouldn't trust the gun.
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
That would be that "custom" gunsmithing that Taurus advertises in the gun rags. This is the second taurus 1911 on PAFOA to have this problem...and one that had a slide release lever break.
Not time to hit the panic button....but something to keep an eye on for others.
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
Sounds like it wasn't in the slot and may have just popped out when he was taking the grips off.........
Send to a gunsmith? Geeze guys.....
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
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Originally Posted by
Lycanthrope
Sounds like it wasn't in the slot and may have just popped out when he was taking the grips off.........
Send to a gunsmith? Geeze guys.....
I've yet to see a thumb safety fall out of a gun without force being applied to the pin....especially when the gun is together.
How is it that you think it can fall out so easily? I know the Taurus is ambi...but haven't taken theirs apart...
You think this is normal for a brand new gun? Just curious....
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
Like I tell the customers in my shop Taurus makes a GOOD 1911 for the price! After you buy one, replace the Hammer,The thumb safety and the slide release and then you have a GREAT 1911 that will out live YOU.
Old style ambi safety,small lever goes under the right grip panel. If the groove in the grip is too shallow or not cut for an ambi then the grip can push in on the safety which pushes out on the left side just enough for the safety detent to go BLING across the room. Change it out to a PINNED ambi safety and problem solved.
JMHO and I don't have one in front of me but thats my memory from 4 days ago;)
Rich W.
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
No, I'm saying he took the grips off and may have been tooling with it and may not have had it together right......when you tighten up the weak hand side grip it would pop out the other side if it wasn't seated.
And......FOR GOODNESS SAKE.....if the fork was loose.....take the safety out and pinch it with some pliers...instead of paying a smith to do the same thing.
The Taurus is the same style as the normal 1911....I've taken more than a couple apart.
Re: PT 1911 safety problem
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Originally Posted by
Warners Surplus
Like I tell the customers in my shop Taurus makes a GOOD 1911 for the price! After you buy one, replace the Hammer,The thumb safety and the slide release and then you have a GREAT 1911 that will out live YOU.
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The hammer looks like hell, but I've seen more than a couple that would hold at 3lbs. The angles are pretty decent.