Gun Review: Taurus PT1911 .45 acp

[Suburban]

Do they have a ramped barrel??

I'm 99.5% sure that they have ramped frames and non-ramped barrels. The 1911 gurus generally don't like ramped barrels for .45s.

[RocketFoot]

I'm 99.5% sure that they have ramped frames and non-ramped barrels. The 1911 gurus generally don't like ramped barrels for .45s.

It has a ramped frame along with a throated barrel...

[Steeltown]

I picked up my PT-1911 Stainless this morning at Stubby's gun and ammo store in York Pa. (Hope no one minds me plugging the store but I have to say between the prices and level of service he is tough to beat) I plan on leaving work a little early so I can put some rounds thru it. He has one left in the case (Black) and while I was waiting for my paperwork to get approved I couldn't keep my hands off of my new gun, I guess the look on my face was evident because 2 people looked at the black PT-1911 and my feeling is it will be gone before the end of the week. Once I chew up some ammo I will report back to let you know how it went.

[jmiro]

I keep looking at one of these. You guys make me want to rush out and spend more money.

[bdevil73]

I picked up my PT-1911 Stainless this morning at Stubby's gun and ammo store in York Pa. (Hope no one minds me plugging the store but I have to say between the prices and level of service he is tough to beat) I plan on leaving work a little early so I can put some rounds thru it. He has one left in the case (Black) and while I was waiting for my paperwork to get approved I couldn't keep my hands off of my new gun, I guess the look on my face was evident because 2 people looked at the black PT-1911 and my feeling is it will be gone before the end of the week. Once I chew up some ammo I will report back to let you know how it went.

Congrats. You're gonna love it.

I keep looking at one of these. You guys make me want to rush out and spend more money.

Have you looked at the Duo Tone model. Very nice.

[RocketFoot]

The more this thread pops up, the more I wanna go get a Stainless PT1911! But somehow, I think Santa has other plans for me! LOL

[Steeltown]

I really hope this is not serious and I really hope someone has a solution. As I mentioned earlier I picked up my new PT-1911 today and I could not wait for the weekend to get to the range so I blew off the rest of my work day and off to the range I went. I am a little green when it comes to ammo but the first box of 45 ACP ammo I bought was WOLF FMJ ball ammo (cheap $15.00) loaded the clip and put in the gun, racked a round into the chamber and was ready to fire. The first 2 rounds were flawless but when I attempted to pull the trigger for the third round I noticed the trigger would not move, the hammer did not drop, and my first thought was that the safety was on but it was not. I repositioned my hands on the safety grip but it still would not fire. I immediatley put the safety on and tried to figure out what I was doing wrong, I then took off the safety and was set to fire, again the next 2 rounds went smooth and then it locked up again. After repeating what I did with the safety a few times I was able to fire all of the rounds in the clip.

I then loaded the extra clip that came with the gun and I noticed that the clip would not stay seated in the gun. I disengaged the clip a few times and it finally stayed seated in the gun but I had the exact same problems that I did with the first clip. The only way I could fire an entire 8 rounds was to keep readjusting my hands on the grip safety until the trigger freed up. I thought maybe it's the ammo so I went down the road and picked up a box of Winchester 45 ACP brass jacketed ball ammo and went back to the range only to have the same problems. It seemed when I would wiggle the clip a little I was able to fire 2 or 3 rounds before the gun would lock up.

All of the ammo that I fired ejected properly and did not misfire and I did not have one jam but I could not get thru a clip with out the gun locking up. I am really hoping that my clips are causing my issue (I have already rendered one of the clips useless since it will not stay seating in the gun)

I would appreciate any advice. I love the gun and I am not too dissapointed yet.

Thanks

[Lycanthrope]

Does the trigger have an overtravel screw on the face? Back it off a few turns.

Lycanandreportbackthrope

[Lycanthrope]

Does the trigger have an overtravel screw on the face? Back it off a few turns.

Lycanandreportbackthrope

I don't think they have an overtravel screw after a quick google.....

Are you shooting with your thumb on top of the thumb safety so it doesn't ride up?

Lycanhardtosaythrope

[bdevil73]

Does the trigger have an overtravel screw on the face? Back it off a few turns.

Lycanandreportbackthrope

If you look at the bottom of the trigger, you can see a hole in the front. Is this the overtravel screw?