My son owns my old 24/7 Pro 9mm now and he uses it in his job. Between the both of us, it has about 8000 rounds through it conservatively, and I would imagine the number might be closer to 10,000.
We had it at the range a month ago, and it started misfiring. The trigger was pulled, but nothing. It started out occasionally but started doing it more and more. It was also stovepiping from time to time.....We took the gun home and I cleaned out the firing pin channel, and gave the entire gun a really good cleaning. So we took the gun to the range yesterday, and it started out pretty good, but it started acting up again, doing the same thing.
I had an issue with my captive firing pin assembly in my PT145, and had Taurus send me two - one for the gun and a spare. Come to find out that the part fits both product lines, so just for grins I decided to take the 24/7 Pro apart and see what might be going on in there.
What I found was mildly surprising. After disassembling the entire firing pin area, I flushed everything out and soaked all of the parts in Hoppes. I started seeing little green flecks in what I flushed out and in the cleaning solution. The captive assembly is a piece of green plastic, so I took the part and started cleaning it with a patch and Hoppes, and I was getting little green flecks all over the patch. I kept cleaning it with fresh patches until it was pretty well clean, but there were still little green flecks coming off of it.
I ended up putting the spare part in the 24/7 Pro.I think that the flecks were getting between the coils in the springs and not allowing it to function properly. Now I need to get it back to the range and see if that fixed the issue, or if that was just the beginning of something.
The gun does have alot of rounds through it, so I'm not really complaining. I hope it was that simple.....I guess I need a new spare though.
We had it at the range a month ago, and it started misfiring. The trigger was pulled, but nothing. It started out occasionally but started doing it more and more. It was also stovepiping from time to time.....We took the gun home and I cleaned out the firing pin channel, and gave the entire gun a really good cleaning. So we took the gun to the range yesterday, and it started out pretty good, but it started acting up again, doing the same thing.
I had an issue with my captive firing pin assembly in my PT145, and had Taurus send me two - one for the gun and a spare. Come to find out that the part fits both product lines, so just for grins I decided to take the 24/7 Pro apart and see what might be going on in there.
What I found was mildly surprising. After disassembling the entire firing pin area, I flushed everything out and soaked all of the parts in Hoppes. I started seeing little green flecks in what I flushed out and in the cleaning solution. The captive assembly is a piece of green plastic, so I took the part and started cleaning it with a patch and Hoppes, and I was getting little green flecks all over the patch. I kept cleaning it with fresh patches until it was pretty well clean, but there were still little green flecks coming off of it.
I ended up putting the spare part in the 24/7 Pro.I think that the flecks were getting between the coils in the springs and not allowing it to function properly. Now I need to get it back to the range and see if that fixed the issue, or if that was just the beginning of something.
The gun does have alot of rounds through it, so I'm not really complaining. I hope it was that simple.....I guess I need a new spare though.