cracked hammer

[Guncrank]

I judted noticed today that my PT1911 has a small crack in the hammernear the grip safety. Has anyone else had this happen? Pistol only has about 3,000 rds through it

[Taurus10]

Welcome from TX! You need to contact Taurus CS @ 1-800-327-3776 or 1-305-624-1115. If the gun needs to go back to Taurus for repair and if you bought it within 1 year, Taurus will send the FedEx truck to your door to pick it up. The barrel of my PT145 got a few chips after shooting about 200 rds so I sent it back to Taurus for a 10 day vacation to replace the barrel.

[cuban]

This is the first time I've heard of this happening, when was your PT 1911 built, it might be a bad batch.

Cuban

[Guncrank]

Checked it last night with a bright light and magnifying glass. just a tool mark,not anything serious. Now i'm waiting for it to warm up,so I can go play at the range.

[bre346]

Now that's an answer I like. "-just a tool mark-"

[dbeardslee]

Checked it last night with a bright light and magnifying glass. just a tool mark,not anything serious. Now i'm waiting for it to warm up,so I can go play at the range.

For some reason this thread reminded me of many years ago. I was brushing my teeth one morning, and I always scrub my tongue off good while I'm at it. I had my tongue stuck way out, when I noticed these terrible looking bumps on the back of my tongue. I freaked out, and made an appointment with the doctor. When I got to the doc's I explained the situation, and he put a tongue depressor in my mouth and told me to say 'ah.' His next words would haunt me all the days of my life - "Those are your taste buds. Try not sticking your tongue out so far."

Glad it was nothing serious.

[TexasAviator]

Glad it was nothing!

[Czechbikr]

They pretty much all have that line in the hammer. We've discussed it and have photos posted in the 1911 section.

How are you liking that sweet pistol?

[oso]

it's a mold mark from the MIM process

[Guncrank]

Once I got a look at it with a strong light and magnifier, I guessed as much. I went to the range,and put 60 rds of military ball through it to check it out. I'm not used to seeing casting marks on pistol hammers,and kinda freaked.