Got a Pt-745 a little while ago, and just took it out to shoot for the second time. First time was just to give it a quick once-over: After field strip, clean and lube, took it to the farm and just shot a couple of mags to give it a try. Great shooting gun, very pleasant for such a small package. Nice.
--Then, today I took it to the range for the first time and the safety just broke off. Didn't come out of the gun; the lever that you put our thumb on to take the safety off and on just broke off right where it connects to the part that extends in to the frame. Everything's going fine, and I finished the third mag and set the gun down with the slide locked back. Then I looked down and noticed something wrong. The safety was gone. Closer look revealed that the outside part --the lever-- had just broken off where the bend is. The rest was still installed. Found the broken part under the bench.
After checking carefully, I decided the safety was still intact -- just the external control lever was gone. I couldn't put the safety on; but, except for that, the gun should work ok. The next mag, the gun jamed after the first round, which alarmed me for a bit. Round just jammed on the feed ramp. Only failure the whole day. Other than that, I shot another maybe 50 rounds without incident. Everything went fine after, except I was now a little paranoid, so very cautious. All seems ok except for the broken-off safety lever.
So how could that happen?? And how can I get another safety put on without sending it in? (Don't want to send the gun back to Taurus unless I have to, since turn-around seems to take a long time.) Anyone ever had that happen? Any advice will be very much appreciated. Thanks.
--Then, today I took it to the range for the first time and the safety just broke off. Didn't come out of the gun; the lever that you put our thumb on to take the safety off and on just broke off right where it connects to the part that extends in to the frame. Everything's going fine, and I finished the third mag and set the gun down with the slide locked back. Then I looked down and noticed something wrong. The safety was gone. Closer look revealed that the outside part --the lever-- had just broken off where the bend is. The rest was still installed. Found the broken part under the bench.
After checking carefully, I decided the safety was still intact -- just the external control lever was gone. I couldn't put the safety on; but, except for that, the gun should work ok. The next mag, the gun jamed after the first round, which alarmed me for a bit. Round just jammed on the feed ramp. Only failure the whole day. Other than that, I shot another maybe 50 rounds without incident. Everything went fine after, except I was now a little paranoid, so very cautious. All seems ok except for the broken-off safety lever.
So how could that happen?? And how can I get another safety put on without sending it in? (Don't want to send the gun back to Taurus unless I have to, since turn-around seems to take a long time.) Anyone ever had that happen? Any advice will be very much appreciated. Thanks.