Not even 200 rounds through this pistol (PT111 G2 9mm) and this happens. My bro in law has had Taurus pistols for a long time and has never had any problems.
This was my 4th time shooting it and it has been cleaned every time it was taken out and shot. I've been around guns all my life so I know how to take care of them.
Was at the range and noticed a gritty feeling in that long initial trigger pull but didn't think anything of it.
About 20 or so shots with that gritty feeling and the gun won't fire anymore.
The trigger can be pulled all the way back but it will not engage the hammer/striker mechanism any more.
I can't get it to disassemble either because the hammer/striker is cocked and pulling the trigger won't allow it to 'de-cock' for disassembly.
I found a piece of metal on the shooting bench that I can only assume came out of the gun. I sent it in with the gun when I shipped it to Taurus.
After a week, a letter arrived saying that they have possession of the gun and it'll be up to 12 weeks for a fix or whatever.
Not very impressed with Taurus at the moment. But I'm not gonna go around bad mouthing them just because of one incident. I'll wait and see how things pan out. Hopefully it's just a hiccup with this particular gun and not a bad design. I haven't heard or read anything negative about the PT111's except for that very long trigger pull. Which doesn't bother me any.
This was my 4th time shooting it and it has been cleaned every time it was taken out and shot. I've been around guns all my life so I know how to take care of them.
Was at the range and noticed a gritty feeling in that long initial trigger pull but didn't think anything of it.
About 20 or so shots with that gritty feeling and the gun won't fire anymore.
The trigger can be pulled all the way back but it will not engage the hammer/striker mechanism any more.
I can't get it to disassemble either because the hammer/striker is cocked and pulling the trigger won't allow it to 'de-cock' for disassembly.
I found a piece of metal on the shooting bench that I can only assume came out of the gun. I sent it in with the gun when I shipped it to Taurus.
After a week, a letter arrived saying that they have possession of the gun and it'll be up to 12 weeks for a fix or whatever.
Not very impressed with Taurus at the moment. But I'm not gonna go around bad mouthing them just because of one incident. I'll wait and see how things pan out. Hopefully it's just a hiccup with this particular gun and not a bad design. I haven't heard or read anything negative about the PT111's except for that very long trigger pull. Which doesn't bother me any.