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This is my first post here. After owning many various firearms from different manufacturers I picked up my second 1911, the PT 1911. My first 1911 was a Kimber TLE II that turned out to be a big disappointment. I wanted it so badly I traded 3 good guns for it: a Sig 220, Springfield XD 357 and a Glock 20. What a surprise I got when it turned into the worst jam-o-matic I ever owned. Even after a trip back to Kimber it came home with the same problems. To make a long story short it turned me off to 1911's for a few years. I ended up dumping it and leaving the gun shop with a H&K USP45 Compact model. That one is still with me today. I consider it to be one gun I will always have. It is a tack driver and now has many thousands of rounds through it without a single failure.
Then a few weeks ago I started hearing about the new Taurus 1911. I was intrigued by the value this 1911 seemed to offer for the money. It seemed almost too good to be true. I cautiously handled one in a gun shop and was pleased to see how well the frame and slide fit were done. Within a week I added it to my collection. My first trip out to the range proved the gun was totally reliable but at first accuracy seemed to be off. Groups were not bad at 10 yards, it was just grouping to the left of center. At 25 yards it was worse. With that I examined the gun and noticed the front site was tweaked over to the right. The thing was on so tight I had to have my gunsmith drill out the sight screw to remove the front sight and do an inspection. To our surprise on an otherwise well built pistol, the surface was off which caused the front sight to pull to the right when it was tightened down. He promptly smoothed the surface and reinstalled the front sight so it is now centered. I know I could have sent it back to Taurus. I just could not see going weeks without a new gun for something like that. So far I have about 350 rounds through it and will be testing the accuracy with the corrected sight this weekend. Despite this first bump in the road I am expecting good things from my new 1911 friend! More than half the battle to me was determining that it is reliable, and it is. I love the trigger pull on this thing and expect to shoot better groups with it.
With my shooting style I practice at all ranges from 5 to 100 yards. Yes, even with pistols just for the fun and challenge of it.
My roster of past and present firearms has included: 11 Glocks, 2 Sigs, 1 H&k (still with me), 1 Kimber, 3 Taurus(PT 1911 included), 1 Rossi, 3 Rugers (1 still with me), 4 S&W, 1 H&R, 1 Norinco SKS and one Remington 41.
This seems like a good informative forum. I will see about posting some pics soon.
This is my first post here. After owning many various firearms from different manufacturers I picked up my second 1911, the PT 1911. My first 1911 was a Kimber TLE II that turned out to be a big disappointment. I wanted it so badly I traded 3 good guns for it: a Sig 220, Springfield XD 357 and a Glock 20. What a surprise I got when it turned into the worst jam-o-matic I ever owned. Even after a trip back to Kimber it came home with the same problems. To make a long story short it turned me off to 1911's for a few years. I ended up dumping it and leaving the gun shop with a H&K USP45 Compact model. That one is still with me today. I consider it to be one gun I will always have. It is a tack driver and now has many thousands of rounds through it without a single failure.
Then a few weeks ago I started hearing about the new Taurus 1911. I was intrigued by the value this 1911 seemed to offer for the money. It seemed almost too good to be true. I cautiously handled one in a gun shop and was pleased to see how well the frame and slide fit were done. Within a week I added it to my collection. My first trip out to the range proved the gun was totally reliable but at first accuracy seemed to be off. Groups were not bad at 10 yards, it was just grouping to the left of center. At 25 yards it was worse. With that I examined the gun and noticed the front site was tweaked over to the right. The thing was on so tight I had to have my gunsmith drill out the sight screw to remove the front sight and do an inspection. To our surprise on an otherwise well built pistol, the surface was off which caused the front sight to pull to the right when it was tightened down. He promptly smoothed the surface and reinstalled the front sight so it is now centered. I know I could have sent it back to Taurus. I just could not see going weeks without a new gun for something like that. So far I have about 350 rounds through it and will be testing the accuracy with the corrected sight this weekend. Despite this first bump in the road I am expecting good things from my new 1911 friend! More than half the battle to me was determining that it is reliable, and it is. I love the trigger pull on this thing and expect to shoot better groups with it.
With my shooting style I practice at all ranges from 5 to 100 yards. Yes, even with pistols just for the fun and challenge of it.
My roster of past and present firearms has included: 11 Glocks, 2 Sigs, 1 H&k (still with me), 1 Kimber, 3 Taurus(PT 1911 included), 1 Rossi, 3 Rugers (1 still with me), 4 S&W, 1 H&R, 1 Norinco SKS and one Remington 41.
This seems like a good informative forum. I will see about posting some pics soon.
