[Gray_Wolf]

Just got my PT1911 SS today

I noticed the gun was a kinda dirty; it had both some kind of smelly oil/preservative (My Norinco was like that too... it still smells bad ) and it also looked like its been fired (I assume at the factory).

So was your PT1911 like that too or was it cean?

 

[Gray_Wolf]

After making the original post I field striped the gun and I could tell that it was definetely fired :-\; there was some resedue build up on the bottom of the breech face and so was the bore (run a few patches thru the it)

I'm hoping the firing was done at the factory (& they just didn't clean it up) and not by a gunstore owner/worker

but the other Taurus I bought new (raging bull) was spotless and didn't even have the oil coat, just wraped in a brownish cloth...hmm

lets hear from other PT1911 owners....

 

[Gray_Wolf]

Here it is after I clean it up

 

[Gray_Wolf]

was it just greasy or did it also look like it was fired?