I posted on another site that while shopping online for a 9mm 1911 I ran across the Taurus PT1911 in Stainless Steel. The gun just looks sweet to me especially for the price. It seems people either love or hate Taurus. Anyone have any opinions on this gun or Taurus in general. Thanks for replies!
Hang on to your ass…Its about to get hairy.
Ha, the last site I asked for opinions on Taurus a bunch of people started fighting. Maybe that should be my sign to buy a Colt haha.
I have 1 Taurus pistol. A PT 709. It has been a good shooter with no mechanical issues after 1000+ rounds. I did send it back to Taurus for a shorter front sight as it shot low from a rest consistently. After the sight change, it’s GTG.
Taurus is a lower price MFG and those kind of companies always have problems from time to time. One way to keep the prices down is to fore go some QC. You put the product out fast and play the odds on warranty. I do have to say that Taurus was good as gold to me on the warranty work. Fast turn around and shipping on their dime.
To be fair, I have to say that I have never needed to put S&W, Walther, Sig Sauer, Ruger, Beretta or Steyr’s CS/warranty to the test because I have never had any problems at all with their products. While a Charter Arms(another lower priced MFG.) revolver had problems out of the box but was taken care of quickly by CA.
When the PT1911 first came out, they looked to be a great value but the cost has gone up on them and the fit and finish has stayed static(not great/not horrible, just OK)so I’d have to say I would look at S&W or Remington 1911s before considering Taurus at this time.
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Taurus is a cheap firearm of marginal quality. Them making a 1911 is heresy. Do some searching on this site about 1911’s. They don’t come cheap.
OP, you should use the orange search button to quickly find your answer. I think most of the opinions on this forum will be very similar this topic.
I’m learning quickly…haha
The Ruger SR1911 is a much better choice than the Taurus for about the same cash. Save a bit more and get Springfield or Colt though.
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Save yourself the headache and the cash and skip over Taurus anything.
I know nothing about the Taurus 1911. I have a lot of experience with the Taurus TCP .380 pistols and have a few friends who own the Taurus Judge.
Based on my personal experience with Taurus and the problems my friends have had, I will never, ever, do business with Taurus again.
I’ve never has a problem with either of the two Taurus guns I’ve owned and thats after shooting thousands of rounds through both. That’s WAAAAAAAY more than I can say for my $1200 Dan Wesson 1911 either before or after customer service took a look at it.
The moral of the story? More money doesn’t always buy you a better gun. If stainless is a big deal look at the STI Spartan and RIA Tactical in 9mm as well.
Only for range use.
Only for range use.
I’ve never understood someone recommending a gun they don’t even own strictly for range use. Guns are individuals and they either work or they don’t on the individual level. If someone out there could actually know if an individual gun is reliable enough to trust someones life to strictly by knowing the brand of it they would be freaking amazing.
This is just my personal opinion and we all know what can be said about opinions…I will NEVER carry a Taurus as my CCW. Carrying a Taurus is tantamount to :suicide2:. I owned 2 prior and both were functionally problematic so in the slim to no chance I were ever tempted to purchase another Taurus firearm, it would be for range use only.
Better?
I have owned 3 Taurus pistols. 2 were Pt92s both of which were given to me. The other a Model 85 revolver.
The 1st PT92 was a stainless version that was great. it was very accurate and smooth shooting. I have no issues with it what so ever.
The 2nd pt 92 was junk. It was a black model. I was shooting it one day and the mag release button fell out and so did my magazine and all the ammo. I never did find the mag release and parts for a Taurus, and mags for that matter, are hard to fine around here. I sen tit to Taurus and they did fix it fee of charge. I got it back and after about 250 rds started having failures to eject. I tried all 3 mags that i had at the time and had same issue with all. I replaced the extractor still did not work so I sold it to a gunsmith friend and he never got it to work either even after changing out all internals.
The 3rd was a used Model 85 revolver i bought to help a friend out for $75. It was horrible. The trigger was the worst i ever used. And the timing or something was off because when i would pull the trigger in DA sometimes the cylinder would not even move other times it would completely skip over a chamber. Finally i ended up throwing it over the hill because it was just not worth fixing
I will never own anything else from Taurus. I would advise anyone ot stay away. There are much better guns out there for the same $$ or a little more.
My two examples of Taurus firearms are both revolvers.
One is an old .38spc my dad bought from the Sheriff’s offfice that we both work for when they transitoned to Glocks. It’s gone bang everytime we’ve shot it with the exception of a couple of bad primers. Has the worst DA trigger that I’ve ever experienced on a revolver.
When I first got into CC’ing I bought a Tauras 805 in .357mag. I bought it because it was cheaper than the similar S&W J-frame(and now I know why). One day I left the gun in my truck over the weekend during the winter and we had a hard freeze that weekend. A few months later me and my buddy went to the range and the gun had completely locked up. I couldn’t pull the trigger, cock the hammer or open the cylinder and I had been carrying it as a defensive weapon! I got home and blasted it with some WD-40 and eventully got it unfucked. Shortly after that I traded it for a S&W M&P340 and couldn’t be happier.
Now, I’ve put my two J-frames and my two carry Glocks through the same “hard freeze torture test” (I live in NE FL so it’s not like we have harsh weather here :rolleyes: )and they’ve gone bang everytime since then. I have no use for a weapon that can’t be stored in a vehicle for a few days and not function.
My opinion, pass on the Tore Ass. YMMV…
Why the hell do people keep posting this in the Semi-Auto pistol forum, and not the 1911 forum?
It’s like the third time this week. They’re RIGHT NEXT to eachother.
Anyway. Friends don’t let friends buy Taurus. Save up for a Colt or Springfield.
The only Taurus that I have personally owned was a Model 85 Revolver that I took on a trade. I didn’t have any personal complaints with it and it was a really accurate little piece. A few of my buddies here at work have various Taurus firearms and none of them have had issues yet although they really are the epitomy of recreational shooter and maybe run 50 rounds a month outside of work through their guns.
Looks have nothing to do with 1911s and should have no bearing on your purchase as a primary consideration. A search here on the Taurus 1911 and Taurus in general would have saved you the post here.
If the gun is to be a range plinker only, up to you if you wanna take your chances. If there’s any intention for it to be CCW, duty, etc where you’re life may be on the line, Taurus = not GTG.
From my limited experience in owning Taurus guns and seeing others deal with Taurus guns they bought…here is my take.
I will never buy their products again. For a few hundred more…there are much better choices or better used choices for the same price of a new Taurus firearm.
The QC at Taurus is very hit and miss and their build quality seemed very lacking.
The only decent Taurus gun I have seen is their copy of the 92 Beretta. Mine held up very well but everything else I have seen or dealt with from Taurus ranged from “wow…that is really flimsy” to “what the hell were they thinking?”
So yeah…the general consensus is to steer away from all things Taurus. Buy a police trade Glock or SIG instead of the new Taurus and you will probably have much less headaches.
-brickboy240