Honestly, and I mean this with all sincerity, I would buy a Hi Point before I would buy a Taurus.
I think the PT 709 Slim would be the only Taurus I’d consider, but only on the opinion of a friend that has sworn by his and put the same 1k+ on his without issue. However, I’d almost rather spend the extra money on a S&W Shield or Walther PPS. The Taurus 1911s that I’ve played with left with with a “meh” opinion. One I could see daylight under the front sight, another I saw at the range had the right side safety fall off within the first 50 rounds. I wouldn’t kick a free one out of the safe, but I wouldn’t spend money on one. For an “off the rack” 1911, I tend to look towards Springfield.
Hold onto your money. Buy something else.
On TaurusArmed there are a few reports of 709s going burst or auto. NO THANKS. I believe there were 3 separate guns in the past month or so reported to do this. I don’t think the bugs will ever be worked out of that particular model.
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The only guns I have not regreted selling were the three Taurus pistols I bought.
The best handgun Taurus has ever made was the 24/7 OSS Tactical (in 45) It was designed for the military trials for a new .45 auto. Of course production has halted on that model.
I was a strong anti-Taurus guy based on a previous experience with their revolvers (heavy, crappy triggers) and a PT 92 (heavy crappy trigger and rough interior).
But I got one of their 9mm 1911s and so far I like it other than being series 80 gun and the mags are hard to load with more than 7 rounds.
It’s a great shooter and very accurate, no stoppages in the 400 (win white box and federal) rounds I have fired through it.
For 550 before tax, it was a good purchase.
When the PT1911 .45 first came out I got one as a game gun. It ran well, no stoppages I can remember. There where huge gaps under the sights which I filled with thread locker. However, it did shoot to point of aim. I sold it a year or two later for about what I paid for it due to its popularity. As a game gun I see nothing wrong with it.
I recommend that you do not go off how a firearm looks. Forget ‘fit & finish’. Continue saving money, do a lot of research from many different sources, test fire the weapon if possible, THEN, make the decision to purchase. You will thank yourself down the road for doing your home work first. Because of the price of ammo, it will rarely get shot so it will be in relatively pristine condition to pass it on to a family member…
Lol. Any other info?
Forget fit and finish? So buy a turd with sights as long as it shoots
Clearly, by your number of post you’re a keyboard expert !! Please enlighten us.
It’s a term most uninformed novice shooters use exclusively in justifying junk purchases, but… as long as you think that turd looks good, you are more than welcome to flush your money down the toilet…It’s not what I was implying to begin with, so if you’d carefully re-read my entire post, and understand the complete context of what I posted, maybe your bulb will illuminate.
I was asking you for information on said pistol. I never claimed to know anything.
I’ve never heard of Taurus submitting any pistol to a military trial. (And frankly find it laughable that they would.)
my buddy has one and he has big time buyers remorse. i would try thier revolvers, but i, like someone else posted, would take a hipoint over a taurus semiauto.
Since the price difference between many quality police trade and used guns and the new Taurus can be 100 bucks or less…there is little to no reason to roll the dice on one of their pistols.
-brickboy240
Actually, not false info he gave you:
http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=572&category=Pistol
Designed for the defunct Joint Combat Pistol program which never reached testing stage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Combat_Pistol
Unfortunately most of the cite-able links on Wiki are now dead since the program and solicitation was seven years ago.
I would not. Three people I work with purchased new Taurus revolvers in 2010-2011 and two of them did not operate correctly. Both revolvers would not fire all of the rounds in the cylinders and the firing pin marks were not centered on the primers. Both of them had to go back to the factory for repair. After they were repaired, they still did not operate smoothly and all three people sold their revolvers.
ouch, i thought thier revolvers were thier bread and butter. makes me glad i got a used s&w model 10 instead of getting a taurus.
I’ve read and heard that Taurus is good at their steel forgings. So if you’re buying a gun to use the frame and slide as a platform for your smith to build on, it might work fine.
Same is said about those Brazilian, Dog Shit Sprinfield GI type 1911s. The frames/slides make for good foundations to redo everything else to.