Posted: 9/11/2006 12:02:47 PM EDT
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I had an original thread but its gone somewhere I cant find it! Originally I bought the PT Millennium Pro and had it work great for about 2 months then the trigger fouled itself up somehow. I printed their online form, followed the directions and shipped it over to them. 2 weeks later I got a letter in the mail with all the info to check on the progress of the repair. Today I got the gun back, they polished some of the internals and "readjusted" my trigger so it works again. All in all I am very happy with them. Cost me 8 dollars to repair a non working firearm. :) They paid 20 something to ship it back. Gun actually looks cleaner than when I sent it so I am kind of wondering if Ive got a new slide too or something. Overall time Start - 7/16/2006 Finish - 9/11/2006 *edit* their words Problem Found - Trigger Bar Resolution - Adjusted Notes from the Gunsmith, We recommend not using reloaded ammunition. |
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I have a PT745 (Slightly more compact version of the PT145.) that spent three trips and over five months being repaired by them. I bought it new. They butchered it the first time. Addressed symptoms instead of the root problem. I was ticked. Second trip back. Better, but still not right. And the feed ramp they buggered on the first trip still won't feed HP ammo. Went back for trip 3. This time I got their better tech to work on it. They replaced the barrel so now it has a feed ramp that'll feed HP's again. And they finally replaced the striker pin and springs. (Which is what I suggested they look at all along.) The key problem was it wouldn't set off ammo properly. Many failures to fire. Often, when it did fire, it had very poor combustion. That led to poor slide operation and failures to feed properly. So they finally got it right and out little 45 is all it can be. I see it as a great "house gun". Very compact, accurate and comfortable to shoot. It doesn't do well with cheap Wolf ammo. Tough primers I suppose. But it shoots everything else I have tried well. I did have the sights come loose last range trip. But they are non-adjustable and it was easy enough to snug the fasteners back up once we got home. We didn't notice it until we got home and cleaned it. Both my son and I wondered why we weren't hitting the bullseyes as well as we normally do with it! I do have to say though that the whole experience left me wondering if I should ever purchase another Taurus. It came out OK in the end, but was frustrating as heck to go through to get there. I mean come on.... almost six months to repair it? I got so frustrated I bought another 45 to use in the meanwhile. That one is a XD 45 service model. Costs more than the PT. But it is one fine pistol. Flawless operation so far. Even eats Wolf ammo no sweat. But my wife prefers the compact PT and it's safety systems better. That built in Taurus gunlock is a really nice feature for a house gun. Glad they got yours right on the first try! |
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Notes from the Gunsmith, We recommend not using reloaded ammunition. They used to give you a little more detail on what the trouble was. Today it's kinda like .......you f'ed up but it really was our fault. I have a PT22 that I shot one mag of Anguilla .22 out of. It split the slide. I sent it back and got a nasty note from them saying do not shoot hyper velocity ammo out of it. No where in the manual at the time did it say not too. I have two .22's and a 9mm of theirs and love all of them. I had a PT945 and loved the way it shot but it hammer bit the hell out of me. Gone but not forgotten.  Good guns, good company, but CQ is shoddy at times. They will make it right in my experience. |
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Finally got to take it out shooting. Shoots completly different than before. The trigger no longer has a light pull back half an inch and then a firm pull to fire. (when it was working before it broke) it now goes back smoothly, much lighter than before and fires in the same spot every time. No light area then firm area. All in all id say its much better than before it was broken now. |