Posted: 2/24/2010 5:11:06 PM EDT
| The Taurus PT145 seems to be an appealing choice as a carry gun to me. |
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In all honesty I'd stay away from taurus. For the money there are plenty of other higher quality options out there for around the same price. Have you considered anything else? Are you on a budget? Like what ? I can get a pt140 for $350 here locally. I know of 3 between my buddies and everyone likes theirs. Of course Taurus sets off alarms in my head....I'm not questioning your statement I just want info. I have arranged to go shooting with one of my buddies, so I'll have first hand experience soon. |
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Had a PT111 Millenium Pro in 9mm. For the size it is ok, decent accuracy.
But my beef with the gun was that the mag release was defective. When the mag in inserted, it would stay up; but upon firing, the mag would eject. And no, I was not hitting the mag release button with any part of my hand. Sent it to Taurus, and it didn't take as long as I thought it would - only about 3 or 4 months. From what I've heard, longer was the norm. Everything is ok after the trip to Taurus, sold it to my uncle who liked it. |
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Considering the fact that this is going to be your CCW, at some point your life may be dependent upon this taurus that your considering.
Taurus has been plagued with quality control issues, as well as reliability issues. For those reasons alone I'd say its a no-go given the fact that you'd be trusting your life to this pistol. Any gun or even gear for that matter in which my life is dependent upon better be able to function 100% of the time without any questions. |
| Take a trip over to good ol M4carbine.net and educate yourself on some of the issues Taurus has been having |
| I had a millenium Pro in 9mm, for me it was the perfect size CCW, but it was not reliable enough for me to carry, it would have a FTFeed about once every 50-70rds not bad for a nock around fun gun, but not good for a defensive gun. It also had a very heavy trigger and everyone that shot it hit low. |
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In all honesty I'd stay away from taurus. For the money there are plenty of other higher quality options out there for around the same price. Have you considered anything else? Are you on a budget? Like what ? I can get a pt140 for $350 here locally. I know of 3 between my buddies and everyone likes theirs. Of course Taurus sets off alarms in my head....I'm not questioning your statement I just want info. I have arranged to go shooting with one of my buddies, so I'll have first hand experience soon. You can get a used glock for same price 
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I've owned a PT145 for about 2 years now. I've put about 2,000+ rounds through it.
This gun is very sensitive to the slightest break in your wrist. It needs as much momentum as possible to complete the full action. I would venture that I have 20-30% failure to feed or failure to eject malfunctions. Sure, it's realistic to say that this high failure rate can be attributed to lazy shooting, but, with that knowledge, I still don't trust this gun as my carry pistol. I've hung onto it though, it just stays home. When it works, although expensive, it is fun to shoot. In my opinion I'd suggest considering a smaller caliber or the full frame Taurus 24/7's before the PT145. Yes, as an entry level pistol it offers a lot for a low price; I walked out the door with gun and swag for ~$350. Just know that my experience has proven it to be untrustworthy. If you don't trust your weapon you'll hesitate. |
| Firearms I buy with self defense in mind as a baseline I look at "service level" guns. Meaning Glock, M&P, XD etc. Don't skimp when you might have to preserve your life, buy a quality firearm and good ammo. And don't overlook taking some defensive handgun courses. |
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Well, I had one for a while, for the SO................................. (PT-111 Millenium Pro, 9x 19mm) Best thing I could say about it was it was totally reliable, about 500 rnds throug it no malfunctions. And the grip was nice and slim. But, the trigger pull was horrible. Very hard for her to be accurate with (she has no problem being accurate with the Glock trigger though.). I wasn't crazy about it either. The mag release was very weak, and easily hit on accident. If I'd kept the gun, I'd have ground it down almost flush with the frame to remedy this. The mags, though they both said 12 rnds on them, I could never cram more than 11 in, no matter how hard I tried. Didn't seem to be that well made, the mags that is. Seemed to be fairly well made, but seemed to have a few too many small parts inside................not sure about how the longevity would've been. I have since read reports of slides cracking. Sites were somewhat small too. Not all that bad a pistol, but you could do much better for a "carry piece". |
| I have a PT140 and a PT145 that are totally reliable. I carried the 140 as my CCW for about a year until I bought my 23. I put a set of Williams FireSights on the 140 and I am a little more accurate with it than the factory Heine sights. I prefer my 23 for CCW only because I like the no manual safety aspect. |