The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: dgray64 on March 25, 2010, 08:45:42 AM
-
Last week I questioned the Taurus warranty service though I hadn't had any problems. This week I had to go to Temple to the VA hospital for a checkup and after the long ride and long wait, I took a break and stopped at the local Academy Sports store. I looked at all their handguns and tried a couple. I had not handled a Taurus 92 series before and it felt good and at $429, wasn't out of range. I looked at the PT-101 next which is the same gun in .40 S&W. It felt good as well and was only $379...BUT WAIT as they say on TV. The salesman said that the 101 was on sale for $299! I had to have that one, so I bought it and took it home. After the long ride, I broke it down and cleaned it and then took it to the range in the pasture. Wow, is shot straight and accurate. The trigger pulls were smooth in both double and single action. The controls were handy so it's easy to operate the safety and decocker and the mag release is out of the way so that there will be no accidental releases. I now have a new, favorite pistol!
Dave :D ;D :P
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k241/dgray64/Taurus.jpg)
-
Pretty hard to beat a Beretta clone for $300.00 new! Let us know how it runs. Bill T.
-
No one NEEDS another gun..... especially us fools here who already have a bakers dozen ;D
-
And YOU give Me crap about being a heretic? ;D There is always need (depending on the definition of need ;D). I don't even like Berreta's all that much, but $300 NIB for a Taurus in .40? I'd have a hard time saying no. A good pistol ,and if it wears off the shine, you can always trade it. I say a good deal on a good pistol. You could do a lot worse for twice the money, heck, that's almost kel-tec pricing.
FQ13
-
That really is a good price. I've heard both good and bad about the Taurus, Beretta clones. But for that money if you had any issues you could have a good smith tune it up and still be money ahead. Bill T.
-
My cousin in law has one in 9mm, and loves it. Nice find.
-
Lordy, Lordy, congrats on the .40!! ;D
Great price.
-
No one NEEDS another gun..... especially us fools here who already have a bakers dozen ;D
+1 Just what does NEED have to do with it?
Nice acquisition.
-
+1 Just what does NEED have to do with it?
Nice acquisition.
+1
-
+1 Just what does NEED have to do with it?
Nice acquisition.
Exactly. They do not make the huge gun safes we all try to fill because we NEED that many guns.
I had a Ruger LCR follow me home one day. Until I handled it in a shop,I did not know I needed a snubbie. Apparently I did.
:o
Good deal on the Taurus semi. I may pick up a 9mm version if the price is right.
-
Well, I've got about 500 rounds through it so far with only one failure to feed and that was my fault. I have been shooting mostly reloads with a few new ones thrown in. I think that I didn't crimp one right and it hooked on the ramp. It's pretty hard to get it to not load as the barrel doesn't tilt and the rounds load nearly horizontally. The only thing I've found wrong yet, and it's not wrong is that this is a model P for Plus. It seems that Academy made a deal with Taurus to make a bunch of special guns for them that are high capacity. This sucker holds 17 rounds in .40. The problem is that it doesn't fit retention holsters made for Taurus 92/99 pistols or Beretta 92/96 models. I'm still looking. It sure shoots well!!
Dave ;D :D
-
I also bought one of those because it was cheap and there. So far I have only shot about 200 rounds through mine. I had one failure to feed on the 2nd Mags first time in the gun. The 2nd round didn't strip off the mag. My only complaint is the stiff Mag springs on both my magazines. I figure they will break in.
-
good price...glad you like it.
-
Pretty hard to beat a Beretta clone for $300.00 new! Let us know how it runs. Bill T.
Close to a clone but they have, in my opinion corrected a design “issue” with the Beretta 92’s. I am used to a 1911 so I like the safety to work like a 1911. Up is safe, down to fire. The Beretta with its slide mounted safety works just the opposite. The Taurus has moved the safety to the frame where it belongs so it works like a 1911. Up is safe, down is fire. It also makes the safety easier to reach. Just my 2 cents worth.
-
Great find! Thank you for the details about it, I didn't know I needed one until I read about your experience with it. Now, not having one would be like saying the terrorsits have won!
-
Love the avatar Burt. "God hates fags"? Personally I doubt it, but even if he does, he sure hates someone who desacrates a soldier's funeral more. I might just borrow that one from you.
FQ13 who says well done!
-
I have also found that Mec-Gar Mags don't work in my PT-101. So if you need to buy extra mags, then you will probably need to buy factory mags. The two Mec-Gars I bought don't stay in the gun. They fall free after a round or two.