Taurus 1911?

[tommy tornado]

I am seriously considering buying a Taurus 1911.  One thing that I am curious about is the ability of the gun to accept aftermarket parts?  Are the slides and frames of the Taurus 1911 pretty much standardized like the Springfield or Kimber in terms of accepting new bushings, springs, hammer, etc.  For the price $565 at the local Gander Mountain, I could own it today, or I can wait a couple of months and buy a Springfield for $899. 

[blvedere]

I believe Taurus guarantees there pistols for life, to the original purchaser. Don't think you need to worry about replacement of working parts.

[tombogan03884]

Others on here have said bad things about customer service, "Lifetime warranty = lifetime wait"

[saltydogbk]

I'm also thinking of a Taurus PT1911.  What do other members think?

[clayflingythingy]

I am seriously considering buying a Taurus 1911.  One thing that I am curious about is the ability of the gun to accept aftermarket parts?  Are the slides and frames of the Taurus 1911 pretty much standardized like the Springfield or Kimber in terms of accepting new bushings, springs, hammer, etc.  For the price $565 at the local Gander Mountain, I could own it today, or I can wait a couple of months and buy a Springfield for $899. 

http://forums.1911forum.com/

I would cruise the 1911 forums. If your ? isn't answered, post there.

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[SRS.45ACP]

personaly im not a big taurus fan.i do have a kimber and a springfield both in .45 and love em both.i dont know about up grades for the taurus but kimber and sprigfield have many options.hope this helps.

[jaybet]

I am seriously considering buying a Taurus 1911.  One thing that I am curious about is the ability of the gun to accept aftermarket parts?  Are the slides and frames of the Taurus 1911 pretty much standardized like the Springfield or Kimber in terms of accepting new bushings, springs, hammer, etc.  For the price $565 at the local Gander Mountain, I could own it today, or I can wait a couple of months and buy a Springfield for $899. 

I asked a similar question way back when. Look through the old threads- http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=450.0 and http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=280.0
LOTS of good advice from all, right on up to the BANE of our existence, Mr. Mike.

[wisconsin]

Went to the range this morning and talked to the guy who I posted on a past thread about his dealings with Taurus. He told me he finally got so feed up with dealing with them he had them send back his model 99SS (9mm). Three months wait and it still didn't get fixed. So he traded it in. He is the one who said lifetime warranty, lifetime wait. He went on to tell me it doesn't matter if its a roll pin for sight, or a firing issue it has to be sent in and you will wait and wait. And they will not send you a replacement part unless you pay for it. I can understand the reasoning behind that. They probably don't want to be responsible for their product if he/she hacks up the repair. He even offered on one occasion to send in the bad part so he could receive a free replacement  no dice. Now I'm not blasting Taurus I own 2 of their pistols and would buy another. But now I will takes some time to think about it where as before I would of just bought it. We are human and firearms will break. But your company is only as good as its ability to get the repair done in a timely fashion. Case in point. I just got back my 45 Long Slide back from Springfield for some warranty work. It only slept over there for 2 weeks. And I got it back. Also when I looked at the pistol I noticed a cracked slide stop pin. I thought oh! great I just got it back and I'm going to have to send it back. I thought I was going to have a problem with them. NOPE they sent the part out. I got it in 3 days and I was good to go. They didn't even want the broken part sent back. I suppose my point to all of this is. Ask the people that own the firearm.They are your best resource on how good the company backs up their product. I made two firearm purchases in the past 3 weeks just on the say so of eveyone on this forum. PARA 3" 45 acp Warthog (used), Springfield XD 9mm, 4" (new). Just because it looks good and is priced low doesn't mean its a deal. Good Luck.

[Swamp Yankee]

For roughly the same amount of money I would get a Para SSP 745 it has all of the features you want , Outstanding product with Outstanding Customer Service. I have a PCX 745E and have run 2000 rounds through it. It did have some problems though they where minor  and  Georgre Wedge helped me out . Para's customer service was great, I had it back in a week. The only Pistols I will buy are 1911"s buy Para or Colt.

Mike Mc

[tommy tornado]

Thanks for the replies.  I might take the plunge and buy a Taurus.  Still debating.  The 1911 site is great.