Posted January 6, 2016 1:37 pm by Comments

By Caleb

Here we are at the planned end of the Taurus PT1911 Torture Test. I always wanted to close it out with something interesting like this, where I run the gun through something that’s beyond the limits of any gun’s normal operating environment. Hence the 500 rounds endurance test. By the end of the test, the gun was too hot to touch, mags weren’t dropping free, it was throwing brass everything, and it was filthy, but for two malfunctions it ran the test just fine.

That brings the PT1911 to exactly 2,000 rounds fired, with a total of 9 malfunctions of any time. 6 of those were incurred during two runs of the 10-8 Function test, which is designed to test base level function of the pistol, and places a high premium on extractor/ejector function.

At this point, my plan for the test is pretty much over, and here’s my verdict on this Taurus: I really like it. It is an absolute hoot to shoot, and I shoot it very well. It has personality, it feels like there’s a proper single stack competition gun hiding in this pistol that wants to come out and play.

But, and this is …Read the Rest

Source:: Gun Nuts Media

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