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Currently Carrying a Taurus PT111 Millennium Pro in 9mm.
In 1999, I searched around and decided on the affordable (about $325) Taurus PT111 Millennium 9mm sub-compact. I joked it was my Y2K Gun
. I planned on getting my CHL and carry it concealed, but just never seemed to get around to it, and only carried it during hunting season.
The original Millennium had a 12+ lb. DOA (Double Action Only) Trigger Pull! I figured it was OK for close range defense, but if you tried to ease a shot off with careful aim, the gun would start to shake from the effort of slow-squeezing the trigger! The size of the handgrip was a little small for me, my pinkie fell off the bottom of the grip with nowhere to go. (they had add-on pinky rests, but mine didn't have one). I still perferred it to the Sub-compact Glock because of it's external manual safety, affordable price, and Taurus Lifetime Warranty.
Iended up selling that gun a few years ago due to needing $$ (back injury, 3 weeks off work with no pay), and happily got almost exactly what I had paid for it.
Recently I started discussing getting CHLs with the wife, and decided to get another handgun. I researched again, and found the new Taurus Millennium PRO, that seemed to have fixed everything I didn't like about the original. I bought a used one in like-new condition with a stainless steel slide at one of the recent Gun Shows at the Lane Co. fairgrounds from a dealer for only $275!
I really like the improvements to the 9mm PT111 Millennium Pro. It shoots MUCH nicer than the original. Itnow has a Single Action/Double Action trigger, andthe SA trigger pull is only about 5-6 lbs. It came with two post-ban 12 rd. double stack magazines, which now have the "pinky rest" as a standard feature. It also has the "Taurus Security System," which locks the trigger and slide with a special hex key. I was keeping itstored locked with the keyuntil one night we heard weird noises in the backyard and I tried to unlock it in the dark. It now stays unlocked
.
This is my open-carry gun, too(the only pistol we own at the moment). My wife doesn't like it, she says it's too small.She wants the full-size Taurus PT 24/7 Pro to carry in her purse when she gets her CHL, so we'll be looking for one of those, next.
...Orygunner...