rscottie
Regular Member
I recently purchased my 2nd Semi Auto Pistol ever, a Taurus PT145 Mil-Pro. I liked it because it fit my hand, held 10 rounds of .45, and the price was good. I've got a fairly decent collection of revolvers and decided to try this semi-auto. Other than the issue M9 I shot in the Air Force, which never seemed to jam or mess up, I've only owned one other, a S&W 3913 9 mm about 19 years ago. I sold it and wish I had not.
When I put the first box of 50 rounds of Federal (Maroon Box) 230 gr. FMJ through it and had a few too many failure to feeds. The shell would get stuck crooked without going into the chamber.
I've read about the FTF problem with these pistols and was wondering how many boxes of ammo should I shoot before I need to get worried that this is not just a break in issue?
Also, the primers did not have a nice round dent in them, it looked like a semi-jagged teardrop. Is that normal?
Would this be an issue with the pistol, the magazines, or the ammo? I saved the brass, would a gunsmith be able to tell by the dents in them what was happening?
One more thing, it shoots off to the left really bad. The rear hienie sights are all the way to the left. They have a set screw, which I loosened. For some reason, I could not get them to slide to the right, even with the set screw all the way out. How hard should it be to get the sights to move? Is there something else besides the set screw holding them?
I'm not used to having so many issues when I get a new revolver.
Expertise is appreciated, flames are not. Thanks!
When I put the first box of 50 rounds of Federal (Maroon Box) 230 gr. FMJ through it and had a few too many failure to feeds. The shell would get stuck crooked without going into the chamber.
I've read about the FTF problem with these pistols and was wondering how many boxes of ammo should I shoot before I need to get worried that this is not just a break in issue?
Also, the primers did not have a nice round dent in them, it looked like a semi-jagged teardrop. Is that normal?
Would this be an issue with the pistol, the magazines, or the ammo? I saved the brass, would a gunsmith be able to tell by the dents in them what was happening?
One more thing, it shoots off to the left really bad. The rear hienie sights are all the way to the left. They have a set screw, which I loosened. For some reason, I could not get them to slide to the right, even with the set screw all the way out. How hard should it be to get the sights to move? Is there something else besides the set screw holding them?
I'm not used to having so many issues when I get a new revolver.
Expertise is appreciated, flames are not. Thanks!