Lurky BoDean
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Ever since I was 18-19, I had made my decision to buy a Taurus Millennium. Something about those guns I fell in love with even before holding one.
Well when I turned 21, I done a lot of research before purchasing a pistol (no local range within 75-100 miles). Held a lot and done Internet research (I knew I had to take a lot of opinions with a grain of salt). Well, I ended up purchasing a new Glock 19 Gen4 for $450 otd with 3 mags. Long story short, I sold it and owned a Kahr CW9, Shield 9, Glock 27, FNS-40, 642, but the Taurus always called my name.
Wednesday night I couldn't resist. Buds had a PT140 G2 for $272 shipped, which reviews said it was leaps and bounds over the original Millennium, but a lot of people said it's still a Taurus. It came in yesterday by noon, but I didn't pick it up until late that afternoon from my FFL dealer. Examined it well and liked it, but Taurus basically takes their guns, dips them in a tub of oil, puts them in that bag, and packages them. So yea, the cleaning was on when I got home.
Took it out this morning, and boy, I was excited. I shot 2 mags at steal plates with 50% success (17 yards away). I then moved over to paper to sight her in from 7 yards. I was impressed with the accuracy. Adjusted the sights with the tool provided, and shot a second mag. Dead on. I then proceeded to shot. I ran 84 rounds flawlessly (180gr; 10 JHP and 74 FMJs) before taking a picture and being very impressed.
I went to to fire the final 26 FMJs. I shot the first mag, and I went to load another mag, and I saw piece black something fall. Not knowing what it was (under some trees that had small black berries) and thinking it was from that tree, I went to fire that last full mag before loading the final 5. Pulled the trigger. Nothing. Tried again. Nothing. I began to inspect the pistol after unloading it. I found the culprit...
I thought to myself that the Taurus curse was true. Aggravated, disappointed, but curious, I had to see if it would shoot. Yes, it did. I shot more the last 16 rounds from 17 yards and hit 14 of 16. Surprisingly, it felt a lot better since the polymer piece broke and it was done to the small metal piece. Shooting was flawless minus the trigger. Now, I've got to decide if I want to send it to Taurus for them to put back the small polymer piece or continue to shoot it. I'd like to put more trigger time, or should I say "partial trigger" time with it before saying "the PT140 G2 is everything I hoped for and more" or "people were right.... it's a Taurus."
God bless,
Lurky BoDean
Well when I turned 21, I done a lot of research before purchasing a pistol (no local range within 75-100 miles). Held a lot and done Internet research (I knew I had to take a lot of opinions with a grain of salt). Well, I ended up purchasing a new Glock 19 Gen4 for $450 otd with 3 mags. Long story short, I sold it and owned a Kahr CW9, Shield 9, Glock 27, FNS-40, 642, but the Taurus always called my name.
Wednesday night I couldn't resist. Buds had a PT140 G2 for $272 shipped, which reviews said it was leaps and bounds over the original Millennium, but a lot of people said it's still a Taurus. It came in yesterday by noon, but I didn't pick it up until late that afternoon from my FFL dealer. Examined it well and liked it, but Taurus basically takes their guns, dips them in a tub of oil, puts them in that bag, and packages them. So yea, the cleaning was on when I got home.
Took it out this morning, and boy, I was excited. I shot 2 mags at steal plates with 50% success (17 yards away). I then moved over to paper to sight her in from 7 yards. I was impressed with the accuracy. Adjusted the sights with the tool provided, and shot a second mag. Dead on. I then proceeded to shot. I ran 84 rounds flawlessly (180gr; 10 JHP and 74 FMJs) before taking a picture and being very impressed.
I went to to fire the final 26 FMJs. I shot the first mag, and I went to load another mag, and I saw piece black something fall. Not knowing what it was (under some trees that had small black berries) and thinking it was from that tree, I went to fire that last full mag before loading the final 5. Pulled the trigger. Nothing. Tried again. Nothing. I began to inspect the pistol after unloading it. I found the culprit...
I thought to myself that the Taurus curse was true. Aggravated, disappointed, but curious, I had to see if it would shoot. Yes, it did. I shot more the last 16 rounds from 17 yards and hit 14 of 16. Surprisingly, it felt a lot better since the polymer piece broke and it was done to the small metal piece. Shooting was flawless minus the trigger. Now, I've got to decide if I want to send it to Taurus for them to put back the small polymer piece or continue to shoot it. I'd like to put more trigger time, or should I say "partial trigger" time with it before saying "the PT140 G2 is everything I hoped for and more" or "people were right.... it's a Taurus."
God bless,
Lurky BoDean
