Taurus PT111 – 3rd Range Report: I went to a nearby indoor shooting range in La Vista, NE, called The Bullet Hole. Fired 12 mags (144 rounds) of WWB. No problems of any kind.
Also, I ordered a Mossberg 500 20 Gauge Field/Deer Combo from R&R Arms for $262.86 plus $16.68 shipping for a total of $279.54. Thanks to federal firearms law, I had to have it shipped to a federally licensed firearms dealer. I chose The Bullet Hole. They’re charging what seems to be the standard $20 fee for that service. So all in all I’m saving about $60 plus tax off of the retail price, about $30 plus tax off of the sale price at Dick’s Sporting Goods.
The combo includes an all purpose 26″ vent ribbed field barrel that can accept different chokes. Three are included: improved cylinder, modified, and full. A gun lock and, I believe, a choke wrench are also included. The other barrel is a ported, fully rifled 24″ barrel with rifle sights, for shooting slugs. This week I plan to order an x-full turkey choke and an 18.5″ security barrel straight from Mossberg. That’ll cost me an extra $87 plus shipping [Update/Correction: $88.18 total]. All bases covered for about $400 [$388.04]. Not bad, eh?
Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Edgewood, KY with his wife and two children.
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We have similar tastes. I’m looking at a 3rd gen PT111 Pro while also shopping for a Mossberg. I’m looking at the 590 with the Speedfeed stock, however.
I appreciate all of your posts on the Taurus. I’ve been reading many reviews. It seems like other people had FTE issues for the first few hundred rounds too until it had broken in. It’s too bad it has them at all but it’s nice to know that it’ll clear after some range time. If I get one, I’ll have to put the first couple hundred downrange by myself. My friends are all kinda snooty Springfield and Glock owners and act like the Taurus will give me AIDS and cancer if I buy it. If I even get one FTE when I’m out with them, I’ll never hear the end of it. If I can chew up a couple boxes without incident, I may just shut them up, though
Glad to find your posts on the Taurus! My PT111 started generating FTEs this weekend; new gun, hadn’t had any FTEs for the first 100+ rounds I fired, but seems to be a problem now. This time around I used Remington UMC — a cheaper brand, I think, made by someone else for Remington. Anyway, had trouble with it. Then tried a mag of Magtech, but had the same problem. I’ll try cleaning and oiling, see if that helps. Otherwise, I’ll hafta send it in and use my .32 when I take my CCW test in two weeks.
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