PT 1911 ambidextrous safety fell off

[poppie]

 had the same gun in blue for a year and a half,15-20 box's throught it,no issues what so ever,go to my local gun shop and see he has a new stainless in the case which is what i wanted in the 1'st place but were not out at that time,traded for $200.00 to boot and went to the range,12 round's and the ambidextrous safety fall's off the left side,the right side is still on,any one have this happen??,poppie

[whackmnstackm1775]

My cousin had one that was doing this as well, he put alot of rounds through it, and Im pretty sure w/ in 6 months the safety tried to fall off or had fallen off. He kept it for a year and traded it for  Colt 1911 Stainless.  The saftey falling off was the only thing he had against the Taurus.

[ohiosam]

The 2 sides of the safety "snap" together. It's not an unusual problem for any Colt ambidextrous safety, but the Taurus seems to have more of a problem with it. I bought a SS PT1911 in October and have around 300 rounds through it and tons of dry firing. So far everything has been flawless, including the safety.

[victorcharlie]

There are a lot of post in several different forums regarding this problem. 

I have a stainless model, with +500 rounds through it and so far so good.  It's my understanding that the clearance on the grips might be the problem.  In other words, the relief on the right side, required for the safety to work, might be to large.

[Cottonwood]

Poppie

http://www.taurususa.com/main/repair-policy.cfm