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Offline DDZ

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Model 145
« on: March 20, 2010, 07:13:18 AM »
My Son had won a Taurus .45, and I was shooting it this mourning and I noticed a fair amount of firing pin drag on the primers. Is this something common with Taurus's? I have an XD .45 and a colt 1911 .45 and there is very little or no pin drag on them.
 Some of the drag marks almost reach the edge of the primer. So I guess the barrel is unlocking to soon or the firing pin spring is not strong enough to retract the firing pin soon enough. He wants to use it for his carry gun, but I'm concerned that there is a chance the firing pin may eventually break due to it dragging on the primer. Did anyone ever have a firing pin break because of this?     
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Re: Model 145
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2010, 03:44:21 AM »
If you are talking about the PT145, mine does the exact same thing. Big firing pin drag marks across the primer. I haven't had mine long enough to say if it will break the pin or not. I'd also be interested in any comments others may have.
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Re: Model 145
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2010, 10:57:01 AM »
Yes it is the Millennium PT145 model, I forgot to include that. I have seen firing pin smear before, but not to the extent that this gun has. I was maybe going to take it apart, and see if the pin is dragging on anything, or if there may be a burr or something. I know a little bit of smear doesn't usually matter much, but when it reaches near the edge of the primer, I figure that can't be very good for the firing pin. I kind of looked on line to see if anyone made an extra power firing pin spring for it, but it appears that no one does. I wonder if any of Taurus's other .45's have this problem. Also the loads I was shooting were a mild ball load, and I think the smear will be worse with hotter loads. 
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Re: Model 145
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2010, 12:48:18 AM »
I just got one of these and have noticed the same problem. I was firing standard Winchester hard ball in my pistol and noticed this on several of my empties but not all of them.  I too would be interested in hearing more about this issue.
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Re: Model 145
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2010, 10:14:19 AM »
I have had a Mil PT145 for over a year now with about 800 rounds thru it of both factory and reloads. The drag mark on the firing pin was there from day 1. I went to the Taurus forum and found that that is common, especially in the short barrel Taurus handguns. People on the forum stated they had many rounds thru the PT145 with no ill affects on its operation. My Ruger P345 also leaves a drag mark on the primer about 1/2 of the length of the PT145.
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