That makes two of us!

The numbers "1911" and "Taurus" shouldn't even be uttered in the same sentence.

I'm not much of a gambler Simp, but I'll bet you've never held one, much less shot it.

You're right. But let's face it, $600 isn't a lot to pay for a 1911. I have to question the quality of a 1911 that costs half of what the others cost.

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I not saying that a taurus 1911 is a bad gun I don't think it worth more then a SA 1911 to me

Simp, you're a fair and honest man to admit you haven't shot orhandledthe PT-1911 and I'm not working for Taurus so Iwon't claim this pistol can float on water. What I believe makes the $600 price an exceptional value is that this gun is NOT just another .45 auto. It has been customized and tuned from bumper to bumper with every custom option money can buy. Taurus is NOT producing a stock .45 auto with this pistol. I've been around .45s of about every diminsion most of my lifeand I can assure you the Taurus model is tighter, smoother, more reliable and more accurate than 90% of them...and this sampling includes Colt Gold Cups and various customized jobs.

Anyone who can find a .45 with better value and features needs to grab it quick.

All I could compare one to is my Kimber Warrior. I know how much I paid for it and I know how much a Taurus costs now. I thinkit's human nature, at least for me anyway, to look at two simular pistols and be skeptical of the one that is 1/2 the price of the other, with supposedly the same features.

I'll also admit that I'm not a big fan of Taurus for another reason, and IMO, the most important reason: They were in the process of developing a "smart" pistol for the Peoples Republic of New Jersey so that once this "smart" pistol was readily available, it would make all other pistols illegal to purchase in this great state. It shows me that Taurus had $$$ dangling in front of their eyes instead of trying to preserve our Second Amendment. I'm not sure of the status of this "smart" pistol anymore. I think it may have been scrapped, or at least I sincerely hope it has been.

"Smart pistols" are a dumb idea for sure, Simp. But get mad at the idiots who run NJ. Not Taurus. Sure Taurus has got $ on their mind. They all do.

But the sad truth is some of the biggest anti-gun whores on the planet have been the American Firearms Industry. A little known fact is after the assassignation of JFK, many leading American firearms companies were the biggest SUPPORTERS of GCA 1968 which started all the crap we suffer under today. And these companies didn't do it because they gave a flip about JFK slowing down a bullet. They did it to try and slam the door on foreign arms manufacturers and the import of military surplus weapons.

Their motivation? $$$$$

They never dreamed it would open the can of worms we have today with all the anti groups.