Taurus vs Springfield .45's

[Leadforbrains]

I own Two Springfield Armory 1911s. They are both great pistols and I would pick them over the Taurus.

[dubber123]

setting here playing with my new les Baey `s super Tac!, I say buy the taurus. give it a good run down and shoot the dickings out of it and let Us know how it worked out. (with pictures)

Now that guy makes a nice 1911! I intended on buying a Les Baer, but talked myself into the Springfield at the last minute. For what I use it for, the Springfield is fine, and has been a good gun for 18,000 rounds. Having shot a few Les Baers since, I will definately own one some day....

[Lloyd Smale]

Fiverrunner im a bit jealous ive allways wanted a commander sized baer. I allways liked the limited run colt gold cup commanders and thought a commander sized baer with ajustable sights would be very cool

[Marlin Hunter]

I have had both the Springfield and Tauras 45 ACP pistols. I strongly favor the Springfield. I think they are both made in Brazil. My Taurus 45 ACP barrel slugged to .456 and the SPringfield was .4515.

[dubber123]

I have had both the Springfield and Tauras 45 ACP pistols. I strongly favor the Springfield. I think they are both made in Brazil. My Taurus 45 ACP barrel slugged to .456 and the SPringfield was .4515.

I think the forgings come from Brazil, but I believe they are assembled here, I could be wrong. My Springfield had a bad extractor new, and it was returned fixed less than a week from the time I had it sent out. My LAST Taurus, (get it), took over 3 months to come back scratched, dented, and best of all NOT repaired.

[mike in co]

may i ask why you eliminated the para ordance gi expert 1911 ?

thanks
mike in co

[dubber123]

may i ask why you eliminated the para ordance gi expert 1911 ?

thanks
mike in co

For the $$ of a Taurus, I would put my money on the Para. The OP didn't include it in his 2 choices, so I tried to not complicate matters. It is a very valid point to raise though....

[eljefe]

When was the last time you heard someone say "it's almost as good as a Taurus"?

[trickyasafox]

I own a mil-spec, and only had one occasion to shoot a taurus. I will say this: I ran 2 mags through the taurus and it ran well, no issues whatsoever, and the trigger pull was very nice. However, two magazines does not a gun review make.

My mil-spec has had thousands of my reloads through it with only 1 issue. The rear sight did come loose and fall out. I called springfield and they insisted I send the whole gun (I said thats silly, and offered to just send the slide to save them from having to overnight the thing) but they took it all, put a new rear sight in, and mailed it back on their dime in about 10 days.

I did recently put about 100 bucks in parts into the mil-spec-

EGW bushing, Wilson long trigger, wilson sear, and wilson hammer
If you switch hammers on the Mil-spec, you'll probably have to grind down the grip safety (I did) as it is a non-standard size and requires a bit of fitting to get other ones to work. I forget how they measure it, but from what I've read fitting new grip safeties can be a bit of a pain.

Again, I've never done that, a few minutes with a belt sander and a few more minutes with a fine stone to clean up the lines is all I needed to get the stock one to work- but it is something to be aware of.

The rest of the parts dropped in as easy as could be.

[Tater]

I just got a Mil-Spec and like it very much. It has all the things I wanted. Almost got a series 70 Colt but was talked into the Mil-Spec my a gunsmith friend. Arched mainspring, short trigger, throated and polished with out all the other bells and whistles. It's exactly what I wanted with nothing extra. Mine shoots great and have fired about 1000 rounds since I got her 3 weeks ago and has never skipped a beat. I did not like store bought ammo and have found that my reloads will shoot 1 1/2 groups from a two handed position. I still have more research to do on loads. I have not even tried cast bullets yet as I have been working up a carry load with J.H.P. XTP and Montana Gold bullets. So far I really like the Montana Gold even though the XTP's are on sale and cheaper now.

[Super38]

When was the last time you heard someone say "it's almost as good as a Taurus"?