Taurus PT1911 having some issues

[Unforgiven826]

I have put 1200+ rounds (all 230gr Ball ammo) through my PT1911 trouble free so far. but after stripping it to clean the other day I used a bore light for the first time to get a good look at the barrel and noticed that along the left side of each and every grove there is pitting down the entire length of of the bore. Is this normal or is it a problem caused by me or just a bad barrel. None of my other pistols show these kind of marks. Also I did notice that my ejector is very loose and looks like it is ready to give way very soon. Guess it is off to to Taurus for repair as soon as I get home.

 

[BigO01]

Sounds like a bad barrel but if it is accurate why worry about it ?

Unless Taurus will pick up shipping to them I would find a local smith to fix the ejector it should take him about 3 minutes to do so and would be cheaper than the $40+ to have the gun shipped to Taurus over night air and the 6 week wait to get it back .

If you have a vice and a set of punches you can buy a special clamp tool to hold the frame in a vise and fix it yourself at Brownells.com .

 

[GRIZ22]

Unless Taurus will pick up shipping to them I would find a local smith to fix the ejector it should take him about 3 minutes to do so and would be cheaper than the $40+ to have the gun shipped to Taurus over night air and the 6 week wait to get it back .


I agree this would be the fastest and cheapest way to fix the ejector.

Is your barrel clean? After 1200 rds there could be some build up of residuein the grooves. If you scrub the bore with Hoppes do the patches still come out black. If so there's still powder or lead residue in the barrel which may give the appearance you state.

You need more than a few swipes with a brush and patches to get a barrel really clean. You need to let the solvent do the work for you. Swab with solvent soaked patches until they come out clean, let it soak in, brush 4-5 times, and repeat process. Don't sit there and run the brush through 50 times.