Years ago I found a PT-1911 .45 at my local gunstore. They were asking $250 for it, so I asked them what was wrong with it. It had been one of their rental guns and it was due to be replaced with a new one. There were at least 25,000 rounds through it that they were aware of and they said they hadn't replaced any parts. For $250 I figured it was as good of a deal as I could hope for and took it home. Turns out, it is one of the most accurate pistols I own, although it generally looks like it was run over by a bulldozer - if you've seen how many people handle rental guns, this shouldn't be too surprising.
I've only had one problem with the gun and it happened around 27-29,000 total rounds fired (2-4k by me). During load testing at the local range, I stopped between magazines to talk to someone. When I went to pull the trigger on the fresh magazine, nothing happened. Apparently the previous round had expanded an unseen crack in the barrel bushing, causing the ears of the bushing and the recoil spring cap to depart the gun at high speed. The spring was left dangling from the front of the gun, but the remaining parts were never found. I ordered some new Springfield parts and was back in business a week later. The only difference is that the new parts are stainless instead of blued. Before anyone gets all excited about the bushing shearing, keep in mind it was heavily abused for 5 years as a rental and had who-knows-what happen to it during that time. No complaints here!
Below are the then and now photos of the gun. The new grips are quite possibly the nicest looking parts on the gun, but it still shoots right where it should every time.
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