Eyes wide open...
I'm not real crazy about Taurus myself...but I haven't heard anybody say anything bad about those Millenium's.
Well let me be the first!
:banghead:
Don't kid yourself-Taurus is a step (or three?) behind the more dependable brands in overall reliability, quality control, etc.
When I retired, I took the various makes/models of the usual name-dropper brands I'd been using OT to buy to the range in order to wring 'em out-was dropping plates regularly/quickly with 9mm, 40, 45 with my SIG, S&W, Springfield, HK, etc. The only one I couldn't hit squat with was my PT145 Millenium Pro (2nd Generation). Had to move over to the paper range and kept moving closer, closer, closer...never got one on paper-I have no idea where they were going! I've never dragged it back out to the range to troubleshoot-it was originally planned to be in my CC rotation, but since I have no idea where the POI is, that idea got tossed.
Anywho-before I get accused of being a Taurus basher, iff'n I was, I would not have bought my PT145. I did my research and knew going in I was taking a chance, but there was just so much to like about the PT145 I took a chance-just hasn't worked out for me.
I have a relative that's a gunsmith at the local shop, and when I was mulling over buying a Taurus, he
reeeeeally looked like he wanted to beat me over the head (severely) with his Brownells catalog.
On one four trip span to the shop, I found him working on three brand new ones before the owner could put 'em in the display case for sale.
Hmmmm...I took a chance and it didn't work out for me, and three outta four times I found him working on new ones before the could be sold-how ya like those odds?
He also tells me the shop gets more returns/trade-ins on Taurus than any other brand the shop sells.
I often tell folks the main thing I don't like about my PT145 is it doesn't say SIG, S&W, HK, etc on the slide.
I'm not trying to tell anyone not to buy a Taurus-just warning 'em-you better do your research and go into it with your eyes wide open...