Brief Taurus Pt111 G2 review

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Had a chance to shoot and examine one yesterday, it was my sister's first gun. She chose it because it was a nice size and was easy to manipulate.

I would have to agree and add that I was pretty impressed with the little gun. This was the stainless slide model.

Things I liked:
Easy Manipulation of controls, precise sights, lots of safety features, soft recoil, reliable so far, captured recoil spring, light trigger, price.

Things I disliked:
Difficult takedown- It seems like it should be as easy as the glock but in practice it was very fiddly and difficult to get the slide off and on.
Long trigger- light but very long

I haven't shot a hi-point but I think for the price especially after rebate I would take the Taurus everyday. Looking forward to comparing it side by side to my friend's S&W Shield at the next outing.
 
I bought one of these pistols recently. Couldn't help myself. Below is part of a post I made about it on another forum:

They are very cheap right now. I paid <$250.00 for mine and with the mail-in rebate I have less than $200.00 in the gun. They are about the size of the Ruger SR9C with the 10 round mag, except that the Taurus is about 1/2" shorter front to back and holds 12 rounds. The ergonomics are good for a plastic gun.

The sights are adjustable and held on with screws, so easy to replace.
Takedown is like a Glock, pull two little buttons down and the slide comes off forward. Mine tends to stick when I try to get it off, but I'm hoping that will sort itself out with use.

The grip is a good size for me, not too thick for a double stack and aggressively textured. With the little pinkie extension on the magazine all my fingers have someplace to go.

What I don't like about it: The mags fit loose in the grip. The takeup is loooong, but light until you get to the break point. The break is about 8 lbs. I'd guess. It's easy to stage the trigger at the break point, though. The trigger has a little plastic dingus in the middle like a Glock.

The thumb safety is single-sided, so lefties, we're outta luck, again. There's also a loaded chamber indicator on top of the slide, so the operators can have another thing to hate. Doesn't bother me.

There are neat little depressions on both sides of the grips for your thumb to index on, but if you put too much finger on the trigger, your finger is going to run into your thumb before you reach the break. You want to just use the pad of your finger on the trigger anyway to make sure you pull straight back. The dingus does hang the trigger up if it's not fully depressed, like if you push the trigger a little bit sideways instead of straight, or the crease of your knuckle allows the dingus to stick out a little.

There's another depression above the front of the trigger guard for you to put the tip of your trigger finger in if you like to hold your gun like they do on TV. I don't.

I had a few minutes to run up to the range the other night a put 60 rounds of cheap range ammo, including a few hollow points, through it with no problems whatsoever. recoil wasn't bad at all. About like a Shield. Not as easy to control as my SR9C, but I could get used to it with practice. It also has double strike capability, which I never got to test out. All-in-all a decent pistol.
 
I have had my PT111 G2 for 9 months. I like everything about it except the loooong trigger pull. It had been very dependable and digests the variety of ammo I have fed it without fail. I actually like it as well if not better than my M&P 40C. It can't be beat for the price around $250.
 
I like them a lot. The initial trigger pull is looooong, but as bumbazine stated, it is light and easy to stage at the break point, and follow up shots using the trigger reset point work nicely. It is way too soon to talk about durability, but the reliability has been flawless so far.

I considered the Taurus PT111 G2 to be a very good value at $250-$265; with the $50 rebate until December 31 it is an exceptional value - one of the best that I have seen currently available. It is certainly NOT a $450-$500 pistol, but the 'bang for the buck' factor is very, very high at this time.
 
I bought one this past summer for $199.99. After shipping & transfer it was about $227.00 total. I like it.
 
Taurus calls these striker fired guns DA/SA, but there is no decocker. So it appears the only way for the gun to be in DA mode would be if the gun didn't fire because of a hard primer and you were pulling the trigger a second time. Is that correct?
 
Bought one for $242.00,then sent in the $50.00 rebate.

The guns trigger is wearing in nicely, and the release has smoothed up, and is running about 6#.

It's a small gun, so finger placement, as on any small gun, is critical. I'm also left-handed, but I've become used to manufacturers ignoring us over my life.

Shoots softly, is accurate and reliable. Haven't had it for a decade, so I don't know about durability. Put about 400 rounds through it without difficulty.

FYI, mine doesn't have rattling mags.
 
Have had mine for about a year. Paid 199.00 +tx. Accurate little gun, no malfunctions after about 1000 rds. Light and easy to conceal. I have trimmed the one magazine to fit flush. Trigger is different, but easy to master. Has digested everything I have fed it, including my handloads. A bonus is it fits all of my glock 27 leather holsters, but not the kydex.
 
Actually the trigger on my PT111 Gen. 3 was fairly decent, much better than the DAO trigger my friend has on his PT145. My main problem with the PT111 was the grip angle being a bit too vertical, causing me to have to realign the sights to get the proper sight picture I wanted. I eventually sold it and picked up a Ruger SR9c which gave me better design ergonomics and the sights align quickly and easily for me now.
 
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Bought one when the Shield came out because the Shield at that time was hard to get and twice the price. I wanted something a little slimmer than the G26 I carry, and this pistol felt good in my hand.

Fast forward a year, and went shooting with my wife. She was shooting her 2gen G19 and doing OK, but not liking it too much. Handed her the Taurus, and she was in the 8 ring at 20 yards over and over. At that point the G2 became her pistol, and I got the G19 back. Carrying the G26 these days, and the Taurus sits next to my wife's side of the bed as her primary HD weapon. We couldn't be happier with the Taurus.
 
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Taurus calls these striker fired guns DA/SA, but there is no decocker. So it appears the only way for the gun to be in DA mode would be if the gun didn't fire because of a hard primer and you were pulling the trigger a second time. Is that correct?
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Yes it is correct. They are actually SA/DA. They tout this feature as having restrike ability. I really don't see the point as if one gets a bad round they should default to tap, rack, bang not continue to pull the trigger on a bad round in my opinion.
 
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