I'll give you the accuracy part. My son's PT1911 is quite accurate — somewhat more accurate than my Springfield Loaded (mostly because the Taurus has a better trigger), and about on a parr with the two Kimbers we own.kragluver wrote:I have a Taurus PT1911 and it is my primary carry weapon. I have had excellent luck with this pistol - I consider it an excellent value for the money. When I bought mine, the prices were still right at $500 - they are a bit higher now. In a side-by-side comparison with my friend's Kimber Eclipse, accuracy was every bit as good and reliability was considerably better. The Eclipse has been back to Kimber twice and it still has issues with extraction. All this said, I have never had to use Taurus' customer service - I think if I ever have a problem with the pistol, I'll pay a 'smith to have it fixed. The pistol now has over 1000 rounds through it with no issues whatsoever.
That said... about 500 rounds or so into the Taurus pistol's life, it snapped the slide stop right in two... MIM parts! Meh. However, I had a spare Kimber slide stop with me at the time (also a MIM part) that came out of my Stainless Ultra Carry II. (Why I had the extra part is a story in itself.) Anyway, the Kimber part dropped right into the Taurus, and my son went right back to shooting. Now, maybe 1,000-1,500 rounds further along and a year and a half later, that Kimber part is still in there in that Taurus, working just fine.
And to add insult to injury, the Taurus pistol's ambidextrous safety lever keeps trying to back out of the right side of the pistol and has to be tapped back into place with a nylon hammer.
I still wouldn't mind owning a PT1911, but they aren't perfect, and we've had fewer problems with either of our Kimbers or the Springfield than with the Taurus.