kevin wrote:Seabear wrote:I used to have an 845 which is the same gun in .45acp. It shot VERY well, in 9mm it should be a dream to shoot, I would imagine the recoil would be next to nil. Does it have the three dot sights or the Haynie 2 Dot ?
it's the novak's 3 dot. kinda wish it had the strait 8 sight your talking about
Well, I think in the long run you will like the three dot better. With the Straight Eight on the Taurus weapon the front or top dot has to cover where you want to hit. This is great for combat/defense, but it makes it a pain for target shooting. I have the Haynie sight on my PT111 and love it because it is one of my carry guns, and not meant to be a "target" pistol. Most people that get the Haynie sights claim their guns shoot low, that is because with the 2 dot you have to use a "center " hold as opposed to a 6 O'clock hold with a three dot where the center of the target or the desired point of impact sits on top of the center/front dot.
The other issue I found is that Taurus has three front sight heigths available. I think they have them all in the same parts bin and you get what you get. I proved it the day I bought my PT845 at Academy. We pulled 3 guns out and all three had different front sights. The tallest will shoot the lowest and the shortest will shoot the highest. I always pick the tallest sights in this situation, you can file off the top a lot easier than you can add to it. LOL
I hope I haven't confused the issue, these pain meds make me ramble. LOL