I just got a taurus pt145. I took it to the range and put around 100 rounds through it. I cleaned it after, of course (although now I know it should be done around every 500+rnds). Anyway, I got it together great after that session. I wanted to practice taking it apart last night, so i can be more profficient at it, so i did just that. This is when I encountered the problem of the takedown pin being fully seated with the slide back, but when i hit the slide release (instead of just pulling it back and riding it forward manually like i should have) it slammed 3/4's of the way forward...on the pin maybe? I did this twice and was very persistent in successfully disassembling the weapon and reassembling the weapon so I took it apart many, many times after that and put it together (successfully about half the time). I want to say I probably took it apart and put it back together about 30-40 times before I discovered the barrel has to be seated all the way forward out of the slide before you can put the pin in right. Now, there is slight play in the slide (as expected). Did I screw myself? How much life did i actually take out of this pistol in last nights breakdown session? How many people out there own pistols with play in the slide (you shake it and hear a little jiggle)? I know this kind of thing affects rifles, but will my compact pistol still shoot accurately (with laser)? Opinions please....thanks.
Was I wrong to take it apart so many times?
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You're fine - and so is your pistol. Verify this at the range and sleep easy. If you notice accuracy has materially degraded, I'd contact the manufacturer....
BTW - does your manual mention how many rounds are needed to break-in your pistol? I'm going to guess 200 or more....
Also - food for thought:
When I first got to Germany in 1983, I was issued a Remington-Rand 1911A1. I could [ALMOST] shake the slide off of the frame! I still qualified high Expert when we went to the range....
AFTER the qualification range, I was left in the room with 10 disassembled 1911s while my squad went to chow. Oddly enough, when they got back I had cleaned & reassembled all 10 pistols and was treated to free beers at the NCO club that evening! Nobody noticed that MY 1911 was all-of-a-sudden much tighter where it counted: at the bbl hood & bbl bushing....
Moral of the story is: JUST because I was born at night, doesn't mean I was born LAST night....
BTW - does your manual mention how many rounds are needed to break-in your pistol? I'm going to guess 200 or more....
Also - food for thought:
When I first got to Germany in 1983, I was issued a Remington-Rand 1911A1. I could [ALMOST] shake the slide off of the frame! I still qualified high Expert when we went to the range....
AFTER the qualification range, I was left in the room with 10 disassembled 1911s while my squad went to chow. Oddly enough, when they got back I had cleaned & reassembled all 10 pistols and was treated to free beers at the NCO club that evening! Nobody noticed that MY 1911 was all-of-a-sudden much tighter where it counted: at the bbl hood & bbl bushing....
Moral of the story is: JUST because I was born at night, doesn't mean I was born LAST night....
Thanks for the piece of mind. Only thing is, I'm feelin just a bit uncomfortable thinking I've disamssembled and reassembled this next-to-new pistol more than most pistols get taken apart in more than half of their lifetime but in 1 night! That's assuming of course that most pistols are taken apart around 100 times a lifetime...what do you think about that? I mean, a full-metal frame piece like the old-time 1911's should and would be fine, but a half-plastic, half-metal one...idk.
My best friend keeps a lot of my "new-fangled" modern guns for me - mainly the ones Clinton and Obama sold me on.
He cleans them every time he returns from the range OR every month - whichever comes first....
We both picked up Glock 22 police turn-ins at the same time. He carries his daily & cleans it weekly. I think I cleaned mine twice since we got them, what? 6 years ago? He loads 180 cast bullets & we bounce cans @100yds, shooting alternately. He misses more than me. We trade guns. He STILL misses more than me. ! can go maybe 13 of 15 with either gun. BOTTOM LINE: cleaning is good. You have to take it apart to clean it. I think you'll be okay.
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I've often wondered just what it is in a person's head that makes them want to disassemble a gun for no reason except to clean it, when it doesn't need cleaning. Case in point, my local gun shop called and asked me to come to the shop and help with a Bushmaster Bullpup AR-15. The owner was a young man in the military who had just purchased the rifle, shot it half a dozen times and decided to clean it. The owner of the gun shop had never disassembled a Bullpup, but he knew I had one. What he didn't know was that I had never disassembled my rifle either. With a bit of study, I figured out how the pieces in the trigger group went together, and was able to put the rifle back together. I asked the young owner, why he took this thing apart to clean it, when it doesn't need cleaning? He didn't have an answer. I didn't have an answer either.
I love fooling with my Ruger single actions, and I've had parts scattered all over my bench, but I do it only when necessary, never for entertainment. I shoot them weekly, I clean them only when they need it. Ok, you have me figured out, I'm just lazy...
I love fooling with my Ruger single actions, and I've had parts scattered all over my bench, but I do it only when necessary, never for entertainment. I shoot them weekly, I clean them only when they need it. Ok, you have me figured out, I'm just lazy...
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A lot of the polymer guns have a good deal of "slop" in the action, especially with the lower-dollar guns. It means burrs and grit in the action hinder reliability less. AKs and Glocks have their "reliable under any circumstances" reputation because of just this sort of "slop."
I.E. Don't worry about it.
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