Taurus Millenium PT-145:would you buy it?

Glockfan36 · July 14, 2011, 04:02 PM

I've been seeing some good deals online for it, and I gotta say I could possibly work it into my carry arsenal if I want more power than the 9mm.What's everyone else's opinion of it? Is it picky about ammo? Is it reliable? For those of you who own one, do you find it to be easy to carry? Would you recommend one? I know Taurus hasn't had the best reputation lately, but I really like the idea of a subcompact .45 with a 10-round capacity. If it comes with a spare mag, then I'm sold!

Glockfan36 · July 14, 2011, 04:04 PM

I meant to say the Millenium Pro.

Leejack · July 14, 2011, 04:47 PM

I doubt you'll get many positive responses here, but the gun does have a huge fan base in the Taurus forum among the people who own it. I'm pretty sure it comes with 2 mags.

I don't own one so I can't provide a personal opinion.

Good luck on whatever you decide.

Cornhusker77 · July 14, 2011, 05:09 PM

I've got a Millennium Pro PT111 and it's a good little gun.
I've shot the PT145 and it seemed like a decent gun too.
The one thing I don't like are the Heinie Straight 8 sights.
Once you get used to them they are OK, but I prefer 3 dot.

BGutzman · July 14, 2011, 05:38 PM

I had one, it was a great size for carry and I thought I would love it... What I didnt love was that it would not fire at all unless you purposely pulled the trigger to the right.

I could not trust it for CCW.... The overall opinion seems to be its a toss of a coin, either you get a great weapon at a low price or you get a nightmare at a low price.

ShipWreck · July 14, 2011, 05:43 PM

Jack Bauer · July 14, 2011, 05:53 PM

I had one a few years ago and it was fine. Carried 10 rounds of .45, fed everything I put in it with no problems whatsoever. Very easy to shoot and accurate as all get out for me. I'd have no problem carrying one today; the only reason I don't have it anymore is I let my son shoot it and he liked it so much I let him keep it. I've had other guns since then, just haven't had a reason to get another Taurus. Maybe someday, just too many other things going on now...

Despite the naysayers, there's nothing wrong with the PT 145...

spodwo · July 14, 2011, 06:27 PM

Quote:

If it comes with a spare mag, then I'm sold

Yes it does - a 10 round and a 12 round...

Got one despite a negative experience with another Taurus pistol - the pt709. I have the MP 145 DS with the short 3.25" barrel. I REALLY like it...no issues with it at all. Initially - I thought it shot low but I benched rested it and it was spot on...

I have put probably about 300 rounds through it without one single malfunction.

I thought hard about giving Taurus another chance. For the price point? It's a keeper. I just got another mag for it and an inexpensive holster.

I will say - that the pistol size and the .45 ACP caliber makes for some interesting shooting. A little beefy but fun. I put a Hogue rubber wrap around grip and it helped a bit.

Anyway - that is my experience.

tristar viper · July 14, 2011, 06:29 PM

My one friend has that Taurus, he likes it and says it's been totally reliable.
I have the TCP and it has been flawless since I bought it, and it gets shot regularly. I like the TCP so well in fact, that I've been looking at other Tauruses to buy from their 24/7 model line.
The guy at the gun counter that day tried desperately to make me NOT buy the TCP. I wouldn't listen and I'm glad I didn't.

dalegribble · July 14, 2011, 06:53 PM

first let me say for 45 i am a 1911 man thru and thru. i never thought i would have the need or want anything other than the 1911 in 45 cal. having said that i bought a taurus pt-145 on sale one day. it has been absolutly flawless from day one. it holds 10 +1 which i like and is a convienent size for cc. it is accurate with the straight eight sights and allows for quick target sighting. i like the taurus pt-145 so much i use it as a daily carry and i have since purchased the pt-709 slim in 9mm which has also been flawless since day one.

i still love my colt, springfield and taurus 1911's but the taurus pt-145 has been a fine trouble free and accurate handgun and i'm glad i got it.

GONIF · July 14, 2011, 06:57 PM

DO YOURSELF A FAVoR PASS ON THE Taurus Millenium

bapfreak · July 14, 2011, 06:59 PM

Had it and sold it. Not a bad gun but not a great gun. Does come with two magazines. Looks great on the outside and much cheaper on the inside when it is field stripped. It takes a lot of skill to control a subcompact 45 ACP. Hats off to those who can master this gun, but as for me it was very uncontrollable.

GONIF · July 14, 2011, 07:01 PM

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR PASS ON THE Taurus Millenium . If you want 45 power ,the Colt Defender is great,the S&W M&P C is also great ,the Glock is proven. There are many better choices than the Taurus out there.

Dr_2_B · July 14, 2011, 07:10 PM

I had a unique experience. My friend and I bought consecutively numbered PT145s. Mine did fine and my friend doesn't even consider his to be functional.

Glockfan36 · July 14, 2011, 07:21 PM

On this topic are as follows:
1. The taurus is of the right size for carry
2. comes with two magazines
3. no sub-capacity mags.

Taurus may not have th best reputation, but they have some goo products and I already know I want one- now just gotta start saving up for it!

Bamashooter · July 14, 2011, 08:14 PM

Mine is a 3rd gen PT145pro and its been a good carry gun. It carries 10+1. Mine is accurate enough considering its 3.25'' barrel. I shoot all different brands and types of ammo with no problem. For the price its a good gun in my opinion.

salvadore · July 14, 2011, 08:34 PM

I like mine, bought an extra mag from midway for 30rds, fobus makes a paddle holster for it. mine shot low but not anymore. with the fobus and an untucked shirt it conceals nicely.

chadk7 · July 14, 2011, 09:35 PM

Shipwreck

I think I have seen more people posting problems with glocks here lately than taurus. Maybe that is just me.

As for the OP...if you like the gun buy it. You can't base things simply on what people say about a specific gun. A lot of people hate taurus. I have nothing bad to say about them as I own 2 and both have been flawless. I think if we base our every day choices on what everyone else thinks or says life would be pretty dull and boring.

If you like the gun go ahead and get it. Good luck.

Gary L. Griffiths · July 14, 2011, 09:46 PM

I've had mine for years. Runs fine, shoots whatever I run through it.

Others have had problems.

Bottom line: If you get a good one you've got a gem. If you don't, you've got a useless POS.

Pico · July 14, 2011, 09:50 PM

Great gun, shot well, carried well, no problems. Read so much misery about it I sold it for $25 less than I paid for it. Now carry a SR9C but I miss carrying a .45. I hope they release a SR45C soon.

Pico

Carry_24/7 · July 14, 2011, 11:41 PM

My only Taurus is the 740 Slim. It eats everything, has had no malfunctions, but the construction/quality is horrible when you look at the details. The pistol has to be "finessed" apart and reassembled, it is never done exactly the same each time as with most pistols. The barrel is not even straight in the slide, resulting in horrific accuracy problems. Taurus obviously knew about these problems, because its no wonder they put adjustable sights on it instead of correcting the quality issues. Adjustable sights on a small, slim "near" pocket pistol? Now I know why.

It's a beautiful pistol, but under its skin is a pig. I would rate it as a cheap gang-banger quality gun.

Due to my personal experience with my Taurus, I would not buy another one.

Tactical Jackalope · July 15, 2011, 01:23 AM

No no no...Hell no!!!

Don't you dare!

I'm not one to bash guns, but in this particular case. I have owned it, personally. Not a friend of a friends cousin. ME.

I owned one..Never again will I purchase Taurus and I am in the city where they are serviced and assembled and I'll still never buy one ever again.

I had the exact on you mentioned. Taurus Millennium Pro PT-145 Bought it a while back for $580 almost $600....Yes I got taken.

Anyways, took it out to the range...It felt solid in my hands and all.

5 shots fired and the slide locked forward. No one could get it opened.

3 days later someone who was more familiar opened it up. Gave it another shot...Same damn issue. I wasn't huge into "let's fix this" then so I didn't call customer service to help me fix it. Guns aren't supposed to ever do this brand new I thought to myself. Didn't even let me break it in. A piece of plastic even chipped off somehow. Just a disaster. Sold it back to the shop for $250

Later on I find out my (then) buddy bought one and it's was one issue after the other.

Look elsewhere, please. For the sake of life.

EDIT/////

Oh and I forgot. I had that mindset of guns aren't supposed to do this because of my Glock 22 which was my first guns and my Browning High-Power.

AustinTX · July 15, 2011, 01:36 AM

Not a chance.

gb_in_ga · July 15, 2011, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Honestly, if someone GAVE me a new Taurus, I would not keep it.

Provisio: I have no experience with Taurus PT-145's or the Millenium Pros. Hence, I will not give any opinion on them, plus or minus.

That said, I know of Taurus horror stories. But I also know that at least one of their product lines is first rate. And I've got an example of that line. My PT-92 has been 100% since day one. The only fault it has ever had was due to some extra light handloads that didn't have quite enough oomph to lock the slide back on an empty magazine. And that's it.

Completely boring. Magazine in, magazine out. One range session to the next. Same ol', boring ol' reliability. Feeds anything and everything I give it, no problem. Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Bangitty bang, bang, bang. No hiccups. Energizer bunny, it just keeps on ticking, doing what it is supposed to be doing. Yeah, it does have a nasty little habit of flinging the empty case from the last round in the mag straight back at me, right in the forehead. I can live with that, no big problem. In a way, it is a feature, telling me that the mag really is empty.

Oh, and from what I've heard, and what I've seen, my one data point is not at all an outlier. It seems that the entire PT-92 family is like that. Close cousins to the current generation Berettas. Common ancestry, authorized clones.

mordis · July 15, 2011, 07:06 AM

They have to be doing something right or they would go out of buisness. As more and more people would get lemons, the word would spread fast and put them out, why hasnt this happend yet?

I have wanted a pt145 for a while but due to my last tuarus experiance i havnt yet. As many know i owned a Pt945. The gun its self ran fiine, the magazines were the problem. Id fire the gun and the recoil would cuase the baseplate off the mags and the ammo would fall out of the gun. This was a long time ago, and i didnt have internet nor could i find replacement mags anywere.

From what im gathering, tuarus is having alot of problems with there polymer lines of guns. Im thinking that the all metal lines are the lines to purchase, as i here less reports of problems with them. After all i still want a nother pt945, i loved the gun but couldnt get mags for it, now i can.

Question to the anti tuarus guys here, and those who know more about there products, what is the reputation of the 24/7 series of guns? I was looking at the full size 24/7 in 9mm and it felt good in the hand. Is it a decent gun, or is there lots of problems with them as well?

July 14, 2011, 04:02 PM	#1
Glockfan36 Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 216	Taurus Millenium PT-145:would you buy it? I've been seeing some good deals online for it, and I gotta say I could possibly work it into my carry arsenal if I want more power than the 9mm.What's everyone else's opinion of it? Is it picky about ammo? Is it reliable? For those of you who own one, do you find it to be easy to carry? Would you recommend one? I know Taurus hasn't had the best reputation lately, but I really like the idea of a subcompact .45 with a 10-round capacity. If it comes with a spare mag, then I'm sold! __________________ Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall!- Ronald Reagan

July 14, 2011, 04:04 PM	#2
Glockfan36 Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 216	I meant to say the Millenium Pro. __________________ Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall!- Ronald Reagan

July 14, 2011, 05:53 PM	#7
Jack Bauer Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 233	I had one a few years ago and it was fine. Carried 10 rounds of .45, fed everything I put in it with no problems whatsoever. Very easy to shoot and accurate as all get out for me. I'd have no problem carrying one today; the only reason I don't have it anymore is I let my son shoot it and he liked it so much I let him keep it. I've had other guns since then, just haven't had a reason to get another Taurus. Maybe someday, just too many other things going on now... Despite the naysayers, there's nothing wrong with the PT 145... __________________ Gary I started out with nothing and still have most of it.

July 14, 2011, 06:53 PM	#10
dalegribble Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 861	first let me say for 45 i am a 1911 man thru and thru. i never thought i would have the need or want anything other than the 1911 in 45 cal. having said that i bought a taurus pt-145 on sale one day. it has been absolutly flawless from day one. it holds 10 +1 which i like and is a convienent size for cc. it is accurate with the straight eight sights and allows for quick target sighting. i like the taurus pt-145 so much i use it as a daily carry and i have since purchased the pt-709 slim in 9mm which has also been flawless since day one. i still love my colt, springfield and taurus 1911's but the taurus pt-145 has been a fine trouble free and accurate handgun and i'm glad i got it. __________________ Waltzes with woofs

July 14, 2011, 06:57 PM	#11
GONIF Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2009 Location: PHOENIX IT'S A DRY HEAT AZ Posts: 844	DO YOURSELF A FAVoR PASS ON THE Taurus Millenium __________________ WHO ME ? Last edited by GONIF; July 14, 2011 at 07:47 PM.

July 14, 2011, 04:47 PM	#3
Leejack Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: The Alamo! Posts: 2,056	I doubt you'll get many positive responses here, but the gun does have a huge fan base in the Taurus forum among the people who own it. I'm pretty sure it comes with 2 mags. I don't own one so I can't provide a personal opinion. Good luck on whatever you decide.

July 14, 2011, 05:09 PM	#4
Cornhusker77 Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2009 Posts: 219	I've got a Millennium Pro PT111 and it's a good little gun. I've shot the PT145 and it seemed like a decent gun too. The one thing I don't like are the Heinie Straight 8 sights. Once you get used to them they are OK, but I prefer 3 dot.

July 14, 2011, 05:38 PM	#5
BGutzman Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2009 Location: Frozen Tundra Posts: 2,414	I had one, it was a great size for carry and I thought I would love it... What I didnt love was that it would not fire at all unless you purposely pulled the trigger to the right. I could not trust it for CCW.... The overall opinion seems to be its a toss of a coin, either you get a great weapon at a low price or you get a nightmare at a low price. __________________ Molon Labe

July 14, 2011, 05:43 PM	#6
ShipWreck Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,744	Ok, I KNOW I am beating a dead horse here... Honestly, if someone GAVE me a new Taurus, I would not keep it . One only need look at many guns on the store shelves. The quality on many of them is horrendous. One only also need look on the various forums. A high percentage of them have problems straight out of the box, or on the first range trip. I realize that human nature is to complain instead of praise... But, the % of complaints (on all the various gun forums) about Taurus against other brands of guns doesn't even compare. And the stories of dealing with their customer service are maddening. Sometimes they send guns back MULTIPLE times without doing ANYTHING. I've seen some threads go for 18 months, where a person goes thru the Taurus "experience" in getting their gun fixed. It's just ridiculous... I didn't start saving Taurus threads until a few months ago - so, unfortunately, I don't have some of the more depressing stories I have read. But here are a few: http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulle...rvice-(TCP-738) http://www.handgunforum.net/general-...p-problem.html http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1235937 http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=414483 http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=taurus http://www.thehighroad.org/showthrea...ghlight=taurus http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/wheelgu...t-out-box.html http://www.thehighroad.org/showthrea...ghlight=taurus http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=399341 http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/non-xd-...lore-help.html http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/non-xd-...anty-work.html http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...taurus+quality http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=415691 http://www.gundirectory.com/more.asp...259&gun=Pistol http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=63479 http://www.handgunforum.net/taurus/2...d-my-mind.html http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...=445334&page=3 (see post #51)

July 14, 2011, 06:29 PM	#9
tristar viper Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 889	My one friend has that Taurus, he likes it and says it's been totally reliable. I have the TCP and it has been flawless since I bought it, and it gets shot regularly. I like the TCP so well in fact, that I've been looking at other Tauruses to buy from their 24/7 model line. The guy at the gun counter that day tried desperately to make me NOT buy the TCP. I wouldn't listen and I'm glad I didn't.

July 14, 2011, 06:59 PM	#12
bapfreak Member Join Date: June 9, 2005 Posts: 56	Had it and sold it. Not a bad gun but not a great gun. Does come with two magazines. Looks great on the outside and much cheaper on the inside when it is field stripped. It takes a lot of skill to control a subcompact 45 ACP. Hats off to those who can master this gun, but as for me it was very uncontrollable.

July 14, 2011, 07:01 PM	#13
GONIF Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2009 Location: PHOENIX IT'S A DRY HEAT AZ Posts: 844	DO YOURSELF A FAVOR PASS ON THE Taurus Millenium . If you want 45 power ,the Colt Defender is great,the S&W M&P C is also great ,the Glock is proven. There are many better choices than the Taurus out there. __________________ WHO ME ? Last edited by GONIF; July 14, 2011 at 07:07 PM.

July 14, 2011, 07:10 PM	#14
Dr_2_B Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2005 Location: midwest Posts: 502	I had a unique experience. My friend and I bought consecutively numbered PT145s. Mine did fine and my friend doesn't even consider his to be functional.

July 14, 2011, 07:21 PM	#15
Glockfan36 Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 216	My own thoughts On this topic are as follows: 1. The taurus is of the right size for carry 2. comes with two magazines 3. no sub-capacity mags. Taurus may not have th best reputation, but they have some goo products and I already know I want one- now just gotta start saving up for it! __________________ Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall!- Ronald Reagan

July 14, 2011, 08:14 PM	#16
Bamashooter Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2010 Posts: 1,860	Mine is a 3rd gen PT145pro and its been a good carry gun. It carries 10+1. Mine is accurate enough considering its 3.25'' barrel. I shoot all different brands and types of ammo with no problem. For the price its a good gun in my opinion.

July 14, 2011, 08:34 PM	#17
salvadore Junior member Join Date: January 1, 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,282	I like mine, bought an extra mag from midway for 30rds, fobus makes a paddle holster for it. mine shot low but not anymore. with the fobus and an untucked shirt it conceals nicely.

July 14, 2011, 09:35 PM	#18
chadk7 Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 2010 Location: indiana Posts: 210	Shipwreck I think I have seen more people posting problems with glocks here lately than taurus. Maybe that is just me. As for the OP...if you like the gun buy it. You can't base things simply on what people say about a specific gun. A lot of people hate taurus. I have nothing bad to say about them as I own 2 and both have been flawless. I think if we base our every day choices on what everyone else thinks or says life would be pretty dull and boring. If you like the gun go ahead and get it. Good luck.

July 14, 2011, 09:46 PM	#19
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	I've had mine for years. Runs fine, shoots whatever I run through it. Others have had problems. Bottom line: If you get a good one you've got a gem. If you don't, you've got a useless POS. __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

July 14, 2011, 09:50 PM	#20
Pico Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2002 Location: Ga Posts: 515	PT 145 Millenium Pro Great gun, shot well, carried well, no problems. Read so much misery about it I sold it for $25 less than I paid for it. Now carry a SR9C but I miss carrying a .45. I hope they release a SR45C soon. Pico

July 14, 2011, 11:41 PM	#21
Carry_24/7 Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2011 Posts: 801	My only Taurus is the 740 Slim. It eats everything, has had no malfunctions, but the construction/quality is horrible when you look at the details. The pistol has to be "finessed" apart and reassembled, it is never done exactly the same each time as with most pistols. The barrel is not even straight in the slide, resulting in horrific accuracy problems. Taurus obviously knew about these problems, because its no wonder they put adjustable sights on it instead of correcting the quality issues. Adjustable sights on a small, slim "near" pocket pistol? Now I know why. It's a beautiful pistol, but under its skin is a pig. I would rate it as a cheap gang-banger quality gun. Due to my personal experience with my Taurus, I would not buy another one.

July 15, 2011, 01:23 AM	#22
Tactical Jackalope Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2010 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 6,429	No no no...Hell no!!! Don't you dare! I'm not one to bash guns, but in this particular case. I have owned it, personally. Not a friend of a friends cousin. ME. I owned one..Never again will I purchase Taurus and I am in the city where they are serviced and assembled and I'll still never buy one ever again. I had the exact on you mentioned. Taurus Millennium Pro PT-145 Bought it a while back for $580 almost $600....Yes I got taken. Anyways, took it out to the range...It felt solid in my hands and all. 5 shots fired and the slide locked forward. No one could get it opened. 3 days later someone who was more familiar opened it up. Gave it another shot...Same damn issue. I wasn't huge into "let's fix this" then so I didn't call customer service to help me fix it. Guns aren't supposed to ever do this brand new I thought to myself. Didn't even let me break it in. A piece of plastic even chipped off somehow. Just a disaster. Sold it back to the shop for $250 Later on I find out my (then) buddy bought one and it's was one issue after the other. Look elsewhere, please. For the sake of life. EDIT///// Oh and I forgot. I had that mindset of guns aren't supposed to do this because of my Glock 22 which was my first guns and my Browning High-Power. Last edited by Tactical Jackalope; July 15, 2011 at 01:25 AM. Reason: MINDSET!

July 15, 2011, 01:36 AM	#23
AustinTX Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2010 Posts: 2,145	Not a chance.

July 15, 2011, 07:06 AM	#25
mordis Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 2005 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 560	They have to be doing something right or they would go out of buisness. As more and more people would get lemons, the word would spread fast and put them out, why hasnt this happend yet? I have wanted a pt145 for a while but due to my last tuarus experiance i havnt yet. As many know i owned a Pt945. The gun its self ran fiine, the magazines were the problem. Id fire the gun and the recoil would cuase the baseplate off the mags and the ammo would fall out of the gun. This was a long time ago, and i didnt have internet nor could i find replacement mags anywere. From what im gathering, tuarus is having alot of problems with there polymer lines of guns. Im thinking that the all metal lines are the lines to purchase, as i here less reports of problems with them. After all i still want a nother pt945, i loved the gun but couldnt get mags for it, now i can. Question to the anti tuarus guys here, and those who know more about there products, what is the reputation of the 24/7 series of guns? I was looking at the full size 24/7 in 9mm and it felt good in the hand. Is it a decent gun, or is there lots of problems with them as well?