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FYI Taurus PT101 Review by Richard (Guest Author) (Oklahoma) It has been many many years since I have owned a Taurus handgun. I remember back then how a couple of friends and other shooters would look down their noses at it and kind of have that "well, if that's all you can afford" attitude. The guns, in my opinion, were always well made and perfectly reliable. However I gave into pressure, sold it and bought a "real gun". About a year ago I decided to try another Taurus, a compact 9mm and found it to be every bit the quality I remembered...excellent. Moving along to the present, I have always loved the look and style of the PT clone of the Beretta. Having been made aware that Academy Sports had the Taurus PT101 .40 caliber on sale for the crazy price of $299, I went, I looked, I bought. When I got it home, I gave it a quick once over, cleaned off the grease, ran a patch through the bore and put a couple of drops of oil along the slide rails. Checking the gun over shows that it is well fitted and working the slide is glassy smooth. Barrel length is 5" and weighs 34oz empty. You have several options for carry...you can de-cock the hammer by thumbing the safety lever all the way down and carry it chambered, hammer down, off safe for a first double action shot. You can also keep the safety on, then thumb it off with and have a first double action shot. If you are a 1911 fan (I love them) then you can also carry cocked and locked which is the hammer cocked, safety on with a first shot being single action. Now we come to the one complaint I have. The capacity if 16+1 for a total of 17 rounds. I can load the magazine with 15 rounds...no matter how hard I try, I cannot in any way get that 16th round in the magazine. I can live with that, I normally leave magazines downloaded by one anyways, but if you like a completely full magazine it is something to consider. Finally off to the range. We now have a little over 200 rounds through it...zero malfunctions. The gun is plenty accurate. I don't shoot much for the bullseye so I cannot tell you how tight the groups can be. I can say that at 50 feet, it will easily keep all shots in the 10 ring. The sights are adjustable 3 dot and seem to be well adjusted out of the box, no adjustments needed. The double action pull is long but smooth ... stacks a little towards the end. Single action has some take up then a nice clean break. Recoil is very manageable. Today the trend is towards guns as compact as possible even in larger calibers. The Taurus PT101 is anything but small...it is big, wide and heavy. This means that in 40 caliber, the recoil does not snap or kick...it is more of a "push" and really cushions the recoil. Even new shooters should be able to handle it very easily and not be scared off by the kick. My wife (experienced shooter) prefers 9mm in larger guns as she is not a fan of heavy recoil. She was hesitant about trying the 40, but absolutely loved it and found The Taurus PT101 just as easy to control as her Ruger P95 ... and thought the trigger was a little easier and smoother than her beloved Ruger. Can it be carried concealed? Of course. Right now the weather is cold, so I have been carrying it IWB under a slightly over sized shirt and my jacket. It disappears easily this way and although you know it's there, it is not at all uncomfortable. On warmer days, it still hides well without the coat. I wear an over sized t-shirt, a button down shirt (left unbuttoned) and still carry IWB. Very concealable this way, although you probably should be careful at the store when bending down to get something off the bottom shelf...make sure it stays covered. Nowhere near as easily carried as one of the pocket pistols, but quite doable with just a little effort. The Taurus PT101 is truly a pistol that is worth far more than the asking price. If you can get it for 299, great. If that sale ends and you have to pay the more .... still a great deal. This is one that is not just "good for the price". It is actually an excellent gun at full price and easily rivals more expensive guns. Once upon a time I picked up a 9mm one of these at a private trap shoot from a friend that said it had had several unknown owners for a paltry sum. It looked used and abused, but shot standard loads well. I carried it around as a throw down. I traded it off for a set of aviation head phones.

Yes that is really a problem, our Vet's daughter makes them custom made for around $15, like the one pictured above. She really likes to be well dressed.

Police dog as a baby....... Police dog all grown up.........

FYI Taurus PT101 Review by Richard (Guest Author) (Oklahoma) It has been many many years since I have owned a Taurus handgun. I remember back then how a couple of friends and other shooters would look down their noses at it and kind of have that "well, if that's all you can afford" attitude. The guns, in my opinion, were always well made and perfectly reliable. However I gave into pressure, sold it and bought a "real gun". About a year ago I decided to try another Taurus, a compact 9mm and found it to be every bit the quality I remembered...excellent. Moving along to the present, I have always loved the look and style of the PT clone of the Beretta. Having been made aware that Academy Sports had the Taurus PT101 .40 caliber on sale for the crazy price of $299, I went, I looked, I bought. When I got it home, I gave it a quick once over, cleaned off the grease, ran a patch through the bore and put a couple of drops of oil along the slide rails. Checking the gun over shows that it is well fitted and working the slide is glassy smooth. Barrel length is 5" and weighs 34oz empty. You have several options for carry...you can de-cock the hammer by thumbing the safety lever all the way down and carry it chambered, hammer down, off safe for a first double action shot. You can also keep the safety on, then thumb it off with and have a first double action shot. If you are a 1911 fan (I love them) then you can also carry cocked and locked which is the hammer cocked, safety on with a first shot being single action. Now we come to the one complaint I have. The capacity if 16+1 for a total of 17 rounds. I can load the magazine with 15 rounds...no matter how hard I try, I cannot in any way get that 16th round in the magazine. I can live with that, I normally leave magazines downloaded by one anyways, but if you like a completely full magazine it is something to consider. Finally off to the range. We now have a little over 200 rounds through it...zero malfunctions. The gun is plenty accurate. I don't shoot much for the bullseye so I cannot tell you how tight the groups can be. I can say that at 50 feet, it will easily keep all shots in the 10 ring. The sights are adjustable 3 dot and seem to be well adjusted out of the box, no adjustments needed. The double action pull is long but smooth ... stacks a little towards the end. Single action has some take up then a nice clean break. Recoil is very manageable. Today the trend is towards guns as compact as possible even in larger calibers. The Taurus PT101 is anything but small...it is big, wide and heavy. This means that in 40 caliber, the recoil does not snap or kick...it is more of a "push" and really cushions the recoil. Even new shooters should be able to handle it very easily and not be scared off by the kick. My wife (experienced shooter) prefers 9mm in larger guns as she is not a fan of heavy recoil. She was hesitant about trying the 40, but absolutely loved it and found The Taurus PT101 just as easy to control as her Ruger P95 ... and thought the trigger was a little easier and smoother than her beloved Ruger. Can it be carried concealed? Of course. Right now the weather is cold, so I have been carrying it IWB under a slightly over sized shirt and my jacket. It disappears easily this way and although you know it's there, it is not at all uncomfortable. On warmer days, it still hides well without the coat. I wear an over sized t-shirt, a button down shirt (left unbuttoned) and still carry IWB. Very concealable this way, although you probably should be careful at the store when bending down to get something off the bottom shelf...make sure it stays covered. Nowhere near as easily carried as one of the pocket pistols, but quite doable with just a little effort. The Taurus PT101 is truly a pistol that is worth far more than the asking price. If you can get it for 299, great. If that sale ends and you have to pay the more .... still a great deal. This is one that is not just "good for the price". It is actually an excellent gun at full price and easily rivals more expensive guns.

A young man goes into a drugstore to buy condoms. The pharmacist says the condoms come in packs of 3, 9 or 12 and asks which the young man wants. “Well,” he said, “I’ve been seeing this girl for a while and she’s really hot. I want the condoms because I think tonight’s “the” night. We’re having dinner with her parents, and then we’re going out. And I’ve got a feeling I’m gonna get lucky after that. Once she’s had me, she’ll want me all the time, so you’d better give me the 12 pack.” The young man makes his purchase and leaves. Later that evening, he sits down to dinner with his girlfriend and her parent’s. He asks if he might give the blessing, and they agree. He begins the prayer, but continues praying for several minutes. The girl leans over and says, “You never told me that you were such a religious person.” He leans over to her and whispers, “You never told me that your father is a pharmacist.”

Same with me and I won't be seeing her on NBC, don't watch it even locally.

"It has to be true...it was on Facebook!"

F U N N Y !

Salted fruit? does salt on watermelon and cantaloupe count? I also like salt on an apple with a bottle of water for an extended time at the range, or out in the field, during the hot summer days in Texas, it has worked for me for about 50 years. When George Tubb (David Tubb's father) and I held a training session for our NRA Junior Rifle Club shooters (National Match M1) at the range in Pampa we always had a watermelon and water break for lunch time. I remember one time George complaining about having to spend $2.00 for a Black Diamond watermelon. Yes those were the good old days.

Well this old fat Texas codger has had it with the complely insane California lawmakers. I won't cross the border into The Golden State ever. I have spent a lot of time there and enjoyed my relatives and friends there, and many fine sights for my poor old eyes ever since I went there for USMC boot camp and served there at Pendleton,29 Palms and Pickle Meadows. I also audited Halliburton facilities all over the state and had many good training sessions there. Bye Bye good people, it is a shame what a bunch of left wing commies have done to you and what used to be a great American land of milk and honey.

We always use a harness for our dog large dog or small dog any time they are on a leash. Chihuahuas have really weak throats and necks. Those are a nice couple of dogs.

Beach, We have been having some problems finding a narrow collar for our wide bodied Chihuahua. The collars get wider after 12 inches in length. I like the collars with the metal belt buckle. I want to thank you for the Tee shirt,it is nice.

Maybe we won't ever have to see any of these clowns shed red blood under those baby blue iron pots.

Welcome from Central Texas. We have a couple of local young hog hunters that hunt feral hogs with knives. This is horse, cattle, and goat country, and rodeo is a participant sport. White tail deer are big and plentiful. This is John Wesley Hardin and Comanche Indian country.

Start off with 154 you can always go larger.

bookmarking may bypass that glitch it did for me. Does he have do the can't remember password process?

I'm not a mod here but I have a way to not log in every time. Once I get past the log in page, I bookmark that page ,also check the remember box, most of the time this works for me. Occasionally for some mysterious reason a mess up happens. I do the bookmark again, after deleting the old bookmark.

That is why there is a dining room full of old codgers at Whataburger, They have Ask for senior drinks and you and Grandma can eat for less than $10, and breakfasts-on-a-bun (BOB Egg, sausage or bacon, and cheese) with picante sauce and free senior coffee for $7.50 or $8.00

I don't get to Arby's a lot but when I do.....It is Beef n Cheddar too! But when I want a Chicken samitch it is Chick-Fi-A both are over 40 miles, so Whataburger is usually it Merry Christmas at our house will be nice medium rare Porterhouse steaks fresh offen the grill, baked tater, rabbit food & mattors salad and Cherry pie! Bon Appitites folks! Jesus is STILL the reason for the season!....and Happy New year!

SS you are right on, I had a brain fart, now I remember it was a mod. of the hammer.