Trouble With Taurus 145

[drylok]

I posted this on another forum, but thought I would seek help here too for ideas/solutions.

I have the Taurus 145 and I'm having trouble with one of the mags. When I put in mag A it cycles as it should 100%. But when I put in mag B it hangs up every other round. I have compared them back and forth a number of times with the same ammo and I get the same result. So I'm sure it's the mag itself. Can this be fixed or is it trash can time?

[Cav Scout]

I posted this on another forum, but thought I would seek help here too for ideas/solutions.

I have the Taurus 145 and I'm having trouble with one of the mags. When I put in mag A it cycles as it should 100%. But when I put in mag B it hangs up every other round. I have compared them back and forth a number of times with the same ammo and I get the same result. So I'm sure it's the mag itself. Can this be fixed or is it trash can time?

Take the Mag apart, Pull the spring and the follower, then take some used emery cloth or 600 grit sand paper tape it to a popsicle stick and hone out the inside of the mag, also hone the edges of the follower. Clean it and reassemble, try again. Look for burred edges from factory assembley and what not. I doubt you will have to trash can it.

[Cav Scout]

It is also possible that the factory put the spring in backwards, look at mag a and compare it to mag b when you disassemble them.

[drylok]

How do you disassemble the mag? I'll run down and get it so I can look at it while I read your response.

[camarozz]

With the mag empty, look at the bottom of it. There should be a catch of sorts, and it should slide off long ways. (Well that is how my other mags have come apart, but I have Not had a taurus before.)

Careful if there is any pressure caused by the spring too, but it should not be too much if any.

[drylok]

I can see which way it slides off but it won't move. The book shows that for the 24/7 you have to unscrew something but this is the 145 and does not have that.

Edit To Add:
I see now, you pry up on it slightly with a screw driver then push it off.

[Samm]

It is also possible that the factory put the spring in backwards, look at mag a and compare it to mag b when you disassemble them.

That would be my guess... I have had factory mags that were mis-assembled. It is an easy fix.

That looks like a nice little 45 drylok... how do you like it?

[drylok]

It's not bad here's my take

Good Points:
Light Weight
Conceals Good
10 + 1 Instead of only 6 Like Alot Of Compacts

Bad Points:
Not Very Accurate Over 15 Yrds
Barks Like Who Wouldn't Have It (Only 2 1/2" Barrel)
Have To Turn Off Safety To Rack Slide And There's No Other Safety
Very Loooooong Trigger Pull When Operating In Single Action Mode

But for the money it's pretty good for my first handgun.

[Samm]

It's not bad here's my take

Good Points:
Light Weight
Conceals Good
10 + 1 Instead of only 6 Like Alot Of Compacts

Bad Points:
Not Very Accurate Over 15 Yrds
Barks Like Who Wouldn't Have It (Only 2 1/2" Barrel)
Have To Turn Off Safety To Rack Slide And There's No Other Safety
Very Loooooong Trigger Pull When Operating In Single Action Mode

But for the money it's pretty good for my first handgun.
I've got a Taurus 629 "Tracker" 357 mag 7-shot revolver that I really like (for the money,) but I have never really considered a Taurus semi-auto. Not really in the market for a small .45 anyway; I have a Colt 1991, which is a bit bigger than your gun but single stack, that serves that purpose. But I like to know what people think of guns that I don't have.

[MrShotShot]

Here's a Taurus forum you might want to check out if you're still having problems:

http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php

[Apatriot]

I posted this on another forum, but thought I would seek help here too for ideas/solutions.

I have the Taurus 145 and I'm having trouble with one of the mags. When I put in mag A it cycles as it should 100%. But when I put in mag B it hangs up every other round. I have compared them back and forth a number of times with the same ammo and I get the same result. So I'm sure it's the mag itself. Can this be fixed or is it trash can time?

I would look for soemthing obvious in the messed up mag--maybe a piece of metal that needs filing down, etc. If you don't see something obvious, ditch it, and buy a couple of new magazines. Test them before you trust them for home defense.

[drylok]

Well it acts like it's going to be ok. I'll run a few through it tomorrow to make sure but before I took it apart it wouldn't even cycle when I was simply trying to rack the slide to load it. Now it does, but it still feels like it doesn't snap all the way up in there and is a tad bit loser than clip A. We'll see

[VCaddy05]

Take the Mag apart, Pull the spring and the follower, then take some used emery cloth or 600 grit sand paper tape it to a popsicle stick and hone out the inside of the mag, also hone the edges of the follower. Clean it and reassemble, try again. Look for burred edges from factory assembley and what not. I doubt you will have to trash can it.

+1 and if that dont work... THrow the ****er out! and buy some new ones, cause its not worth it to be jamin all the time and be worried about malfunctions.

[drylok]

I've been staying at my sis's this week and I didn't have any sand paper. But I am going home in the morning so I think I'll go over to the shop and take both of them apart again and sand them a bit.
I can't believe how much crap was in there. I've shot about oooooh 500 rounds or so. I think I'll start doing it at about 250. Now that I've taken both of them apart it's a sinch to do so I'll be more persistant about it.
Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow to make sure it's fixed.

[Samm]

I've been staying at my sis's this week and I didn't have any sand paper. But I am going home in the morning so I think I'll go over to the shop and take both of them apart again and sand them a bit.
I can't believe how much crap was in there. I've shot about oooooh 500 rounds or so. I think I'll start doing it at about 250. Now that I've taken both of them apart it's a sinch to do so I'll be more persistant about it.
Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow to make sure it's fixed.

Emery cloth... not sand paper.

[drylok]

Emery cloth... not sand paper.

Excuse me, yes emery cloth. Although if I find some sharp edges is there anything wrong with using sand paper to smooth them out?

[SFC(R)L]

so I guess my advice to get a 5 pound sledge and beat the snot out of it until it works is right out

[camarozz]

so I guess my advice to get a 5 pound sledge and beat the snot out of it until it works is right out

I have a tendancy to use that option quite often.

[drylok]

so I guess my advice to get a 5 pound sledge and beat the snot out of it until it works is right out

If I had the coin for a Colt or Springfield I would use the sledge. But I gotta get the AR built first.

+ I knew when I bought this based on the price tag, that I might have some issues, so it's ok. I knew what I might be getting into. Really I can't complain, I feel safe with it and I trust it to save my life.

[Samm]

Excuse me, yes emery cloth. Although if I find some sharp edges is there anything wrong with using sand paper to smooth them out?

You are better off to use a diamond knife sharpener. The rigidity and round shape of the latter allows you to very precisely touch only the area that you need to smooth.

[Samm]

so I guess my advice to get a 5 pound sledge and beat the snot out of it until it works is right out

:)) Yeah. At least that way you don't feel bad about pitching out the damn thing when it still won't feed properly. ;)

[SFC(R)L]

:)) Yeah. At least that way you don't feel bad about pitching out the damn thing when it still won't feed properly. ;)

Noted.

Nothing worse than a bad mag.

[SFC(R)L]

If I had the coin for a Colt or Springfield I would use the sledge. But I gotta get the AR built first.

+ I knew when I bought this based on the price tag, that I might have some issues, so it's ok. I knew what I might be getting into. Really I can't complain, I feel safe with it and I trust it to save my life.

there are very few problems that cannot be solved by a 5 pound sledge

The DPMS AR-15 is very affordable

[SFC(R)L]

I have a tendancy to use that option quite often.

with a little paint and a little duct tape you can never tell.

[Cav Scout]

How do you disassemble the mag? I'll run down and get it so I can look at it while I read your response.

I am sorry Drylok, I had to run. Um, I am assuming from your other responses that you figured it out. If not go here, http://books.google.com/books?id=-b6ZfvXX0E0C&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=magazine+disassembly&source=bl&ots=Dde3tQU_Q1&sig=SaZvGEtAkK70SlhCuA8oTaMn20g&hl=en&ei=Il2lSty5Mo_0sQOn8IWNDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=magazine%20disassembly&f=false

Most magazines are reasonabley easy to disassemble, unless it is one of those high speed cheapy ones that is all pressed together.

[Cav Scout]

Excuse me, yes emery cloth. Although if I find some sharp edges is there anything wrong with using sand paper to smooth them out?

No not at all, if they are real bad you can even use a round or flat file depending on what side of the mag they are on. My bad on the popsicle stick as well, you can even use a pencil, again depending on what part you are honing, round for round and flat for flat, and also Sam is correct on the diamond hone or sharpening stone as well, basically all you are doing is "milling" the surfaces so they are smooth and function smoothly.

[Cav Scout]

:)) Yeah. At least that way you don't feel bad about pitching out the damn thing when it still won't feed properly. ;)

:lol:

[sgtmac_46]

I posted this on another forum, but thought I would seek help here too for ideas/solutions.

I have the Taurus 145 and I'm having trouble with one of the mags. When I put in mag A it cycles as it should 100%. But when I put in mag B it hangs up every other round. I have compared them back and forth a number of times with the same ammo and I get the same result. So I'm sure it's the mag itself. Can this be fixed or is it trash can time?

I don't know about trashing it but you sure don't want to rely on it.