This is a follow-up review to the one in which I rated the gun a "4" due to chronic feed problems (nose-dives in the magazines). I bought three of these suckers, based on the price, features, and great experience with three PT1911s. Well, these "inexpensive" guns cost me hundreds of additional dollars in test ammunition (something to remember when you stray from the "tried and true"), but I can say that they're running pretty good now (zero nose-dives) after changing to Para-Ordnance P-14 magazine springs.

After months of researching (including talking to a Taurus tech who knew nothing of the problem--yeah right!), loading and unloading hundreds of rounds and trying all kinds of crazy stuff, I realized the rounds coming up the magazine seemed sluggish, so I did a search for "PT145 magazine spring" and found a single blog after that held the answer. They recommended swapping stock magazine springs (which you can't even buy) with Para-Ordnance P-14 10% Extra-Power springs. I tested this with 10 magazines on two separate guns and had ZERO nose-dives. I still got a few other types of failures out of 250 rounds, but I believe that was due mostly to ammunition. I also recommend removing material at the feed lip to prevent the casing from striking it when chambered.

IMPORTANT NOTE: By swapping springs, I am only able to load 9 rounds in the magazines but that, of course, is well worth making the gun dependable, and that kind of capacity in a .45ACP the size of the PT145 still puts it ahead of the competition. I really like their guns, but this whole episode has really compromised my trust in Taurus.