Got a new toy - The Firearms Forum

2000ShadowACE · 03-27-2012, 08:09 AM

Hi guys, I just found this forum a week or so ago, and love the information on here. I just added a Taurus 24/7 OSS .45 to my stable and so far, I am loving it. It eats any kind of ammo except for hollowpoints without problems. I have only had two fail to feeds with the hollowpoints so it may have been a fluke. The gun is dead accurate at 25 yards and can hold an 8 inch group at 50 yards. Does anyone here know where I can find some good leather for it?

carver · 03-27-2012, 08:35 AM

Welcome to TFF! Continue to use the hollow points, that will be the round you want to use in this pistol. If after a couple of hundred rounds it's still jamming, then send it back to Turaus. As to the leather, well, it has been my experience that you will wind up with more than just a few holsters for that gun! But first you have to decide how you want to carry it!

Zane71464 · 03-27-2012, 08:48 AM

Welcome to the Forums and congrats on your Taurus!
And agree with Carver about the leather, depends on how you plan to carry.

rcairflr · 03-27-2012, 05:17 PM

This thread is "WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES"......

old semperfi · 03-27-2012, 06:46 PM

from what i understand its not jamming but failing to feed,first a few hundred rounds may fix the problem keep track of what mag it hasd in it on the ftf.i have the same pistol in 9mm and have had no problems at all and i have subjected it to many different hollow points.a lot of pistols have at least one configerations of bullet they dont like. old semperfi

25yretcoastie · 03-27-2012, 07:28 PM

Welcome and have fun

2000ShadowACE · 03-29-2012, 07:07 AM

Thanks guys. I will probably be wearing on my right hip as a back up weapon when hunting. I have had coyotes sneak inside 25 yards where the muzzle blast from my Mosin will singe the hairs off them, so a well placed .45 round should do the trick. I have a cheap Blackhawk holster but would like to find something more durable.

ms6852 · 03-30-2012, 02:13 AM

If you are a little saavy about firearms you can polish the feed ramp your self with a dremel tool. Or just use 2000 grit paper and do a little wet sanding using your finger very lightly. That should take care of your feed problems. I did that on my Taurus 99 PT and have never had a problem feeding anything in more than 25 years.

2000ShadowACE · 03-30-2012, 06:38 AM

Thanks for the advice. I took it out yesterday and it fed the JHPs just fine. Maybe it was operator error. ..... Nah, couldn't be.

jack404 · 03-30-2012, 07:59 AM

G'day and welcome !

Lee D · 03-30-2012, 08:52 AM

welcome to the forum and congrats on the new pistol

03-27-2012, 08:09 AM	#1
2000ShadowACE V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Eastern Iowa Posts: 153	Got a new toy Hi guys, I just found this forum a week or so ago, and love the information on here. I just added a Taurus 24/7 OSS .45 to my stable and so far, I am loving it. It eats any kind of ammo except for hollowpoints without problems. I have only had two fail to feeds with the hollowpoints so it may have been a fluke. The gun is dead accurate at 25 yards and can hold an 8 inch group at 50 yards. Does anyone here know where I can find some good leather for it? -->

03-27-2012, 08:35 AM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,271	Re: Got a new toy Welcome to TFF! Continue to use the hollow points, that will be the round you want to use in this pistol. If after a couple of hundred rounds it's still jamming, then send it back to Turaus. As to the leather, well, it has been my experience that you will wind up with more than just a few holsters for that gun! But first you have to decide how you want to carry it! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-27-2012, 08:48 AM	#3
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,366	Re: Got a new toy Welcome to the Forums and congrats on your Taurus! And agree with Carver about the leather, depends on how you plan to carry. __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

03-27-2012, 05:17 PM	#4
rcairflr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wichita, Ks Posts: 1,318	Re: Got a new toy This thread is "WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES"......

03-27-2012, 06:46 PM	#5
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: Got a new toy from what i understand its not jamming but failing to feed,first a few hundred rounds may fix the problem keep track of what mag it hasd in it on the ftf.i have the same pistol in 9mm and have had no problems at all and i have subjected it to many different hollow points.a lot of pistols have at least one configerations of bullet they dont like. old semperfi

03-27-2012, 07:28 PM	#6
25yretcoastie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Fort Pierce Fl Posts: 556	Re: Got a new toy Welcome and have fun

03-29-2012, 07:07 AM	#7
2000ShadowACE V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Eastern Iowa Posts: 153	Re: Got a new toy Thanks guys. I will probably be wearing on my right hip as a back up weapon when hunting. I have had coyotes sneak inside 25 yards where the muzzle blast from my Mosin will singe the hairs off them, so a well placed .45 round should do the trick. I have a cheap Blackhawk holster but would like to find something more durable.

03-30-2012, 02:13 AM	#8
ms6852 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 157	Re: Got a new toy If you are a little saavy about firearms you can polish the feed ramp your self with a dremel tool. Or just use 2000 grit paper and do a little wet sanding using your finger very lightly. That should take care of your feed problems. I did that on my Taurus 99 PT and have never had a problem feeding anything in more than 25 years. __________________ ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. ONE IS JESUS CHRIST, FOR YOUR SOUL, AND THE OTHER IS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, FOR YOUR FREEDOM.

03-30-2012, 06:38 AM	#9
2000ShadowACE V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Eastern Iowa Posts: 153	Re: Got a new toy Thanks for the advice. I took it out yesterday and it fed the JHPs just fine. Maybe it was operator error. ..... Nah, couldn't be.

03-30-2012, 07:59 AM	#10
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Got a new toy G'day and welcome !

03-30-2012, 08:52 AM	#11
Lee D V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: sw iowa Posts: 120	Re: Got a new toy welcome to the forum and congrats on the new pistol __________________ “Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” Jeff Cooper