Taurus TH45 Tabletop Review and Field Strip 

I have a PT845 that uses Remington RP45 15rd mags with the top front hole on the RP mags dremeled out to a circle the the same diameter as the square on the front of the PT845 mags, and now I have a PT845 with 15 + 1 Capacity - and DA/SA ambi everything- Basically an FN45 now 😊 I have a video on the RP45, but I'll make one on my PT845 mods if TH45 users are interested. The seemingly pointless top (of two) holes on the front of the 15rd RP45 mags is the same spot the ambi catch square is on PT845 mags, and easy to expand to aprox a .4 inch hole (eyeballing it) with a conical carbide file-drill tip. FYI slide lock works with the Remington followers too! Also Para P14 mag extensions fit on the RP45 mags, so with a a +10% spring you can 17+1 in your PT845 this way. One thing though: The PT845 and TH45 have different size/shape plastic base caps. I don't know know if there is more plastic on the TH45 grip than the PT845 grip. It could be that these mods only work on the PT845 and not the TH45 - look at their pictures side by side and see why I am not 100% on this working for the TH45.

Also DPM Systems makes a recoil reduction system for the PT845 that fits the TH45 too, highly recommended!

I think they extended the plastic on the grip of the TH45, thus the RP45 mags will only fit the PT845 not its new clone the TH45. But the DPM system does work in both, I know that

just stop being *wrong* handed 😏

@@DTreatz 😆😉

HK 45 .... finest polymer hammer fired 45 acp

@@krashdude1 I was talking about 10mm. That's why I specified TH10. HK won't do 10mm. Why not?

Yep. It's a low-pressure cartridge. So if or when it blows up it shouldn't be tooooo bad.

That's a product of design, not manufacture. So it has nothing to do with how "it's made" and everything to do with how "it's designed." Sorry, but if you ever worked in a machining shop you'd be sensitive about that difference also.

@@JD-tn5lz I’m a machinist and gunsmith of 47 years , just giving my thoughts.

​@@user-jetmachinistI absolutely agree it appears well-designed. Absolutely. It has great features and looks eminently shootable. I bet it's a fun shooter. Well-made? I'd wait and see about that. I'm a natural skeptic, when I see a features rich firearm from a budget manufacturer I remind myself that they had to have made compromises somewhere. When I think "well-made" I look at Sphinx, or Sig Legion, any modern HK, or Dan Wesson, etc. and know that they've never blown up in my hand. Maybe it's well made, it IS certainly well-designed and probably fun.

Interesting, as in your thumb was decock8ng while you were trying to fire?

I also reviewed the TH10 (that'll publish in a few weeks).

I have not, but Taurus ended up replacing this barrel under warranty.

Thank you. Wednesdays and Saturdays on the main channel, Mo, Tu, Th, Fr, Su on the second channel, and as always the big reviews are on GBGunsDepot.com before they're public here on YT.

+p is included in the range video

​@@GBGunsno doubt that you do your best, and your videos are a great reference and as objective as resources allow. However, stress and fatigue are real things for metals as they are for people. It's just been my unfortunate experience to have parts shear and other exciting events on even "+P rated" firearms. I doubt (though I'd be happy to be proven wrong) that Taurus' testing regimen is as rigorous as what HK or even Sig or Glock does, as well as materials. Seriously, it's a budget gun and there has to be compromises somewhere. I wonder if "+P rated" has a defined standard and if they use an independent proofhouse or testing firm. To me, when I see a rating like that from most manufacturers I take it as "when used moderately by an average user who'll only run two or three hundred +P during ownership." It has great features, absolutely, and Taurus has come a long way for reliability...but I'd leave a steady diet of +P to an HK or the like. And wear eyepro😂

@JD-tn5lz +p does have a standard from SAAMI, I've written about it a couple of times. Ready for some magic to die? "+p" is for 9mm, which is 10% higher pressure than SAAMI normal. NATO and CIP standard 9mm is also 10% higher than SAAMI, so any 9mm firearm stamped CIP or rated for NATO ammo is effectively also so for +p. With 45acp, I don't know for sure, as I haven't researched as deeply.

I your brand new car/truck was delivered 4 quarts low you may want to consider a different manufacturer.

​@@GBGunsI would lubricate it, or at least follow the recommendations made in the manual for prior to use. Yes, I know many don't do that, but it's a good practice. Even a quick wipedown with a SLP2000 wipe or a RemOil wipe just to clear debris and residue.

If it were a personal gun I certainly would, but we test things as they come out of the box to create a worst-case scenario. There have been guns that we've needed to oil during the review and we did and demonstrated how that made the difference.

Interesting. I just out 11 different loads through the 10mm without any issue

@@GBGuns Interesting

What was your experience?