Bought a new Taurus PT-1911 in March I think it was--had it out for the second time Saturday and the pistol locked up on me after firing, extracting and ejecting the last round in the magazine. This was approximately it's 250th round.
The slide is locked up about half way between battery and all the way to the rear; after trying to get it to the rear by hand(could not budge it) a closer inspection revealed that the slide stop had traveled to the left under recoil and the tit on the inboard side, that must be slid thru the notch in the slide to disassemble the piece was preventing slide travel; this in turn is caused by the plunger tube having become loose(un-staked?) in the frame.
A call to Taurus monday morning and a conversation with the knowlegable tech has resulted in their furnishing a FedEx shipping lable on their dime. Waiting on it via snailmail as my crummy software can't handle it electronicly.
I had never heard of this particular issue but one of the range officers on duty that day related the same issue occured with a colt he owned; Colt re-staked the plunger tube and alls well w/his gun...I guess if the problem is with the tube itself they'll jus stake another in place but if it's the relief in the frame it'll be a new gun.
We'll see how it turns out and report back later....