For $300 I'd suck that right up if it checked out mechanically.....but that's just me, I have a hole in my collection for a shooter grade 1911. I'd buy it and run lots and lots of the cheapest .45 I could find through it.... If it wore out or broke I'd sell it for parts. For $300 if you get 20,000 rounds out of it it's still a steal, even given Taurus' hit or miss QC.

If I already had a good one I'd probably pass. A few hundred more would snag you a nice used S&W 1911 if you get lucky....Should never have sold my Springfield Armory Inc 1911a1......