what do you know about the Taurus pt-92?
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Dont listen to the others, these pistols are just as good as the Beretta 
For half the money.
Only issue is customer service in Canada, THERE IS NONE...
BUT, for less than half the price of the Beretta, especially polished like that!
I love my PT99, and TRUST me the de-cocker/safety is 10 X better than the Beretta.
my opinion.
For half the money.
Only issue is customer service in Canada, THERE IS NONE...
BUT, for less than half the price of the Beretta, especially polished like that!
I love my PT99, and TRUST me the de-cocker/safety is 10 X better than the Beretta.
my opinion.
pt99
I had a older style you had to manualy drop the hammer to decock it so i mostly shot it from #### and locked. only had 3 things go wrong with it the first was a roll pin in the rear sight breaking 2nd was the locking block at acouple thousand rnds i have no idea where my smith got the part from but was`nt taurus 3third was the rear sight blade cracked but that could have been my fault. I found it to be reliable and would eat everything i fed it. it really liked 147 cast subsonic loads
cheers tornado
I had a older style you had to manualy drop the hammer to decock it so i mostly shot it from #### and locked. only had 3 things go wrong with it the first was a roll pin in the rear sight breaking 2nd was the locking block at acouple thousand rnds i have no idea where my smith got the part from but was`nt taurus 3third was the rear sight blade cracked but that could have been my fault. I found it to be reliable and would eat everything i fed it. it really liked 147 cast subsonic loads
cheers tornado
Wow shiney! When the Brazillians contracted Beretta to make handguns for it's military, the company built a plant in Brazil. When the contract was finished Beretta sold the plant to the government who then in turn sold the plant to Taurus.They are making Beretta guns on Itallian installed equipment run by Beretta trained machinests. Mags are interchangable with Beretta, as are some parts. Please someone correct me if this is wrong, I was told this many years ago and have not proven it either way.
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I have a shooting buddy who has an older one with the stainless steel slide.
It shoots well & is reliable. His only complaint is that the trigger is a little heavy, however I think this can be fixed.
It shoots well & is reliable. His only complaint is that the trigger is a little heavy, however I think this can be fixed.
I owned the old model PT-99, which didn't have the hammer dropping safety. The mags were not the same as Berettas. My mags would fit on a Beretta 92 but not vice versa. The mag release notch on the Taurus mags was wider than that on the Berettas, but the higher edge of the notch was at the same height. Hence, the Taurus mags having the wider notch would fit on both guns, but not the Beretta mags with their narrower notch. That been said, the Beretta mags were very easy to modify, and I had only one original Taurus mag and a couple of modified Beretta stainless mags for my PT-99.
I never had any problems with my PT-99 not having a hammer dropping safety, in fact, if I was buying one today, I’d prefer it that way. It was extremely easy and safe to lower the hammer on a loaded chamber (I did it thousands of times), if you did it carefully as you should. I don’t like at all the slide mounted safety lever on the Berettas.
Mine was quite accurate, extremely reliable and one of the easiest guns to shoot that I have ever fired. It was just a little on the large and heavy side for CCW (yes, that was in another place and at another time). Nothing ever broke on mine, not even the adjustable rear sights, but then I didn’t have the chance to put thousands of rounds through it, either.
For a good price, I'd get another one without hesitation. For 700+, I'd look at a Sig or CZ instead, although for me the Taurus was easier to shoot than either of them.
Bought a PT-99AF in 1987. Thousands of rounds through it. Only 3 things ever went wrong with it. 1) Bent ejector, replaced with a beretta ejector as parts in Canada are unavailable. 2) Locking block broke, again, replaced with a beretta locking block and 3) Slide cracked where the rear sight pin is installed, that, i have no idea how to fix. But a VERY accurate and fun gun to shoot.
I have a PT-99 that would be my last gun to part with, i'd sell the Beretta before her. Great gun, don't know where the $700 price tag came from? Most used ones i've seen are in the $400's-which is a steal. New i havn't seen any in years. As accurate a gun as a CZ, Sig, Beretta, XD, Glock, Para, you name it. You won't regret buying one (although i wouldn't pay $700 even for a new one).
Yeah, I made it up...or Gobles wants....
MODEL PT-92 (9mm, 5" 10 SH, FS, RUBBER GRIP)
92B Blue $815.00
92SS SS $837.50
MODEL PT-99 (9mm, 5", 10 SH, AS, RUBBER GRIP)
99B Blue $837.50
99SS SS $859.00
MODEL PT-100 (40 S&W, 5", 10 SH, FS, RUBBER GRIP)
100B Blue $815.00
100SS SS $837.50
MODEL PT-101 (40 S&W, 5", 10 SH, AS, RUBBER GRIP)
101B Blue $837.50
101SS SS $859.00
If it was $599, I'd bite.
MODEL PT-92 (9mm, 5" 10 SH, FS, RUBBER GRIP)
92B Blue $815.00
92SS SS $837.50
MODEL PT-99 (9mm, 5", 10 SH, AS, RUBBER GRIP)
99B Blue $837.50
99SS SS $859.00
MODEL PT-100 (40 S&W, 5", 10 SH, FS, RUBBER GRIP)
100B Blue $815.00
100SS SS $837.50
MODEL PT-101 (40 S&W, 5", 10 SH, AS, RUBBER GRIP)
101B Blue $837.50
101SS SS $859.00
If it was $599, I'd bite.
Looks like Globes is pretty high priced...
either way unless your buying used, there is no point, because of the lack of parts/service in Canada.
From what I hear it is the fault of the 1 person in charge of Canadian customer service, apparently he is a total knob(I think there is a thread about it here somewehrs)
either way unless your buying used, there is no point, because of the lack of parts/service in Canada.
From what I hear it is the fault of the 1 person in charge of Canadian customer service, apparently he is a total knob(I think there is a thread about it here somewehrs)
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A PT92 was the first semi I ever owned. Cost me a whopping 350 bucks slightly used. Never malfunctioned in the several years I had it. Shot quite accurately. Only reason I sold it is the ergonomics of the thing. Was like holding a chair leg. Shot a buddies CZ75 one day and the next day the PT92 was sold and I was the owner of a CZ75. My PT92 had no decocker on it, just a 1911 style safety.
Same reason I abandoned the Beretta 92 series pistols I've owned. Went to the CZ75 in the late 1980's then to the BHP MKIII for my main double stack 9mm.
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