Does Taurus still make the PT92 series?

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Here's the thing, Taurus still lists them on their site and their 2016 catalog.

That being said, it's the one model that Cabela's, Bass Pro, and Gander Mountain don't carry. It's the one model that Taurus didn't bring to the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg last weekend.

The girlfriend has a compact that I really like, but I'd rather have the full size model with the rail. I prefer the frame mounted safety coming from 1911's.

Has anyone seen one out there in the wild?
 
I've seen a bunch of them over the years, but none of very recent manufacture. Their owners really seem to like them.
 
I believe I saw one the other day at one of the local gun shops. It was in the Taurus case, big, shiny, I didn't spend much time looking at it.

I've been primarily a 1911 shooter since the late 1980's. I'd pick the Beretta 92 over the Taurus. Of course my other semi-auto, and the gun I shot before I went to the 1911 is an S&W 4506. I can figure out the slide mounted safety with out too much trouble.
 
JTQ said:
I believe I saw one the other day at one of the local gun shops. It was in the Taurus case, big, shiny, I didn't spend much time looking at it.



I've been primarily a 1911 shooter since the late 1980's. I'd pick the Beretta 92 over the Taurus. Of course my other semi-auto, and the gun I shot before I went to the 1911 is an S&W 4506. I can figure out the slide mounted safety with out too much trouble.
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I can too. But I always bump them when racking the slide on Beretta 92's.
 
Yes. I'm on my third. Traded a pt92 for a pt99, then the pt99 for a motorcycle, then bought my current pt99. Great prices are very often found at buds or ky gun company.
 
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Hopefully, they do.

It was the only decent auto Taurus ever built.
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Not the only one, but I would agree that it is one of very few. Pretty much the taurus copies of beretta open slide guns were good. The other semiautos seem to not be so great but some folks absolutely love them.
 
Saw a SS model nib yesterday in grand junction Co . 500ish . Owned the pt 101 the 40 caliber years ago loved being able to carry it cock ed and locked. I wish I would have kept it.
 
I personally think that Taurus has such a wide variety of gun models and even gun types - everything from an ultra modern integrated laser pistol to the reproduction of a relatively obscure 19th century rifle - that they just can't bring all models and types to the shows. The PT92 is a pretty much proven design, by both Beretta and Taurus, so they may not try to showcase it as much anymore. The gun is too big and heavy for me - and probably others, given the long trend towards CCW - but I'm guessing there will always be a demand for it, and therefore they're unlikely to stop making it.
 
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Still occasionally come across a stainless PT92 at one or two of the local gun shops but not nearly as often as I use to see them. Probably not as much demand and higher production costs are limiting factors in their production.
 
Is the PT92 still made?

Yep. Just keep in mind that Taurus has inconsistent quality and poor customer service. Some of their guns run all of the time, some run some of the time and some never run at all. Send it back to their facility in Miami and they will turn it around quickly but the end result may look like homemade soap. My default is to do the job properly the first time... Not to just do it fast!
 
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Yep. Just keep in mind that Taurus has inconsistent quality and poor customer service. Some of their guns run all of the time, some run some of the time and some never run at all. Send it back to their facility in Miami and they will turn it around quickly but the end result may look like homemade soap. My default is to do the job properly the first time... Not to just do it fast!
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Yep. Taurus is inconsistent, but in my experience the two things they consistently get right are the revolvers and the PT92 series.
 
They also made copies of other Beretta autos in the Beretta factory they purchased. They made copies of the little tip-up barrel 22's and 25's. I own one of the 22's and it has functioned just as well as my 92 (100%, in other words).

My Taurus "92" is really a Model 99, the same thing but with adjustable sights. I bought it NiB in 1989 or 90, when they were about to pass that stupid high-capacity magazine ban. I don't remember the exact number, but I think I paid $400-something for it OTD with sales tax and everything.

STUPID SEMI-RELATED STORY ALERT: My 99 was an excellent pistol for many years. But I did something pretty dumb with it. My dad was in town and thought it would be fun to go shoot pistols with me. For some reason I decided to invite my ex-GF along, who I had recently broken up with. She hadn't started acting crazy and stalking me and so forth yet at that point, so I figured we could still be friends. Rather than shooting me, she apparently smashed my PT99 against the tailgate of my pickup truck a few times while I was packing up my other guns. When I later noticed the missing rear sight and chipped extractor and so forth, it occurred to me that the gun had a lifetime warranty. Unsurprisingly, Taurus declined to fix the damage for free (hey, it was worth a try), but someone there sympathized with my stupidity and let me have a new slide assembly for a reduced "dealer price". The good news is that it always had a good trigger, and now the rest of it is brand-new.

My FiL likes my PT99 so much that he decided to buy one of those surplus Beretta 92's that were for sale all over the place about a year ago. He knew that it was basically the same pistol with just a few differences. When he got it he was annoyed to find that he didn't like the mag release or safety nearly as much as the ones on my Taurus, and the sights and trigger weren't really as good either. But $299 a year ago is a lot less money than $400-something was in 1990, and he has eventually adjusted to it pretty well. So all's well that ends well.
 
Bought a PT92 long enough ago that it doesn't have a decocker. Still shooting it, and still on the original locking block.

One of our LGS has a blued version in the case next to a Beretta 92FS. The Beretta is priced at $200 more. It's simply not worth it.

I've been collecting guns for 60 years. In that time, I've had a LOT more trouble with S&W, Sig, Colt, and HK than with Taurus.
 
I bought a PT99 in the mid 80s. It was an excellent pistol. Stupidly, I traded it. For years I wanted to replace it. Awhile back, I came across a good buy on a stainless PT945 & PT92 at a LGS. They were used, so had some scuffs on them. But under $500 out the door for both, I had to take 'em. I have since sold the PT945, but I will be hanging on to the PT92.

To each their own, but prefer the pistol without the rail.

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Bud's has a PT92-B up right now, so it looks like they're still being made.
 
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