I bought a Beretta 92 for my 5th gun, I think, after the awful Taurus 83, the Dan Wesson 15-2 that replaced the Taurus, an S&W 28-2, a Browning BDA 380, and then the 92. It was mid 1979, I guess, but I'm terrible on when stuff happened, but it had to be that because I started carrying it at work a few days after I got it, so that made it at least July of '79. I loved it, and was sorry to have to sell it in 1983, when I needed money for other stuff. I've had two more 92FS's, but right now, I only have it's Brazilian cousin, a Taurus PT-92, which is close enough, and I can't really tell the difference while I'm shooting it. I want another 92FS though, the last one I had has been gone 7 years and I miss just looking at the custom grips and grip screws I put on it.