Taurus PT92 grip thickness

[38snapcaps]

I like everything about the Beretta 92 but the fat grip doesn't agree with my hand.
I've been looking at photos of the Taurus renidtion and it appears slightly different.
My question: is the grip any thinner than the Beretta?

 

[SouthpawShootr]

Only ever so slightly. Your question prompted me to remove my Beretta 92 FS Inox and Taurus PT92 AF from the safe. Both wear factory standard grips and it's very possible a sixteenth or even an eighth of an inch can be shaved with slimmer grips (sorry, but I'm not going to take the grips off to do the measurements, this will have to do). I measured at two points. Just under the triggerguard/mag release and at the base of the grip. There's a pronounced hump on both guns at the rear base of the grip frame, but on the Berretta there is also a slight flaring at the front. OK, here goes:

Taurus (just beneath the mag release): 5 11/16"
Taurus (base of the gripframe): 6"
Beretta (just beneath the mag release): 5 7/8"
Beretta (base of the gripframe): 6 1/8"

Edited for stupid mistake

 

[38snapcaps]

Huh?
I do appreciate your efforts but I don't quite understand. The Taurus grip is 5 and 11/16"wide while the Beretta is 5 and 7/8"?
Please clarify.

 

[rde]

I have both. The Taurus grip is thinner than the standard Beretta..but only by a very very small amount. The flaring on the magazine well on the standard Beretta will make the difference appear larger in a picture. There is the Beretta Vertec model which does have a much thinner grip than the standard Beretta grip. I have one of those as well..and the Vertec model difference is very apparent.

 

[SouthpawShootr]

Huh?
I do appreciate your efforts but I don't quite understand. The Taurus grip is 5 and 11/16"wide while the Beretta is 5 and 7/8"?
Please clarify.

OK, my figures are circumference not just thickness of the gripframe (I took a measuring tape and wrapped it around the grip). If you just measure the thickness, the grip frame is going to be the same thickness both Taurus and Beretta. Simple thickness measurement can lead you astray when trying to determine the differences in grip frames.

I'd advise going to a gunshop and handling both. I feel the Beretta gripframe is slightly more comfortable for me, probably b/c of the slight flare at the bottom of the gripframe.

Also, please note in my original post, I listed the bottom of the gripframe Taurus measurement twice. The last one was actually for the Beretta, not Taurus. I fixed it.

Hope this helps. Sorry my original post was confusing to you. I should have noted that I measured the circumference as opposed to the thickness.

 

[Chuck Perry]

Eagle (http://www.eaglegrips.com/ )introduced thin profile 92 series grips at the SHOT show. Here's a pic from Gunblast.com.