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This is a quick personal review for my Taurus PT92. Taurus obtained rights from Beretta to make the 92 clones when they purchased the Beretta plant in Brazil. For awhile it was a straight up clone, but in the 90s, Taurus began changing and improving the overall design of the gun.

Some notable changes from the Beretta 92:

• The safety has been moved down below the slide, is ambidextrous, and also allows you to decock the weapon.
• This one has a double stack 17 rnd magazine and came with an extra one.
• Feed ramp was widened to allow better feeding of hollow points and other ammo.
• Firing pin lock was added to prevent firing the gun unless the trigger was accidentally pulled.

At the time of writing this, I’ve put almost 800 rnds through it. I currently carry Federal 9mm Hydra Shock Hollow Points during the day and use Winchester 9mm range ammo. All feed very well. I don’t believe she’s jammed once. The gun carries very well in my 3-slot Leather Pancake Holster.

Leather 3-slot Leather Pancake Holster

Overall, I prefer the feel of this to the Beretta 92 for a couple of reasons. I like the slide safety placement here, it just feels more natural. With their manufacturing processes optimized, this gun can be had for as little as $400. While 9mm is not nearly as cheap as .22 LR, it still won’t break your wallet if you want to take this one out the range and plink.

I highly recommend this gun and its variant the PT99. The PT99 has adjustable sites, but I must say, the accuracy on this pistol has been superb.

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Taurus PT92
Taurus PT99
Leather 3-slot Leather Pancake Holster
Federal 9mm Hydra-Shock JHP
Winchester 9mm FMJ 100 rnd

Update 3/20/09: I just picked up some new holster for it. After buying a Galco M7X for my 1911, I got the same version for the 92 and have been VERY happy with it. Holds it very securely on my belt and it snaps onto the belt, which I like a lot.

I also picked up a belt mag holster for this. The Galco M15X single mag snap on holder. I got the double stack 9mm holder. I picked up one for single stack .45 as well.

All in all, very good buys and I’m very happy with it!