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Posted: 2/21/2021 10:08:19 AM EDT
Most notably the PT92,PT99 and the PT917c pistols. Started looking into them and they seem pretty impressive for the cost. Are they accurate? Had a chance to get a 10yr old original owner,mint condition PT917c for $450.00,I passed,what do you guys think..good deal?
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Posted: 2/21/2021 7:27:10 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By falshooter762: Most notably the PT92,PT99 and the PT917c pistols. Started looking into them and they seem pretty impressive for the cost. Are they accurate? Had a chance to get a 10yr old original owner,mint condition PT917c for $450.00,I passed,what do you guys think..good deal? My Taurus PT92AF was made back in 1994 prior to the Clinton AWB. It is a hell of a gun.    My Beretta 92FS versus my Taurus PT92AF - New Wave Firearms |
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Posted: 3/11/2021 5:49:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gopher]
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The 900 series guns were for the most part good to go. I have a first-generation PT99 that has been solid. I had a PT945 for awhile but traded it plus some boot for a Glock 30. It is a Sig P220 size gun. It was accurate and reliable but it hammer bit the hell out of me. My current truck gun is a $200 PT908 someone rattle canned. Like all of the metal frame guns, they are DA/SA and can be carried cocked and locked. For the most part, they are better than their reputation.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/12/2021 11:33:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gnappi]
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I've had Beretta clone PT series forever as well as genuine Beretta's including the 92X performance. There are a few differences that make them a bit of a pain mainly mag / grip incompatibility and the pinned mag release.
Other than that, the main differences between them and Beretta are: The finish on the SS Taurus PT is absolutely the best I've seen and Beretta isn't even a distant second. The ability to carry hammer back safety on or DA first shot is a better choice for those that like the flexibility for more than one carry mode. If Taurus made a PT-100/101 (.40) with a stainless frame, I'd buy two :-) |
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USA
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Posted: 8/15/2021 4:38:43 PM EDT
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I've got 2 pt92s. Love them. You can modify Beretta mags to fit. There is interesting history behind this gun. Both of mine are pre-lock, so I don't know when they were made. I've heard new ones may not be as good. I don't know. I was just looking at them on taurus's site. Kinda wish they still made non railed models so they'd fit my holsters.
It's really a smooth shooting gun. If you're okay with a DA/SA gun they're great. It's probably been 15 years since it's been in my carry rotation, I pretty much carry 1911s and Glocks nowadays. The PT92 is actually still kept by my bed though. |
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Posted: 8/21/2021 11:57:11 AM EDT
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OP, IMHO the PT series are some of the best sleeper values out there for metal frame pistols.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 10/24/2021 3:45:55 PM EDT
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I have a PT99AF with Olight baldr laser/light that is my bedroom gun. I shoots accurately, every shot! I modded a couple Mec Gar 18rd Beretta mags to go with the Taurus mags. Frame mounted decockers/ safeties allowing cocked and locked are how Beretta should have made them !
Are they still being produced? |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 1/9/2022 3:40:50 PM EDT
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Bought my Pt99 back in 1989 new. No way I'd ever let it go. Shoots perfect. Handles and looks awesome. These are the guns that made Taurus famous. I had a chance to buy a stainless one . Wish I had gotten it.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 1/11/2022 5:40:47 PM EDT
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My dad bought me a PT92 as my first "big" handgun in 93 or so for Christmas... I LOVE that gun. I have to read up on how to mod Beretta mags and whether they are then interchangeable or not, that would be a reason for me to buy a ton of surplus.
I need to get mine serviced though, it no longer strikes with a double action trigger pull, it is like the hammer rebounds once released instead of firing. Works fine single action though. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 1/11/2022 5:52:19 PM EDT
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I had an early 90s PT92AF that I loved. Only got rid of it because I got a screaming deal on a commercial M9.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 1/13/2022 4:33:06 PM EDT
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Taurus got those right. Known several people that have had them.
As I recall Taurus mags work in Berettas but Beretta mags don't work in the Taurus. |
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Posted: 1/13/2022 4:37:12 PM EDT
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I have a PT92 from the early 90's and its fantastic pistol. Honestly , it's one of the only Taurus pistols I would recommend out of their lineup.
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Posted: 1/13/2022 5:10:03 PM EDT
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I had a PT 24/7 Pro in 9mm and didn't care for it. It felt great in my hand but the trigger pull was pretty high and I despised the Heinie 8 sights. I wound up giving it to my son.
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USA
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Posted: 11/14/2022 5:53:11 AM EDT
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I had and sold the older bright stainless one , never a problem , said if I ever see one like it I would buy it , and looked every time I was at a shop , walked in not long ago and did see a real nice on with wood fact grips 399 I jumped on it took it home glad I did , I think its from the around 1988 or 90 maybe .
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Posted: 11/14/2022 7:20:06 AM EDT
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The Beretta design based Taurus guns were pretty good. The metal frame Taurus guns are better than the polymer ones.
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Posted: 11/22/2022 9:41:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gunnut284: The Beretta design based Taurus guns were pretty good. The metal frame Taurus guns are better than the polymer ones. Somewhere around 85/86 or so the PT92/99 were changed up a bit and added the de-cocker to them. Some say the older guns, made on the old Beretta machinery had better triggers. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 11/23/2022 8:23:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Y-T71]
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I bought a friends PT-92 (pre-decocker), made in '86 IIRC along with his Dillon SD in '87 for $250 (for both)
I bought it, not for the gun but, for the press to feed my 629 .44mag but learned to load 9mm. That gun shot every round, good or bad, that I made while learning how to reload; rounds numbering, eventually, In the 10's of thousands. A friend and I would take our pistols, ammo cans full of ammo and a steel shooting/dueling tree to and abandoned strip mine and blast can after can of ammo every weekend for a few years and that pistol never malfunctioned, ever, not once. I foolishly traded it on a whim for a Walther P-1 that I don't even have anymore and that trade was the only one I've ever truly regretted. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 12/22/2022 2:26:56 PM EDT
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Hardly used ones are often very attractively priced when they pop up.
They is a period when they are new enough to have the safety also function as a decocker, But old enough there is no internal lock. This is the window I prefer. You can modify the mag catch to used Beretta 92 mags, but the Taurus mags are readily available at great prices. Taurus is kind of a pain about selling parts. But you can usually find some magazine catches for sale online if you want to keep both on hand. |
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Posted: 12/22/2022 3:31:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ramairthree: Hardly used ones are often very attractively priced when they pop up. They is a period when they are new enough to have the safety also function as a decocker, But old enough there is no internal lock. This is the window I prefer. You can modify the mag catch to used Beretta 92 mags, but the Taurus mags are readily available at great prices. Taurus is kind of a pain about selling parts. But you can usually find some magazine catches for sale online if you want to keep both on hand. Mine was made in 1994 before the Clinton AWB. It is a decocker model. https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-taurus-pt-92af-is-not-obscure-but-i-sure-desired-it-anyway/ |
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USA
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Posted: 2/18/2023 7:21:15 AM EDT
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Like I posted had one many yrs ago , sold it always looking for another like it kind off a bright stainless fixed sight real nice brazilian walnut checkered grips I found another jumped on it for 400 bucks and 2 mags . it`s been flawless got a few more fact mags and had Beretta holster so good to go .
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Posted: 2/18/2023 7:51:34 AM EDT
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IMO it's kinda neat to think how Taurus, in its history, has benefited from "cross-pollination", quite literally, with both S&W and Beretta.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 2/18/2023 11:11:58 AM EDT
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I have gotten great service out of my early 90's PT 92 with the aluminum frame and decocker/safety. It the pistol I carry out in the forrest for it's high capacity for potential Methbilly encounters.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 5:51:05 PM EDT
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 Attached File1993 year of manufacture. More accurate than I am, smooth as silk, and dead nuts reliable. Probably the “cheapest” pistol I own and even forgoing the sentimental value attached to it, it would be one of the last in my stable to go. Just a well built pistol! |
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USA
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Posted: 4/29/2023 9:26:31 PM EDT
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$450 sounds high but otherwise a solid full sized pistol
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MI, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2023 10:23:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NesralG: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/577174/73A71FE1-F692-46B7-940A-E83B28A7B25E_jpe-2721015.JPG 1993 year of manufacture. More accurate than I am, smooth as silk, and dead nuts reliable. Probably the “cheapest” pistol I own and even forgoing the sentimental value attached to it, it would be one of the last in my stable to go. Just a well built pistol! The older ones are much nicer, like yours |
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Posted: 5/19/2023 10:11:12 PM EDT
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I inherited a PT-92 from my dad. I’ll be dead before that gun leaves my possession. Besides the nostalgia it is an excellent and accurate gun.
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Posted: 10/20/2023 12:49:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Miami_JBT]
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Picked up another one recently.
 April 1991 made Satin Nickel PT92AF.   Some of my Berettas with my Tauruses. Much more fun for me than modern polymer stuff. My .40 S&W Berettas too.  Attached File Attached File |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 10/23/2023 10:05:33 PM EDT
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I got mine in '90 /'91, PT99 AFD.
Sold it 2 years ago, never an issue. Great pistol. I bought a PT92 in '93, it never shot as good for me for some reason. |
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Posted: 10/27/2023 8:30:04 PM EDT
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If OP is still looking he will be happy to know they are bringing back the PT917-c from an e-mail today. Price will be around $600 though.
 An Icon Returns: The Taurus 917C |
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