Taurus hit a Grand Slam with this gun.

Nice one! Mine is from 1989 or so. They're good shooters.

Very cool… so at 40oz, does it have a steel frame?

Even though I agree that the PT92 is very well executed, a great deal of the “congratulations” is really for the machinery and design supplied directly by Beretta and later purchased by Taurus. Taurus did do some interesting tinkering though.

Taurus may have hit a grand slam but the bat and steroids were from Beretta.

Yes, these are classics. The PT92 went through a number of changes in the 1980's and 90's, the biggest of which was introducing the decocker.

Here's my non-decocker from December 1989:



And my decocker from April 1994:



Incidentally, the vast majority of the non-decockers had wooden grips (like those of the OP's gun), while the vast majority of the decockers had plastic grips. Accordingly, OEM plastic grips for non-decockers are rare and hard to come by. I had to wait nearly a year to find mine.

In the late 1990's, they definitely started going downhill. Major cost-cutting changes included wider slide serrations, plastic recoil spring guides, as well as wider front and rear sights. The slides were no longer polished on the sides. They omitted the lanyard loop (although I added a Beretta lanyard loop to mine). All my magazines have unmarked Beretta baseplates, in lieu of the cheap folded-metal Taurus ones. The magazines themselves are OEM Taurus.

Here's mine from September 1998:

357smallbore said:

I have to say, one of the best scores I've done buying guns. 1984 factory new Taurus 92 AF 9mm. Original box, paperwork , mags. Just an awesome deal, it's like finding a time capsule from the mid 80s

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I'd agree completely, that's a heckuva cool score!

I picked up the PT-92 in 1991; when it was introduced as the "AFS-D" model, the first de-cocker model. Still a favorite pistol. When Taurus polished the slide flats, used the walnut grips, with the much more discreet roll marks (the new logo and the billboard on the slides seem tacky to me) it was quite a classy look. 33 years, well over 10K rounds, not one malfunction. Ever.

vanfunk said:

Very cool… so at 40oz, does it have a steel frame?

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No, aluminum alloy.

Nice. OP may I ask what you paid?

I had a pt99 and it was a really good one from 82 and traded it off to get the “better gun” made by beretta. I miss that original one I had as it was the best one I ever had, but I have had about a dozen of them over the years trying to find one close to what that first one was. The one I have now is mighty close in quality. It’s an early 90s gun. To find a 40 year old gun new in the box is amazing, especially a “budget” gun that would have been cheap enough to never be considered a safe queen or an investment. Well done.

If you find a hankering to add a 40sw upper, keep your wits about you. The uppers from the pt100 and pt101 go for almost the price of a whole pistol.

I still shoot mine at the range. Don't remember the year I bought it maybe 83 or 84.

Mine's from 1990 or so. I bought it NiB way back then and it still shoots fine. Had it at the range about a week ago.

my first handgun was a PT92 w/o decocker. my second was a PT92C , the 13 round compact with decocker. I wish I'd kept that C model.

We bought a 92C back in the early 90's. The wife liked it and it fit her pretty well so she "claimed" it. It's one of the stainless versions so I call it the "nickle plated sissy pistol".
I still have it and it's always been a good shooting pistol.

Good you found something you like.

OP, nice Taurus you've got from back when they were making quality guns!

Nice 92

I picked up an ammo can full of 92S Berettas when they were selling cheap at AIM.

They do shoot sweet.

earlthegoat2 said:

Even though I agree that the PT92 is very well executed, a great deal of the “congratulations” is really for the machinery and design supplied directly by Beretta and later purchased by Taurus. Taurus did do some interesting tinkering though.

Taurus may have hit a grand slam but the bat and steroids were from Beretta.

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Okay but you'd have to give the success of the plethora of 1911s out there to John Browning.

Wow! That box and the plastic bag.....I can't begin to tell you how many of those I sold in the 90's. That really is a time capsule.

I am no fan of Taurus products in general but of all the PT92'S I sold I don't recall ever getting one back for warranty/repair.

They definitely had that model wired.

Thanks for sharing and I am glad you are enjoying it!

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Okay but you'd have to give the success of the plethora of 1911s out there to John Browning.

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Sure, why not. Pretty much everyone does. Even though, the final product wasn’t entirely his idea of what the pistol should have been.