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Taurus PT92 No Rail
- Thread starter KMAX
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Probably old. The PT92 has been made longer than there have been rails on handguns.
More recently (as of 2005), Taurus has begun manufacturing the PT92 with built-in accessory rails on the frame, a feature found on the newer Beretta M9A1, a military upgrade of the Beretta 92F from which the PT92 is derived.
--Wikipedia, the font of all wisdom (YMMV)
As you can tell from my member-name I love the gun twofold as 1) It was the first handgun that I actually purchased 2) It's just THE gun that I can shoot 'lights-out' with like no other gun I own.
Mine was purchased mid-90's and, of course, that was prior to "rail-mania" which personally I think are rarely needed absent a tactical like role (but hey that's me...). First time I saw a rail on a 1911 I cried a bit and then heard JMB role over in his grave...
But yeah, you can still get the "rail-less" model:
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/678/products_id/13586
Mine was purchased mid-90's and, of course, that was prior to "rail-mania" which personally I think are rarely needed absent a tactical like role (but hey that's me...). First time I saw a rail on a 1911 I cried a bit and then heard JMB role over in his grave...
But yeah, you can still get the "rail-less" model:
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/678/products_id/13586
If the price is reasonable and you like the gun, go for it. There's a lot of Taurus detractors out there, but I think even they will concede that the PT-92/99 series is probably the best guns they every put out. My old two were great shooters, but I got rid of them during a time when I was purging the 9mm from my list of calibers. Looking back, I should have kept those guns.