I chose the Taurus over the Beretta because I like the 1911-style thumb safety.
But now Beretta is making another run of that style...
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2019/03/18/i ... on-pistol/
Maybe they will keep this model up and in production. I think the design is WAY more ergonomic than the push-forward one.
Beretta following Taurus' lead....
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Re: Beretta following Taurus' lead....
AJMD429 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:36 am I chose the Taurus over the Beretta because I like the 1911-style thumb safety.
But now Beretta is making another run of that style...
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2019/03/18/i ... on-pistol/
Maybe they will keep this model up and in production. I think the design is WAY more ergonomic than the push-forward one.
I like the Taurus more, but for one thing, the hooked front of the trigger guard. Never did like that design feature.
Did you notice:
The Taurus grip is curved on the back and straight on the front, but the Beretta is the opposite? I wonder how this would change the "feel" of the pistol when shooting it?
The top of the slide on both is open like the old Walther P38?
I think I like the Taurus better by the way it looks. More conservative, less busy to my eyes. Ther's too many groves, notches and angles on the Beretta.
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Re: Beretta following Taurus' lead....
Liking that thumb safety as well, but always found the 92 huge for a 9mm -- and the Beretta does look garishly "busy."
Funny, but when I briefly worked at a Sportsmans Warehouse gun counter back about 2008, we had a lot of customers who were just back or home on leave from Iraq and Afghanistan and they craved to handle anything except the M-9. Didn't want to have anything to do with it.
Funny, but when I briefly worked at a Sportsmans Warehouse gun counter back about 2008, we had a lot of customers who were just back or home on leave from Iraq and Afghanistan and they craved to handle anything except the M-9. Didn't want to have anything to do with it.
Re: Beretta following Taurus' lead....
I see a lot of people gravitating to the CZ 75, another pistol that if you can't hit them throw it at them.
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The top of the slide on both is open like the old Walther P38?
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Yep. The P-38 was one of the designs the 92 was based on (with the pivoting locking block), although the open-top slide was, I think, probably an original Beretta feature going 'way back to their original semiauto, the Model 1915.
I have also always preferred the frame-mounted safety of the Taurus. These days, both versions are whoppers in the 9mm category, but they're both rugged, reliable and accurate in my experience.
The top of the slide on both is open like the old Walther P38?
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Yep. The P-38 was one of the designs the 92 was based on (with the pivoting locking block), although the open-top slide was, I think, probably an original Beretta feature going 'way back to their original semiauto, the Model 1915.
I have also always preferred the frame-mounted safety of the Taurus. These days, both versions are whoppers in the 9mm category, but they're both rugged, reliable and accurate in my experience.
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Re: Beretta following Taurus' lead....
If you ever shoot with a two hand hold the shape of the Taurus trigger guard really works to help your off hand hold, and keep muzzle rise to a minimum. There's no place to put your off hand index finger on the rounded trigger guard.
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David, I read that the CZ 75 is carried y more police in the world than anything else.
Re: Beretta following Taurus' lead....
Well I one of my friends and my brother bought one and they do fit good in the hand, but honestly - I'll say this and promptly ignore - I really don't need anymore guns.
I'm trying to trim down my safes.
I'm trying to trim down my safes.