To add a few comments: Taurus still makes the PT938 in .380 caliber for the Brazilian market. Since only recently we had the opportunity to buy 9mm. The most we had 2 years ago was access to .380 auto * Taurus unfortunately has no plans to make them again. * PT940 was excluded from the catalog only this year. * The PT 908 maybe based on the S&W 908 and use the same magazine. However I do not have access to a S&W to confirm this info Miss the metallic models from taurus 😔
As far as I can tell, the Taurus PT908 predates the Smith & Wesson 910/908 by a bit. The 910 would have been the first S&W to omit the barrel locking lug and use barrel hood lockup instead. So Taurus might have beaten them to the punch on that.
the PT938 was the first firearm I ever shot in my life. Love them, but they felt like they had the habit to spit hot gas in the face when cycling. But I think this is due to the shooting club ammo being reloaded too hot. Everybody I know that have one are actually quite happy with them.
You miss these things? I mean to each their own I guess but the PT940 is exactly why I despise Taurus. Ten shots is all it took to make my hand red, and I'm not a novice or a pansy.
@@JohnSmith-xv2ob .40 kinda sucks, specially in Taurus Handguns. Most of Taurus bad fame in Brazil is because their .40sw pistols are horrible and caused a lot of accidents.
Taurus did in fact take berettas homework. Beretta had a manufacturing presence in brazil for a government contract and when the contract ended taurus bought the facility including tooling and drawings.
@@jonathansmith7306 in the last five years they've only improved. I'd be willing to bet a new Taurus 856 will be better timed than most new Smith and Wesson revolvers.
@@JohnDoe-nf7up while S&W certainly isn't what it used to be, the new Taurus revolvers I handle are gritty all over, trigger to cylinder release. There's still at least a little difference in fit & finish to justify the price as long as we're not talking about the Bodyguard series.
Heck yeah I scrolled first to see if anyone remember the ‘nickel plated sissy pistol’ lmao 😂 although I always thought it was weird to call that nice ass .45 Agent Royce had a ‘nickel plated sissy pistol’ Even as a kid I was like, hmmmm .45 acp stainless gun is a ‘sissys pistol’ compared to that black plastic .40 glawk 🤔😄
I was. THE gun to have was a Beretta 92, ideally dual wield. Anything else was either for old people or would get you shot by the people armed with Berettas.
I've learned how to shoot with a PT92 and Imbel MD1, both in 9mm and i can say that the Taurus is FAR better. IMBEL pistols are heavy and clumsy for 9mm and being on duty with one sucks, specially if they issue you with the FAL instead of the M16 too.
Ryan George Pitch Meetings. Screen Rant's other content is mostly low-effort and poorly researched garbage. They're moving Pitch Meetings to a new channel in recognition.
I have a PT945 that is amazing. It's two tone with what I believe is a factory ported barrel & slide. It was my dad's and will never leave my possession. My biggest mistake was not buying more mags for it before my dad passed as now they're hens teeth. I've scoured the internet and even reached out to a friend at Taurus. Nuthin... so it remains a rarity that I bring it on range day with it's lone magazine (having a cracked floorplate to boot). When I do, it shoots well and at dusk on slo-mo you can watch the progression of fire pop out of the ports on the top. Tre-cool.
I owned a 908 back in the '90's. It was a fantastic gun, equal to the S&W 3913 & SIG P239 (both $500+ then). And I paid a lot less than MSRP (under $300, IIRC). It's one of the few guns I still miss (traded it off for something I've forgotten about). Glad to see one still in the wild....
This comment aged poorly, for context, I bought a NOS Gaucho in .357 and it stopped working after about 130 rounds. Most of that was .38 Special, Ill never buy another Taurus again
I Love my Taurus PT945. Bought it new sometime in the 90's. Wish I could remember what I paid for it. I was very broke back then so I don't see me spending anything close to the $500 range. It's reliable and I've been able to snatch up spare parts in case I need them. Mine is blued, but I was able to buy a stainless slide for it. I love the look of it with blued frame and stainless slide. I think I'll take the PT945 out to the range on my next trip.
If I remember correctly mine was between 400-500 new. I have shot it enough to make it smooth as glass like this one. It was launching the spent cases into orbit the last few times I shot it. I purchased a new recoil spring for it. I am hoping that calms the ejection down a bit.
Really nice review of the history of the gun and its context at the time of manufacture. Taurus were trying to move into a higher tier of the industry and did present those pistols as a sign of the new direction. It probably would have worked had the Soviet Union collapse not lead to a ton of cheap Warsaw Pact small arms coming into the market and then the 'assault weapon' ban that pushed a lot of interest into the AR platform.
I have a Taurus Pt111 g2 and I gotta say I love it. It's my everyday carry now. Lightweight shot hundreds of rounds through it and never a jam. I'd recommend it.
I still have a Taurus PT908 in my collection and had a PT945. I carried the PT908 for a brief time and still occasionally shoot it. I carried the PT945 for about three Winters but later switched over to a Full Size .45 EAA Witness. Came close to buying a PT909 and wish I had gotten it. These were very well made handguns back in the day! BTW, I still have and shoot a Taurus PT92 and have had excellent service from it.
I had one of these at one point, it did have some reliability issues. I believe I sent it in to Taurus got it back in a reasonable amount of time. Replaced the recoil spring and maybe the barrel with only moderate improvement to reliability. Ended up trading for a S&W 908 which was flawless, never had an issue with it. Always get the models mixed up between the 809,908 because the model numbers were the reverse of each other.
From 1994-2004 we couldn't buy any mag over 10 rounds unless you were a Cop. So, the obvious choice was guns got either smaller with a 10 round mag, or they got more rounds in something that only had 8 rounds, or smaller with a larger cartridge, or mixture of these. Hence the reason 10 round compact .45s and 9mms were conceived. Same for 1911s with double stacked mags, and Commander-sized 1911 with 8 rounds. We all dealt with it. That's why Revolvers are still kicking: some folks just wanted 6-7 rounds of .357 or .44 for the baddies. Really, the only thing that ban fixed was a lack of movement in inventive work arounds.
I bought a PT-908 in '95. I sold it to a friend who was moving to a sketchy place. I still regret letting it go. It was, for me, a great size, easy to carry and shoot. My hands are on the small side, so I had no problem with the grip. Double stacks of the era were not a good fit for me.
Well done video. Very informative and well narrated. Definitely a love-hate relationship with Taurus. Some interesting designs brought to market, but it will be at least another 10 years before they distance themselves from reliability issues of the early 2000s.
great firearm, i had a taurus pt 945 in .45 acp for almost 20 years, it was my service gun until early this month (april 2021) in brazillian police. it was replaced by a glock g22, got used to it already.
I've been waiting for you to make this video. Mines stainless and its pretty great but it looks cooler than it shoots. I don't remember it actually being that expensive originally
My dad had the same gun in 357SIg, he passed a few years back and the gun ended up in my possession the model is pt957 and it shoots exceptionally well. I can say that the smooth slide action is not because the gun had the crap shot out of it, my gun was rarely shot and it has the same super smooth action.
I remember this series. As a lefty, I was seriously looking at the .40 as well as the .45. One of the few Taurus guns (pre-Taurus 1911) I liked. On that, however ... I gutted my Taurus PT1911 and hand fit mostly Evolution Gun Works components within. By doing so, it has been upgraded into the Taurus M1911-A1 that King’s Gun Works so heavily pushed Taurus to make, instead of the executive compromised guns Taurus was forced to build in order to save a few bucks just so the CEO could fly first class.
There is another variant, the 938 chambered in .380 acp with a 15 rounds magazine. Both the 940 and 938 were still in production in Brazil up until late last year and sold for about R$6.000 (US$1.000) in the regular black version or R$7.000 (US$1.200) for the stainless steel version, that is just a bit cheaper than the PT92 over here.
In the early 2000's I had a PT-945 with a ported barrel. I was the who knows number of owners, lol. It was actually a very good pistol with the exception of the ported barrel and the plastic rear sight fell off every time you shot it. I actually liked the damn thing, but I hated the fact that they went cheap on it.
i owned a PT945 in .45ACP for a short period of time a few years ago. it was hard to get additional mags somewhere in Europe, i ended up bying the last ones available via one of the BENELUX states. it was picky on ammo: S&B FMJ would only fire after the second or third strike. But it ran reliably with Geco FMJ and of course with Magtech. Gave it away because i found it was recoiling pretty harsh.
Had a 908 myself about 6.5 yrs ago. At the time I was severely budgeted and couldn't afford a legit M92 as I wanted ( I live in MA -- even police trade-ins run about $800). Not gonna lie either, I had the Nickle finish sissy pistol. I walked into the same gun shop where I took LTC class, told the guy behind the counter my dilemma. He says to me "wait here a sec" and disappears for bout 10mins. He walks back carrying [sic] pistol, tells me it's the owner's PCW but he's willing to sell it to me. I only ended up paying $375ish after taxes, which may have been overcharged, but dammit if I didn't walk out happy.
I bought mine in chrome rose wood grip pimped out gold functions and hammer for 300$ 9 years ago it sells for 500$ used on gunbroker. I was 19 years old. First gun I'd ever purchased. The guy had the itch and was in a pinch so I got a good deal 600$ for 2 pistols and this was one of them, I shoot it from time to time and its great looks cool and handles well for a .45 I love having it
My first thought was that it looks like a strange cousin to the Vektor SP1, which is itself a more exact Beretta 92 clone. What a time the late 80s/early 90s was, when you could just rip off someone else's stuff (I see you, too, Smith and Wesson Sigma Series...)
Makes one wonder what exactly happened to taurus, from making pistols good enough to be compared to SIG in the 90's, to selling firearms which are not even designed to function on more recent days.
I bought one back in the early 90's, it was a loss leader from one of the local Gun shops...It's ok dont shoot it much, and not very accurate. i bought a used sig 226 a month later, must have 30k rounds of 9mm all original cop gun from late 80's, still shoots better than 908. I dig your gun reviews, pretty in depth, and comprehensive....
90's music wasn't bad. We got the Use your Illusions, Black Album, Ten, Nevermind, Dirt, Angel Dust, Odd fellows rest, pantera's Golden Age, Rust In Peace, Countdown, seasons in the abyss, Superunknown, Badmotorfinger, Broken, Facelift, golden age of mayhem... and all that for the rock fans alone. Many call '92 the golden era of Rap. Not sure about that, since I'm not a big fan of rap, but still...
To add a few comments:
Taurus still makes the PT938 in .380 caliber for the Brazilian market. Since only recently we had the opportunity to buy 9mm. The most we had 2 years ago was access to .380 auto
* Taurus unfortunately has no plans to make them again.
* PT940 was excluded from the catalog only this year.
* The PT 908 maybe based on the S&W 908 and use the same magazine. However I do not have access to a S&W to confirm this info
Miss the metallic models from taurus 😔
As far as I can tell, the Taurus PT908 predates the Smith & Wesson 910/908 by a bit.
The 910 would have been the first S&W to omit the barrel locking lug and use barrel hood lockup instead. So Taurus might have beaten them to the punch on that.
They made it in .38 super as well, boa Gregorio.
the PT938 was the first firearm I ever shot in my life. Love them, but they felt like they had the habit to spit hot gas in the face when cycling. But I think this is due to the shooting club ammo being reloaded too hot. Everybody I know that have one are actually quite happy with them.
You miss these things? I mean to each their own I guess but the PT940 is exactly why I despise Taurus. Ten shots is all it took to make my hand red, and I'm not a novice or a pansy.
@@JohnSmith-xv2ob .40 kinda sucks, specially in Taurus Handguns. Most of Taurus bad fame in Brazil is because their .40sw pistols are horrible and caused a lot of accidents.
I caught that "super easy, barely an inconvenience"
Wow wow wow wow!
@@johnmeyer4789 Ryan George references are TIGHT!
Oh, my God!
Whoops!!!
@@kingarthurj Whoopsie!
This looks like taurus took Baretta and Sig's homework and mixed them together to avoid getting caught
Taurus did in fact take berettas homework. Beretta had a manufacturing presence in brazil for a government contract and when the contract ended taurus bought the facility including tooling and drawings.
It's kind of like the Galil: took the two very good designs: The M16 and AK 47 and combined them.
Baretta. Sounds like a 50BMG pistol. Single-stack mags, I presume :D
You sure have a way of making me wanna buy 90s pistols I don't need and can't currently afford.
You NEED a S&W 6904 (double stack) or a S&W 3914 (single stack) They still haven't made anything better and they are quite affordable.
@@garyK.45ACPnah, 469 all the way. It's just obscure enough.
That's actually a rather attractive gun. The bottom looks like a Beretta 92 and the top looks like the old style Sig p229.
Yeh, it has that old SIG look to it
Half Italian half Swiss. Sounds hot
Taurus's recent redemption arc was unexpected but I'm excited for it
Recent? Revolver grenades are more recent than this
@@jonathansmith7306 in the last five years they've only improved. I'd be willing to bet a new Taurus 856 will be better timed than most new Smith and Wesson revolvers.
@@JohnDoe-nf7up while S&W certainly isn't what it used to be, the new Taurus revolvers I handle are gritty all over, trigger to cylinder release. There's still at least a little difference in fit & finish to justify the price as long as we're not talking about the Bodyguard series.
I'm waiting for them to do the PT92 again...
@@imugi-16 They still make it?
I'm always waiting for Hop to raise one arm and yell "Wolverines!"
He's got a hella post apocalyptic woods shirt going on.
Recognized that nickel plated sissy pistol immediately. Even the mediocre movies ruled back then.
Tommy Lee Jones wouldn’t be saying that about Taurus’ 1911!
Mediocre movies back then got a lot of good guns
Heck yeah I scrolled first to see if anyone remember the ‘nickel plated sissy pistol’ lmao 😂
although I always thought it was weird to call that nice ass .45 Agent Royce had a ‘nickel plated sissy pistol’
Even as a kid I was like, hmmmm .45 acp stainless gun is a ‘sissys pistol’ compared to that black plastic .40 glawk 🤔😄
Tommy Lee had Glock snobbery down pat!😎
"Taurus was kinda doing that pimp thing in the 90's. Luckily they've grown out of that phase"
I should have been a young man in the 90's...
Me too. But I was already old by then.
I suppose so, but I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at a nice set of rosewood grips...but that's just me. 😉
I was. THE gun to have was a Beretta 92, ideally dual wield. Anything else was either for old people or would get you shot by the people armed with Berettas.
@@xkavarsmith9322 lol. I would have put rosewood grips and gold accents on it 😉
It definitely be a nice gun to take to the opera or a black tie event.
I learned to shoot here in Brazil with a PT938 .380
Nice gun
I've learned how to shoot with a PT92 and Imbel MD1, both in 9mm and i can say that the Taurus is FAR better. IMBEL pistols are heavy and clumsy for 9mm and being on duty with one sucks, specially if they issue you with the FAL instead of the M16 too.
"Super easy. Barely an inconvenience." Appreciate the reference to Screen Rants Pitch Meetings.
References to other TH-cam channels are TIGHT!
Ryan George Pitch Meetings. Screen Rant's other content is mostly low-effort and poorly researched garbage. They're moving Pitch Meetings to a new channel in recognition.
I wish they would bring their older designs back they were pretty kick ass.
I have a PT945 that is amazing. It's two tone with what I believe is a factory ported barrel & slide. It was my dad's and will never leave my possession. My biggest mistake was not buying more mags for it before my dad passed as now they're hens teeth. I've scoured the internet and even reached out to a friend at Taurus. Nuthin... so it remains a rarity that I bring it on range day with it's lone magazine (having a cracked floorplate to boot). When I do, it shoots well and at dusk on slo-mo you can watch the progression of fire pop out of the ports on the top. Tre-cool.
“Because Taurus was in that ‘pimp’ phase. Luckily they’ve grown up out of that.”
Nah, I’m still pimpin. Go back Taurus!
A sig slide on a beretta frame? How have I never heard of this before, I miss the 90s
Your Taurus reviews are always fun to watch. I kind of want a TH9/40 now.
I owned a 908 back in the '90's. It was a fantastic gun, equal to the S&W 3913 & SIG P239 (both $500+ then). And I paid a lot less than MSRP (under $300, IIRC). It's one of the few guns I still miss (traded it off for something I've forgotten about). Glad to see one still in the wild....
I had a stainless pt909 years ago it was an excellent firearm
Love the pitch meeting plug. “Super easy, barely an inconvenience. “
Tommy Lee Jones makes fun of the Taurus and then tells him to get a Glock! 🤪🤣
Because actors know best when it comes to guns...just ask alec baldwin
The taurus pistols would fly of my fam gun shop displays. Early to mid 90s
The ad for the Remington Viper at 4:44 hit different. Used to have one of those. Perfect little plinking rifle.
The amount of times I've seen this pistol in gore videos from Brazil....
Ahhh... A LiveLeaker in our midst.
@@AOMartialArts lol you got it
Probably the 930 in .380, since the 9mm was forbidden here a while ago and pretty hard to find in the market.
I was struck by how good looking a gun it was. A little busy with all the 92fs gear but the lines and the two tone looked great.
Hop, you always have me learning new stuff.
Hop: how can I do a budget review that's not actually a budget review?
Ghost of Taurus Past: say no more fam!
The PT917 is the lil bro of the PT92.
Hot take, Taurus used to make the best Colt SAA clone on the market and it's unbelievable how nice it is.
This comment aged poorly, for context, I bought a NOS Gaucho in .357 and it stopped working after about 130 rounds. Most of that was .38 Special, Ill never buy another Taurus again
@@WasatchGarandManNot even shocked. All Taurus guns are dumpster fires. Period.
This year they brought back the Single Action Army.
Had a PT-945, .45ACP in stainless. Nice, but traded it for something else years ago. Wish I still had it!
Holy crap. Thank God you bought a new microphone at some point between this video and your new ones.
I really dig the dry humor. Subscribed
I Love my Taurus PT945. Bought it new sometime in the 90's. Wish I could remember what I paid for it. I was very broke back then so I don't see me spending anything close to the $500 range. It's reliable and I've been able to snatch up spare parts in case I need them. Mine is blued, but I was able to buy a stainless slide for it. I love the look of it with blued frame and stainless slide. I think I'll take the PT945 out to the range on my next trip.
If I remember correctly mine was between 400-500 new. I have shot it enough to make it smooth as glass like this one. It was launching the spent cases into orbit the last few times I shot it. I purchased a new recoil spring for it. I am hoping that calms the ejection down a bit.
Mine is stainless. My first gun bought it back in 94 for somewhere in that $400-500 range. She’s a beauty and shoots great.
Really nice review of the history of the gun and its context at the time of manufacture. Taurus were trying to move into a higher tier of the industry and did present those pistols as a sign of the new direction. It probably would have worked had the Soviet Union collapse not lead to a ton of cheap Warsaw Pact small arms coming into the market and then the 'assault weapon' ban that pushed a lot of interest into the AR platform.
I have a Taurus Pt111 g2 and I gotta say I love it. It's my everyday carry now. Lightweight shot hundreds of rounds through it and never a jam. I'd recommend it.
"Get yourself a Glock, and get rid of that nickel-plated sissy-pistol. "
Ironic isn't it? 🤪 Trade a nickel plated sissy pistol for a plastic sissy pistol? 🤣
@@garyK.45ACP And now some people are ditching their nitrided plastic bricks and trying to hunt down those decent vintage DA/SAs for carry.
@@phantomspaceman I've got them! 😁
But they're not for sale.
Glock kaboom?...unsupported chamber? Polygonal rifling?...no thanks. There's already a class action suit against them.
@@jungleno. the world is leaving you behind old man. Get used to it
That must be the Taurus reviewing jacket. Really says “please sir I want some more”
I find this one oddly sexy. Not my usually taste, completely opposite actually; but good looking nonetheless.
The gun ain’t bad either ;)
It looks fuckin awesome but that probably what its best at, surprisingly not bad though
Gaaaaaay
A friend of mine EDC'd a PT911 back in the 90s It was an excellent piece. I always thought they were a greatly under-rated gun.
Thank you for reviewing these small hole in the wall pistols although you have access to any modern hand gun
Ejection pattern? Oh yeah. Generally outside of the gun. That's the ejection pattern.
Usually outside of the gun, sometimes... not.
I still have a Taurus PT908 in my collection and had a PT945. I carried the PT908 for a brief time and still occasionally shoot it.
I carried the PT945 for about three Winters but later switched over to a Full Size .45 EAA Witness. Came close to buying a PT909 and wish I had gotten it.
These were very well made handguns back in the day!
BTW, I still have and shoot a Taurus PT92 and have had excellent service from it.
I had one of these at one point, it did have some reliability issues. I believe I sent it in to Taurus got it back in a reasonable amount of time. Replaced the recoil spring and maybe the barrel with only moderate improvement to reliability. Ended up trading for a S&W 908 which was flawless, never had an issue with it. Always get the models mixed up between the 809,908 because the model numbers were the reverse of each other.
The Raging Hunter series seems to have escaped Taurus's budget dungeon.
Always unique and fascinating videos! Make more!!
From 1994-2004 we couldn't buy any mag over 10 rounds unless you were a Cop. So, the obvious choice was guns got either smaller with a 10 round mag, or they got more rounds in something that only had 8 rounds, or smaller with a larger cartridge, or mixture of these. Hence the reason 10 round compact .45s and 9mms were conceived. Same for 1911s with double stacked mags, and Commander-sized 1911 with 8 rounds. We all dealt with it. That's why Revolvers are still kicking: some folks just wanted 6-7 rounds of .357 or .44 for the baddies. Really, the only thing that ban fixed was a lack of movement in inventive work arounds.
I bought a PT-908 in '95. I sold it to a friend who was moving to a sketchy place. I still regret letting it go. It was, for me, a great size, easy to carry and shoot. My hands are on the small side, so I had no problem with the grip. Double stacks of the era were not a good fit for me.
Well done video. Very informative and well narrated. Definitely a love-hate relationship with Taurus. Some interesting designs brought to market, but it will be at least another 10 years before they distance themselves from reliability issues of the early 2000s.
great firearm, i had a taurus pt 945 in .45 acp for almost 20 years, it was my service gun until early this month (april 2021) in brazillian police. it was replaced by a glock g22, got used to it already.
Neat story, thing just loved to throw brass anywhere.
:D SWEET M-43 9mm firestar! mine is blue steel man I love Spanish steel! ^.^
Glad to have entered the market during their "cheap and cheerful phase"
A Ryan George fan I see. My high opinion of you is confirmed, Hop.
Love the “Pitch Meeting” joke at 2:00.
I've been waiting for you to make this video. Mines stainless and its pretty great but it looks cooler than it shoots. I don't remember it actually being that expensive originally
I had a PT-945 & loved it.
Too bad there really isn't anything available for them.
My dad had the same gun in 357SIg, he passed a few years back and the gun ended up in my possession the model is pt957 and it shoots exceptionally well. I can say that the smooth slide action is not because the gun had the crap shot out of it, my gun was rarely shot and it has the same super smooth action.
I remember this series. As a lefty, I was seriously looking at the .40 as well as the .45. One of the few Taurus guns (pre-Taurus 1911) I liked. On that, however ... I gutted my Taurus PT1911 and hand fit mostly Evolution Gun Works components within. By doing so, it has been upgraded into the Taurus M1911-A1 that King’s Gun Works so heavily pushed Taurus to make, instead of the executive compromised guns Taurus was forced to build in order to save a few bucks just so the CEO could fly first class.
Damn that’s a sweet pistol. Would carry.
Missed you grandma Deb💕
The 45acp factory ported version is one of my favorites design-wise,
Those were good value guns for that time period. We called them Sigrettas.
Right at 1:11 it reminds me of a Sig P225/P6, but with all the right switches in all the right places.
I love my 945. And with a Chinese dovetail mount topped with a red dot this thing slaps.
As soon as I found out these were discontinued, I wanted one. Always with the timing...
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These are my favourite kind of videos of yours you The man hop
Wish I had bought a Star Firestar back when I had a chance in the 90's. Also think the Taraus 908 was pretty cool.
you and me both!
There is another variant, the 938 chambered in .380 acp with a 15 rounds magazine. Both the 940 and 938 were still in production in Brazil up until late last year and sold for about R$6.000 (US$1.000) in the regular black version or R$7.000 (US$1.200) for the stainless steel version, that is just a bit cheaper than the PT92 over here.
Yo, that jacket is fucking sick!
I have the PT38S in .38 Super and it has been a GREAT gun...
Here's a sub, because I'm kinda surprised you don't have more. Good content.
I've got one of those "pimp" PT92 pistols with rosewood grips and gold plated controls. I actually love shooting it.
In the early 2000's I had a PT-945 with a ported barrel. I was the who knows number of owners, lol. It was actually a very good pistol with the exception of the ported barrel and the plastic rear sight fell off every time you shot it. I actually liked the damn thing, but I hated the fact that they went cheap on it.
" The music was terrible "
*Sighs in Klaxon Beat*
As a Glock owner, I'm loving that top down view of the slide for some strange reason.
It makes the gun look chunky and full. It's an especially nice angle on the beefier 10mm and .45 Glocks.
My dad has one of these. Surprisingly nice shooting gun.
I absolutely love my pt945 even though now it looks like a hot mess and yes back then mine cost 500 plus dollars but it was worth every penny!!!
Man I wish I could find one of these now. Damn.
This reminds me of a 226 in some ways. I love it. Im one of those weirdo taurus lovers
I bought a PT 908 in 94’ brand new, for $300. Over time, it developed a bur on the feed ramp and would hang up every other shot.
I have the "nickle-plated sissy pistol" aka PT945. Original owner since '95. Great gun!
i owned a PT945 in .45ACP for a short period of time a few years ago. it was hard to get additional mags somewhere in Europe, i ended up bying the last ones available via one of the BENELUX states. it was picky on ammo: S&B FMJ would only fire after the second or third strike. But it ran reliably with Geco FMJ and of course with Magtech. Gave it away because i found it was recoiling pretty harsh.
Saw a PT945 around two months ago at my local Hahn store!
It's like what a Beretta would look like if they didn't cut out the slide.
Had a 908 myself about 6.5 yrs ago. At the time I was severely budgeted and couldn't afford a legit M92 as I wanted ( I live in MA -- even police trade-ins run about $800). Not gonna lie either, I had the Nickle finish sissy pistol. I walked into the same gun shop where I took LTC class, told the guy behind the counter my dilemma. He says to me "wait here a sec" and disappears for bout 10mins. He walks back carrying [sic] pistol, tells me it's the owner's PCW but he's willing to sell it to me. I only ended up paying $375ish after taxes, which may have been overcharged, but dammit if I didn't walk out happy.
I bought mine in chrome rose wood grip pimped out gold functions and hammer for 300$ 9 years ago it sells for 500$ used on gunbroker. I was 19 years old. First gun I'd ever purchased. The guy had the itch and was in a pinch so I got a good deal 600$ for 2 pistols and this was one of them, I shoot it from time to time and its great looks cool and handles well for a .45 I love having it
My first firearm was a "nickel plated sissy gun" as Tommy Lee Jones called it... A silver PT908.
I know somebody that had one from way back, but complained about issues with it functioning. However, I don't talk to that individual anymore.
I had no clue hop had a channel. Instant subscriber
I’d rock that pt900
Great review on an almost forgotten model and caliber. But I must say, how dare you say the music of the 90s was terrible?!!! Shame on you sir!!!! Lol
My first thought was that it looks like a strange cousin to the Vektor SP1, which is itself a more exact Beretta 92 clone. What a time the late 80s/early 90s was, when you could just rip off someone else's stuff (I see you, too, Smith and Wesson Sigma Series...)
Makes one wonder what exactly happened to taurus, from making pistols good enough to be compared to SIG in the 90's, to selling firearms which are not even designed to function on more recent days.
I bought one back in the early 90's, it was a loss leader from one of the local Gun shops...It's ok dont shoot it much, and not very accurate. i bought a used sig 226 a month later, must have 30k rounds of 9mm all original cop gun from late 80's, still shoots better than 908. I dig your gun reviews, pretty in depth, and comprehensive....
90's music wasn't bad. We got the Use your Illusions, Black Album, Ten, Nevermind, Dirt, Angel Dust, Odd fellows rest, pantera's Golden Age, Rust In Peace, Countdown, seasons in the abyss, Superunknown, Badmotorfinger, Broken, Facelift, golden age of mayhem... and all that for the rock fans alone. Many call '92 the golden era of Rap. Not sure about that, since I'm not a big fan of rap, but still...
Don't forget the pt938. It's a double stack 380 that was very popular in Brazil and central America.
This is the gun if Sig P226 and a Beretta 92 had a baby
I remember these, I had a PT945 for a minute in 1998-99. My memory of it is that is was glassy smooth as well. Sold it to buy a Glock 21. 🤷♂️
The y brought back the “pimp” PT 92
The offspring of Beretta and Sig.
>when the music was terrible
Fighting words