Taurus PT92 Black 9mm

Taurus PT92 Black 9mm

The Taurus PT92 is a double action/single action, 9mm, double-stack magazine-fed, short recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Taurus in the former Beretta factory in São Paulo, Brazil.

In 1974, a large contract for the Beretta 92 was issued by the Brazilian army, for which Beretta set up a factory in São Paulo, Brazil. This factory was later sold to the Brazilian gunmaker Taurus (Forjas Taurus S/A) in 1980, after the contract had expired. Shortly thereafter, Taurus began using the original Beretta machinery to make their own pistols, which were a copy of the original Beretta 92 design, which was not being produced at that point. They did this without the need for a license and they also did not have to pay royalties, as the patents had since expired.