I completely disagree with the naysayers on Taurus. Their quality control picked up more than 20 years ago, and they build some real fine pistols and rifles, now. We have 2 Taurus pistols, including one I've had since the late-80's, it is, and has always been, a super reliable and accurate shooter. The only problem there's ever been with it was a catastrophic ammo failure...rim separated from the rest of the brass upon ignition...that dislocated some of the internals, but taking it all apart, cleaning/inspecting, then reassembling fixed all that quick fast and in a hurry. That pistol is a PT99, a near clone of the Beretta 92, and I like it way better than any Beretta I've ever handled or shot. It's made of better steel, has a frame-mounted safety instead of slide-mounted, and nearly all parts interchangeable with the Beretta.