Well, carrying that size a gun would be too difficult for me to conceal. But in answer to your question - no, Beretta doesn't really have a standard model that you can carry cocked and locked - they DO make a steel model that can do it, but it is over $1000. So, for all intensive purposes, the answer is no unless ya wanna fork over the cash. They don't make a standard 92FS w/ the frame safety.

As for the choice between the 1911 or the Taurus - which ever one you prefer. I carry a 9mm all the time.

I guess, it is what you get use to. I carried a fetherweight 38 Smith for a while, but when I bought my PT-99 and PT-92c, I started carrying the 99. It is a large frame, but with the right holster, you get use to it. I have been carring it now for around 17 years, and wouldn't feel right without it.

I've been considering one of these for myself lately. I really like the safety set-up of the Taurus and functionally, it's a 92 like the one that Beretta makes. I've never taken that close a look at them before but I put brand-snobishness aside and took a close look at them since I'm currently in the market for a double-stack DA 9mm Luger pistol(I know, being without one as I currently am is wrong so I'm trying to correct it).

Are these good, reliable, reasonably accurate quality pistols?