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In article <1993Jan25.201605.3879@michael.apple.com> ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith) writes:
#What about Beretta vs Taurus?  They look to be the same design.
#The Taurus looks to be well made (to the extent that can be seen
#from the outside of the gun...).

They don't look the same to me at all. The finish is very different,
especially in stainless steel. The trigger pull is not the same
either. Grips are different too, among others.

#So how similar are they?  Can you swap parts from a 92 to whatever
#the Taurus equivalent is (like on real 1911-A1 clones) or are there
#subtile manufacturing differences that make them quite different?

Slide, frame, and magazines are all different. I don't know about
other parts.

#The local gun store asserts that Brazil nationalized a Beretta 
#plant and is basically building Berrettas on Beretta tooling
#under a different name.  Is this true?  

That is what I heard also. 

#(And did they start 
#cheapening the metals or quality of labor used ... or kept the same?)

I'll save it to more knowlegeable readers.

David
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