# The Walking Dead: Is the Governor's gun a Taurus, or a Beretta? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667 "2015-01-01T05:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/1 "2015-01-01T05:05:29Z")
I’m watching _The Walking Dead_, Season 3, Episode 8, ‘Made to Suffer’. The Governor uses a nickel-plated 9mm pistol. Is it a Taurus PT92, or a Beretta 92FS? I can’t get a good look at the safety. (The SO would object if I paused.) I _think_ it’s a Taurus, but does anyone know for sure? IMFDB is no help, since they only show the ‘movie posters’ and not a list. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/2 "2015-01-01T05:25:55Z")
I don’t think the Governor ever had any fun. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/3 "2015-01-01T05:27:29Z")
The various pictures/images I could locate online via Bing vary in quality, but from the better ones it’s clear that the safety/de-cocker is definitely slide-mounted. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/4 "2015-01-01T05:28:30Z")
You’ll love this: [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Firearms\_and\_Explosive\_Weapons](http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Firearms_and_Explosive_Weapons) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/5 "2015-01-01T16:47:43Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > The various pictures/images I could locate online via Bing vary in quality, but from the better ones it’s clear that the safety/de-cocker is definitely slide-mounted. Thank you! I’ve never seen a nickel 92SF – not even in pictures. That’s why I thought it was a Taurus. My 92SF has the military matte finish. (Also, I was able to get an Italian-made one before they became unavailable.) I wish I had bought the shiny blue one with walnut stocks they had at the sporting goods store a several years ago. That one was pretty. Not that I \*need[/i[ two Berettas, but it was pretty. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > You’ll love this: > > [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Firearms\_and\_Explosive\_Weapons](http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Firearms_and_Explosive_Weapons) Thanks for that. Of course, now I want another 1911. (Currently I have a 1991A1, as-sold with the plastic stocks, and a shiny blue/walnut 1911 made in 1917.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/6 "2015-01-01T18:20:39Z")
Changed “fun” to “gun” in the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/7 "2015-01-01T19:24:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Changed “fun” to “gun” in the thread title. Aw, where’s the fun in that? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-is-the-governors-gun-a-taurus-or-a-beretta/708667/8 "2015-01-01T19:57:43Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Aw, where’s the fun in that? Reported for change to ‘Aw, where’s the **gun** in that?’