My concern with the discontinued pistol would be the same as my experience with two other Taurus' both of which spent their initial months of service being repaired. No bashing intended just wish to make my brief Taurus ownership known.
They would still fix it if they have parts, otherwise they would offer you something similar as a replacement.. the 92 is the closest thing to the 809, but they would probably want to give you a G2 since it's cheaper.
The 800 & g2's both being polymer, but the 92 is similar size and hammer fired.
The 92 cost more obviously with it's all metal construction.
Either way you'd get "something" back, Warranty is still good as far as them fix/replacing.
The PT800 came out after the 24/7 and Mil Pros went under the lawsuit.
The PT800 come out in between and before the new Mil Pro G2.
800 series came out in 2008. point?
I've been reading reports of the 800 not being drop safe-this is independent of the two firing systems being striker vs hammer. A new lawsuit might be coming.
Ok well I'd like to read those reports as well.. source?
http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=602&category=Pistol
Taurus has pulled the 800/840 from the US market even before its replacement TS series has been released and 800s are now $200 or so. This supports the likely coming lawsuit.
Just shows that it's discontinued, it got axe at the end of 2016
The 738 is also discontinued its' successor is the Specturm which isn't out yet.. what's the point? just because the successor to the 800's aren't out yet it must be cause it's faulty?
Their use to be other models of the 800 series like the 809c (compact) and the stainless slide model.. those been discontinued like a year or more.
Did they pull those a year or so back because they wasn't drop safe but kept on producing black models knowing there was a problem?
Look Taurus has a really nasty habit of quietly axing models, They dump all their stock onto the supply chain and drop the gun unceremoniously.
BELIEVE me I have a long history of Taurus discontinuing pistols on my wish list.
The 917, 101, 909, 145 (although I might have dodge a bullet on that one), The 85's with zero-profile hammer, metal pt22's.
There is still plenty of stock in the pipe line, Im not sure when the replacements are hitting the market I heard someone say they might not even market the replacements for the US market.
Taurus has under gone changes over the last 5 or 6 years.. they use to have a huge catalog.. maybe to big, it's been slashed.. in fact there was a thread not to long ago here about it.
It might be that hammer guns from Taurus are going the way of the dodo.. they've already switched their focus heavily on polymer, they've even retro fit the pt22 and killed the metal version, some of the revolvers like the 85 now come in polymer frames.
They'll probably still sell the 92 as-is for a while still.. It's a signature gun and a good seller.. but even it's product line got slashed.. no more pimp versions, no adjustable sight 99's, the centurion like 917 got axed some years back.. the .40S&W (100,101) is GONE!
So hammer fired Taurus looks something like this: PT22, 1911, 92.. Rest are striker.
The rifle line (which honestly I never seen in the LGS anyway) seems to have been anialated.. at least for the US market.
They're intorducing a ar15 platform.. yay just what the world needs another MEE TOO ar15
Unless you have some proof of this problem.. or at least something else pointing to possible problem I'd say you're reading to much into a discontinuation of a product line.
