Whether you like the esthetics or not.
it's reliability is unmatched.
Yep, which is likely due to that fixed barrel design.
The barrel isn't fixed, it's just not tilting. It travels straight back and forth. Truth be told, the "direct line feed" that Beretta touts is no more or less "direct line" than a tilting barrel system. If you put a tilting barrel in the rearward position you'll see that the path to the barrel is about the same. What really matters is the care in which the pistol is made; and Beretta manufactures the 92FS exceptionally well.
And as best I can tell, Taurus makes their 92's extremely well also.
