So I bought one of Weimajacks' hand-picked Beretta 92S pistols. The picture he posted showed a practically perfect specimen. It didn't do the gun justice: it was nearly pristine. The grips were the only areas with scratches and they weren't bad at all.
I know that some are opposed to the heel mounted magazine release but after just one trip to the range, I have to say it grew on me. Keeping the pistol aimed at the target, mag swaps were accomplished with a single hand and without changing my strong hand grip except for pulling my finger out of the trigger guard. Instead of dropping a mag on the ground, I merely swapped it in my gunbelt. I'll have to time the difference but I suspect it will not be a lot.
In any case, the gun is beautiful and fills my hand perfectly. Far better than my previous favorite 1911 and even better than a P226. The results speak for themselves, bearing in mind I am not that good a pistol shot. This was an 11 round mag dump from 10 yards. You can see the double-action shot went a little high while the rest of the shots are squarely in the space between the two buttons - I was aiming for the ten. The DA trigger is clean but long and hard. The SA trigger is as good as the best 1911 I've used. A fair bit of takeup but very clean and breaks very crisply.
Overall, I am extremely pleased with this gun. My ONLY complaint is that the sights are all black. I haven't measured the dovetail to see if modern 92 sights will fit, but the absolute worst case is that I put a little bit of white paint on the front sight.
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I know that some are opposed to the heel mounted magazine release but after just one trip to the range, I have to say it grew on me. Keeping the pistol aimed at the target, mag swaps were accomplished with a single hand and without changing my strong hand grip except for pulling my finger out of the trigger guard. Instead of dropping a mag on the ground, I merely swapped it in my gunbelt. I'll have to time the difference but I suspect it will not be a lot.
In any case, the gun is beautiful and fills my hand perfectly. Far better than my previous favorite 1911 and even better than a P226. The results speak for themselves, bearing in mind I am not that good a pistol shot. This was an 11 round mag dump from 10 yards. You can see the double-action shot went a little high while the rest of the shots are squarely in the space between the two buttons - I was aiming for the ten. The DA trigger is clean but long and hard. The SA trigger is as good as the best 1911 I've used. A fair bit of takeup but very clean and breaks very crisply.
Overall, I am extremely pleased with this gun. My ONLY complaint is that the sights are all black. I haven't measured the dovetail to see if modern 92 sights will fit, but the absolute worst case is that I put a little bit of white paint on the front sight.
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