BERETTA 92A1 For IPSC??

Ironheart said:
Fully stock, I've been shooting 92fs for 15 plus years, just my personal choice

But I can't say too much as I've never shot an ipsc match in my life!

I could be destroyed and place dead last lol
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Beware the man with one gun. I guarantee you will not finish last if you’ve used the same gun the last 15 years....and good with it!
You might get DQed due to movement errors but you won’t finish last if you survive the day!
 
xldbldbl said:
I shot a beretta for 5 years before moving to a stock 2 xtreme, it will work just fine for IPSC, Ben Stoger was using berettas when he won the world championship.
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As soon as I saw the thread topic, I knew you'd be in here! :)
The great thing about starting IPSC is you can 'run what ya brung'. Figure out if it's for you, and get to see / test other guns you may like. Then you can go down the rabbit hole of getting better at it.. it's way more expensive than golf. :)
 
One night, I shot a Beretta right after putting a few hundreds through my old Shadow Line. It felt unusually light and I was very slow on followup shots in comparison. The trigger also felt vague and sloppy. If you already own a Beretta and don't want to buy a new gun, it will get you through the course and you'll even have fun at matches. If you want to be competitive, get yourself a Czech nutcracker. One bummer, with going with a Beretta is that you'll blow a good chunk of change on a holster and mags, for a gun that will always leave you behind on the equipment front.
 
I put an order in for a Beretta Elite LTT w/ Trigger Job. Just waiting for it to come in. You should look in to that for competition shooting.
 
Out of the 1/2 dozen or so Berettas I have or have had the vertec frame models were the most comfortable to shoot with the m9a3 edging out my elite 1a for accuracy, that being said, if someone was going to up and order a new beretta for competition it would probably be best to wait for the all steel 92x performance.
 
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With the new IPSC Production rules you can cheaply take your G17's trigger pull down to 3 pounds and have more options for nice competition sights.

If you put in the work to master the DA/SA trigger the 92 is fine. You'll see lots of C and D class shooters who haven't put in the work to become proficient with their DA/SA pistols.

If you're going to dabble for fun rather than train for competition, striker fired is a good and cheaper option.
 
Another relatively inexpensive option is to get the Walther PPQ M2 5" at the same price point as the Glock. It has the same outstanding trigger of the PPQ Match and a 1/10th of an inch reset. You can change out the sights if you want in under five minutes. From there, as you progress you can trade up to the PPQ Match or go further with the Steel Frame version. In time I believe the striker fired guns will dominate the Production Division as companies move into an all steel striker fired designs.

Like Sean mentioned above don't chase what the Pros shoot; shoot what you have and enjoy the sport.

If you want to be real competitive, or at least think you can be, chase the dream with whatever is winning or in the hands of the local good shooter. If given the chance most just buy what might have won the latest Worlds, male egos being what they are. :>). The Glock 17 has a World Championship in the hands of Bob Vogel so........

Take Care

Bob
 
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