Beretta 92D Centurion

Clobbersauras

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I picked this gun up about a week ago and thought I would share my thoughts and pics.

The 92D Centurion is the little brother of the 92D, which is the double action only version of the 92FS. It's about an inch shorter in overall length than the FS, with the same grip length. The D is a true DAO, with no safety or de-cocker to deal with. The hammer is bobbed and trimmed flush with the back of the slide.

The trigger is excellent! It's the best out of the box DA trigger I've ever tried. I've dry fired it over the last week and IMO if you can't shoot this DA trigger without modifications, you simply can't shoot a DA trigger. It's that good.

I love the finish on this gun. There are dings, scratches, and holster wear, just the way a gun should be. It's perfect.
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This one came with Trijicon night sights. 1995 vintage. They still have a faint glow, which is impressive after 20 years.
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The stubby D hammer at full arc.
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Hammer down. No safety or decocker to mess with...
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It doesn't appear to have been shot much....I'll fix that.
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Trigger at reset. ;)
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Reset on my Elite II. :eek:
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Size compared to my Elite II.
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This one has a captive recoil spring assembly. There is a pin in the guide rod which holds the recoil spring onto the rod. Also, the recoil spring seems very light. Much lighter than my other Centurion. I replaced it with a brand new Centurion recoil spring. The old one was quite compressed, and the slide now takes much more force to manipulate. I really like the captive spring pin on the guide rod. It take a little bit of pressure to remove the old spring and pop the new one back on, but I think it's a good little feature that probably saved a lot of springs from being launched into orbit.
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I'll be putting this pistol through the 2000 round challenge and will report back in this thread with my results.
 
I was finally able to get to the range today. I put 200 rounds through the Centurion with no issues.

I ran three F.A.S.T's with the gun:
6.07 (+2B) = 8.07 I shot this cold and haven't been to the range in three weeks
6.32 Clean
5.72 (+2H,+1B) = 8.72

B8 at 25 yards: 89-1X
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20 rounds at 7 yards; medium pace:
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3 Bill Drills at 7 yards
3.64: 1.76, 2.35, 2.67, 3.0, 3.31, 3.64
2.97(1 out): 1.90, 2.16, 2.43, 2.69, 2.97
2.81: 1.55, 1.83, 2.06, 2.32, 2.55, 2.81
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Thoughts:

I really like this gun. Sights are well regulated, the trigger is great, though I did short stroke it a few times. I was able to get splits as low as .23, with most seeming to be around the .35 range. So the trigger is definitely slower, and I need more time with it.

Also, this gun is very soft shooting. I don't really know why, but it shoots softer than my other Centurion. An added bonus...

200 rounds down, 1800 to go!
 
I was able to put another 250 rounds through my D on Sunday.

I had one stoppage on the first FAST of the day. The slide failed to lock back after the second shot. I am unsure if it was my grip or the mag, but the mag is 20 years old, and I haven't replaced the spring. I stopped using the mag and didn't have another issue for the rest of the session.

I short stroked the trigger more than I liked and have to work with it more to get the reset ingrained.

So that puts us at 450 rounds through the gun, one stoppage.
 
Update:

So far my Centurion D has 1202 rounds through the gun with 6 stoppages (all failure of the slide to lock on an empty mag - operator error riding the slide release while shooting SHO). It hasn't been cleaned or lubed since the start of the test. It continues to be one of my favourite handguns.


Also, I'm not sure why the pics don't work here, the links work on other forums. Weird????
 
Update:

So far my Centurion D has 1202 rounds through the gun with 6 stoppages (all failure of the slide to lock on an empty mag - operator error riding the slide release while shooting SHO). It hasn't been cleaned or lubed since the start of the test. It continues to be one of my favourite handguns.


Also, I'm not sure why the pics don't work here, the links work on other forums. Weird????

There is a problem with IMGUR site and perhaps a couple others Photobucket seemed to work yesterday
 
I put 300 rounds of AE 124g through the Centurion today.

I had three failures of the slide to lock back on an empty mag while shooting SHO. I was working on SHO transitions and I keep defaulting to wanting to clamp down on the gun instead of flagging my thumb. My fault entirely.


So to recap, 1502 rounds through the gun since I last cleaned and lubed it with 9 stoppages (all failure of the slide to lock on an empty mag - operator error).
 
Yeah I had a good conversation with him. His CZ shot really well!

You are welcome to run a bunch of mags through it any time. I'll be shooting it at the club match in March!
 
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