Beretta 92FS
- Thread starter ASTRYX
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Accurate and reliable gun, but the trigger is terrible!
mebiuspower
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Not the best gun for production since you must engage the safety. 92G are better but still not that great.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Yep. There is a reason that most shoot the guns they do in IPSC. That said the CZ's have one and it is a popular choice.
For all intents and purposes the F and G are the same as far as IPSC shooting goes. With the F you decock and return the safety to the Off position. The first shot is Double action and you don't have to have the safety on, on the G model it's the same lever and it acts only as a decock and returns itself to the upright position. So in both cases you fire a double action first shot with no safety lever to mess with, same as the CZ only the CZ does not decock and the hammer has to be lowered manually (which I have never been impressed with for IPSC and not sure how it was allowed since it requires putting your finger in the trigger of a loaded gun with the safety off while not aiming at targets)
I did my BB with a M9 which is the same pistol. Shot many matches and never had a problem with it until the locking block snap in half.
2 things bothered me though. First, the mag release is very hard to reach, The strong spring doesn't help either. You can either buy the OEM extended mag release or cut 3 coils off that spring. It's very easy to do.
Also, the trigger is not the best. You can try to polish it a little bit. Replacing the main sping with a G model will reduce the trigger tension.
Last tip, you have to be carefull with that safety/decocker. When racking the slide, you can accidently put the gun on safe. By the time you wonder WTF is going on, you just lost 4 seconds and screwed up your stage.
If you already have the pistol, then go for it. If you want to be competitive in IPSC, there are better options out there.
2 things bothered me though. First, the mag release is very hard to reach, The strong spring doesn't help either. You can either buy the OEM extended mag release or cut 3 coils off that spring. It's very easy to do.
Also, the trigger is not the best. You can try to polish it a little bit. Replacing the main sping with a G model will reduce the trigger tension.
Last tip, you have to be carefull with that safety/decocker. When racking the slide, you can accidently put the gun on safe. By the time you wonder WTF is going on, you just lost 4 seconds and screwed up your stage.
If you already have the pistol, then go for it. If you want to be competitive in IPSC, there are better options out there.
Thanks everyone.
I already have the handgun ... my first.
I took it to the range for the first time today and shot first at 7 yards and then at 15.
I am happy ... so far ... but I am also new!
I will probably keep my Beretta until after I do the BB course and try a few matches.
After that ... who knows!!!
I already have the handgun ... my first.
I took it to the range for the first time today and shot first at 7 yards and then at 15.
I am happy ... so far ... but I am also new!
I will probably keep my Beretta until after I do the BB course and try a few matches.
After that ... who knows!!!
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Uh, you realize you will need at least 4 mags a holster, mag pouches, and a belt right?
Not smart to waste all that money setting up the 92 if you already know you ain't gonna stick with it.
Get out to the range. Try some other peoples guns. Pay attention to Glock, CZ, and even Sig, and see what you like. Then go out and buy a whole setup to compete with.
My 0.02 cents.
Not smart to waste all that money setting up the 92 if you already know you ain't gonna stick with it.
Get out to the range. Try some other peoples guns. Pay attention to Glock, CZ, and even Sig, and see what you like. Then go out and buy a whole setup to compete with.
My 0.02 cents.
Wrong, you do not need to engage the safety ever. You need to decock after LAMR, but that's it. If you are intent on using it for IPSC then you do need to learn how to clear jams and rack the slide without setting the safety, as Antoine mentions, you may encounter some issues otherwise. I shot for many years with a 92G Elite II and a 96G Elite II, two of my favorite all time guns. However Beretta's will not last long in IPSC. the locking blocks do go (no big deal), but the frames also crack. The new 90Two is supposed to be better with the aluminum buffer block, but I've not run one hard yet so I have no personal knowledge of that.
I shot one as well when I started and that's what I did my BB with. The locking blocks do break, which is about the only time they jam. On mine the offside safety which is just a piece of stamped steel pinned into the main body of the safety also snapped off, probably from recoil. I got the replacement part but never installed it (I think I saw this part the other day rumaging through old boxes of parts) since the safety is only used to decock it isn't really necessary, and by leaving it off I was much less likely to engage the decock/safety when racking the gun. If I got a new one I would be likely to remove it so that there is only the strong side safety to deal with
