How to Convert a Beretta 96D to SA/DA

Slavex said:
installing the sear, sear spring, new hammer (as yours likely doesn't have the proper cuts, one of mine does, the other doesn't) and sear pin will give you a DA/SA trigger, but it will also create a very very unsafe firearm. If you want a DA/SA gun, sell the 96D and get a regular 96 or 92FS.
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I have done this modification that the OP describes (sorry just saw this thread so couldn't help in time).

Without in any way trying to stir the pot, what would make this unsafe?

Honestly I'm asking to be educated in case there is some aspect of the conversion I have overlooked...

The way I see it if you don't holster if after it's cocked it is no different from a 96FS.

Frankly, once I #### a pistol it is pointing at what I intend to shoot.

That, combined with the fact that an uncocked pistol is OK without a safety engaged (hence the DAO's lack of a safety) makes me wonder what the issue would be.

The DA part of the DA/SA pull is exactly the same as the DAO pull...

Please edu-ma-cate me, now I'm paramoid :D.
 
Oh wait, I think I have it...

If I had the pistol loaded, uncocked, no safety engaged (or existing) while holstered I could conceivably catch the hammer and accidentally discharge.

If I had the pistol loaded, uncocked, with a safety engaged while holstered I could conceivably catch the hammer and nothing would happen.

Is this what you were thinking? Better convert it back or never holster it while loaded, half-#### notch isn't anything to rely on.

Did I miss anything else? :eek: Thanks Slavex... you made me think!
 
yes the issue is holstering with the hammer back. you can easily decock it manually, as I do with my Tanfoglio, but Berettas aren't designed to work that way. So you will often see people holster it hammer back. with no safety even available to apply.
 
Slavex said:
yes the issue is holstering with the hammer back. you can easily decock it manually, as I do with my Tanfoglio, but Berettas aren't designed to work that way. So you will often see people holster it hammer back. with no safety even available to apply.
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Wow, that sounds incredibly negligent...

I guess it is best to assume the worst, in the event you sold the pistol to someone ass-stupid enough to holster a loaded/cocked pistol with no safety engaged :eek:.

I don't ever #### my pistol until ready to fire, I am comfortable with this arrangement - although I will be careful not to holster it loaded/uncocked for the reason I state above (catching hammer).

Just to be clear, by decocking manually do you refer to the use of a decocker-safety switch? I'm not up on match lingo...

I would consider manually decocking to be using the trigger and your thumb to lower hammer to half-####, then down to un-cocked in a separate action, like with an SAO... this is how I decock my Beretta the odd time it is necessary.

Cheers!
 
I won't be using this pistol for action shooting, or shooting from the holster. I do have a kydex holster for it, though I wouldn't carry it with a round chambered to begin with, as I have no need to.

As far as the safety/decocker: I don't trust any firearm safety. The only truly safe firearm is the one which is unloaded. I never rely on a safety mechanism.

And for decocking, I'll just do it manually, as I do with my 1911, and Tokarev pistol (which also doesn't have a decocker or safety, like my Beretta 96 slick slide).

It's not how Beretta intended it, but I'm fine with it, because I understand it's not meant to be a loaded carry gun in this configuration.
 
Scocou said:
LOL... it looks like a 92FS with no safety.
Or a 96D with a spurred (instead of bobbed) hammer :p.
Slickslide, baby! Here's mine;
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dood, THAT is a thing of beauty @.@ I'm torn now... do I want to pick up a 1911 style pistol or try to get my hands on a Beretta or Taurus 92 T_T DAMN YOU DECISIONS! DAMN YOU! Either or, it's going to be many long months of saving ><
 
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