There are a lot of US surplus 92F parts around. So you can obtain parts, magazine's and accessories for reasonable prices compared to other pistols. I have had the 92 series of guns from 92, 92SB and 92F. Still have the guns and the quality of the italian guns is great. The us guns are great also. Beretta factory magazines fit all of these guns, so you can always by 10 round magazines. America might go back to 10 round magazines and there will be a price cut on them.
sell me on a Beretta 92
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I have not shot my 92FS in ages, it was my first pistol I used for IPSC for many years. Great gun. Love it. Reliable as hell, feeds anything you can throw into it, lots of parts if you need them, spare mags etc. I also have an M&P and Colt 1911. The sights on the Beretta could use an upgrade, but that's about it in my humble opinion. So, to recap, haven't shot it in a long time, but haven't sold it either.
I use my 92fs as an ipsc production gun. By all means i am a 2 month old ipsc newbie but here is my opinion of it.
Got the gun in july and have put a round count of close to 7000 in it ( i keep a tab for maintenance ). In 7000 rounds i have never had a failure to feed/to fire/to eject, everything went good. Each range visit i give it a quick cleanup and g96 oil up, i hear this gun is ultra reliable, but likes to be run quite wet. I give it a full dissassemly cleanup once each 2500 rounds or so. So reliability is great so far.
I have not shot other 9 mils to compare accuracy with. But at the range i regularly get a 5" grouping at 15yds. It's not bad but not as good as my ruger .22lr single six. Which gets 2.5" grouping at same distance. I blacked out rear sights to make it easier to focus on front one, sights are no issue for me i find them great, they get me shooting 2" low but no big deal in ipsc.
I have blued finish, and scrappes off pretty quick in a bladetech holster. Since grips are large, the cheap plastic grips that come with it are impossible to keep a hold to. Especially if your hands get sweaty. Since i have glued skateboard grip tape on them it has literaly changed the firearm. I have great control over and really like the fit now. Grip tape is a must, inexpensive, reversable and better control.
Right now not to thread hijack, but info could be usefull to op or other 92fs users that chimed in. Anyone have a maintenance schedule for this firearm? I'm at 7000 rounds without having changed the slightest spring in it. In the new year i will be using this in ipsc quite extensively and would want reliability. So common parts to be changed at a given mileage would be great to know.
Got the gun in july and have put a round count of close to 7000 in it ( i keep a tab for maintenance ). In 7000 rounds i have never had a failure to feed/to fire/to eject, everything went good. Each range visit i give it a quick cleanup and g96 oil up, i hear this gun is ultra reliable, but likes to be run quite wet. I give it a full dissassemly cleanup once each 2500 rounds or so. So reliability is great so far.
I have not shot other 9 mils to compare accuracy with. But at the range i regularly get a 5" grouping at 15yds. It's not bad but not as good as my ruger .22lr single six. Which gets 2.5" grouping at same distance. I blacked out rear sights to make it easier to focus on front one, sights are no issue for me i find them great, they get me shooting 2" low but no big deal in ipsc.
I have blued finish, and scrappes off pretty quick in a bladetech holster. Since grips are large, the cheap plastic grips that come with it are impossible to keep a hold to. Especially if your hands get sweaty. Since i have glued skateboard grip tape on them it has literaly changed the firearm. I have great control over and really like the fit now. Grip tape is a must, inexpensive, reversable and better control.
Right now not to thread hijack, but info could be usefull to op or other 92fs users that chimed in. Anyone have a maintenance schedule for this firearm? I'm at 7000 rounds without having changed the slightest spring in it. In the new year i will be using this in ipsc quite extensively and would want reliability. So common parts to be changed at a given mileage would be great to know.
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I guess we are due to meet each other sooner or later at eosc Jean! I have not missed 1 friday so far at eosc exept for the 21st, which was my work staff party.
With the cold weather comming up i guess i will spend a bit more time at ragc, nice and dry in there.
With the cold weather comming up i guess i will spend a bit more time at ragc, nice and dry in there.
yes, to EOSC or the Archerot ...
Not so much action for me, once a month on a saturday or sunday morning for me, I was there last Sunday up to noon, cold but fun to shoot anyways, trying my new Remington R1, I was very impress to see that this .45acp has not much recoil than my 92fs, and even more surprise to see that the R1.45acp is more accurate than my 92fs
) ok, I'm sold to those 1911 guns, very nice in hand with a hogue rubber grip, a very well balance gun !!!!
The pistol of 1980's Hong Kong action movies. Chow Yun Fat first made them famous in this movie...A Better Tomorrow...and then a host of other movies. All using the 92F. (Straight Dust cover, not the slanted one nowadays which ruins the lines of the pistol).
Same here. I went to the store to buy a 92fs, as soon as it was in my hands it was over. The grip was way to big for me. A couple days later I went and bought a CZ shadow.
