I've owned an old Taurus pt92 for awhile, so I was already familiar with the basic functions besides the safety/decocker, which is located in a different place and functions differently. This one came with two 15 round magazines but currently my state has no magazine restrictions, so I might ad some Beretta or mec gar 18 rounders in the future. My initial impressions are very high. The build/fit and finish is excellent. I've already field stripped it and done an initial clean/lube and everything functions as it should. The polymer grips it comes with are much slimmer than the wood ones on my Taurus, and the Beretta fits my hand much better. Very eager to shoot it. Right now, in my area at least, Berettas are scarce. If you find one and like it, don't hesitate to lay some money down. No telling when a shop can get another one.Sweet. After 20 years of being completely indifferent to them, I have a strange urge for one now. Either a 92FS like that or M9. So that looks desirable to me.
They put an illegal mag cap ban in place in WA a few months ago. I got four surplus M9 mags before that for when I find a nice deal on one. So I've actually got four mags for it, but no gun yet.
Hope you enjoy it!
I found my Taurus to be a good gun. I've wanted a Beretta for a long time and finally just went for it. I really can't compare the two because the Taurus is quite well worn and was that way when I got it, and the Beretta is brand new.Nice! I have the Taurus knock off cause it was cheap at the pawn shop. A little heavy but a sweet shooter. Prob the most accurate 9mm I have.
...I might ad some Beretta or mec gar 18 rounders in the future. My initial impressions are very high. ...
Where would one "look around" for those magazines? I don't have an outlet for military surplus stuff.Recently the DoD has been dumping Beretta stuff. Looking around you can get brand new, M9 MecGar 15rd mags for $6/$7 a piece. No bumper bottom and phosphated, not blued. But unused surplus and genuine MecGar (contract).
There were a bunch cheap in the arfcom classifieds and more on GB recently. Generally $7 to $10 and less in bulk. They were just in big boxes unwrapped, military M9 from Checkmate with their CAGE code. Like.y to be more as they are disposed of as surplus.Where would one "look around" for those magazines? I don't have an outlet for military surplus stuff.
I found that my wife’s Beretta 92, when new, didn’t like weak ammo. Several stovepipes in the first hundred rounds of Winchester white box.Took it shooting this morning. I put about 400 rounds through it and it functioned very well save for one stove pipe, which I attribute to that particular round and not the gun itself. I'm about as accurate with it as I am with my Taurus, which is to say I can hit my target more often than not. I believe this will make a reliable sidearm. Got a few knicks on the slide finish where ejected cases hit the slide in operation. I'm still not used to the heavy double action trigger pull of either pistol, something I need to work on.
There were a bunch cheap in the arfcom classifieds and more on GB recently. Generally $7 to $10 and less in bulk. They were just in big boxes unwrapped, military M9 from Checkmate with their CAGE code. Like.y to be more as they are disposed of as surplus.
I will look in the classifieds there later tonight and see if there are still some listings, link them if I find any atm.
I didn't think to collect the brass of that round until I had already cleared the malfunction. It would have been interesting to know what brand that particular round was. My range ammo is all various brands of standard pressure 115 gr fmj mixed together in a tote. I just buy what's cheap/available. I did run a magazine and a half of my Hornady critical defense through it and it functioned properly.I found that my wife’s Beretta 92, when new, didn’t like weak ammo. Several stovepipes in the first hundred rounds of Winchester white box.
But zero issues with hotter ammo, like Fiocchi, or mil spec Winchester, or good self defensive ammo.
Zero issues with it now that it is broken in. A quality firearm.
A great choice.
I absolutely love the feel of the 92 in the hand but I'm a terrible shot with it. I don't know why. Glocks may have ruined me.Picked this up Thursday evening. Hoping to get it to the range tomorrow. Bought the only one they had or could get right now.