I was initially reluctant to obtain a Beretta 92. Note the M9 lanyard ring, external trigger drawbar and red dot under the safety denoting the fire position. Various French units, the NYPD Special Services District and the LAPD, as well as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, have enjoyed excellent results with the Beretta. military worldwide and also with many police agencies. After many years of training with the Beretta and training others in handgun classes, I’ve never seen an unqualified malfunction with a Beretta 92 handgun.
Once these magazines were trashed, the Beretta was reliable as a machine can be. The Beretta M9 also suffered from feed issues with magazines purchased on the low bid. The locking block should be changed periodically in service, but a new design also proved more durable. NATO-specification 124-grain ammunition is hotter than civilian +P ammunition and can be hard on the firearm. The locking block was the same basic design used in the Mauser C96 and later the Walther P38. This is true of the Garand rifle, and the 1911 progressed from the 1911 to the 1911A1. It is rare for a firearm to enter military service and not undergo some type of revision or modification. Americans use their pistols more often than other armies, and the Beretta soon proved to be reliable in action. No matter how rigorous the test, you don’t know how reliable a handgun is until it enters service. The SIG P226 tied the Beretta for reliability, but perhaps the manual safety of the Beretta is the feature that tipped the scales. While there are many opinions, when double-action first-shot handguns of the period are considered, the Beretta was among the best available. The Beretta M9 was a product of the world’s longest-serving arms maker and had passed a difficult trial period with its reputation intact. The Beretta M9 field strips easily into its main components-receiver, recoil guide rod and spring, barrel and slide. While there are many fans of the 1911, there are also many detractors and some who felt the pistol was long overdue for replacement. The Beretta replaced the long-serving 1911A1.
The apple cart wasn’t upset it was wrecked. When the United States Army adopted the Beretta M9, it was quite a surprise to many of us.
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