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Pat's Product Review: Beretta M92FS 9mm Handgun
I’ve put this article off for the longest time, however I’ve had so many requests from SurvivalBlog readers, to give my honest opinion on the Beretta M92 9mm pistol that I decided to finally sit down and give my two cents worth. I honestly thought everyone was sick and tired of hearing about the M92FS – seeing as how it has been our military handgun for close to 30 years – but apparently, more folks want to hear about this handgun.
First off all, let’s get the boring stuff out of the way. The Model 92FS 9mm pistol is a DA/SA (Double Action/Single Action) handgun – the first shot, is fired from the super-smooth double-action, and the following shots are fired from the single-action mode. If there is a break in your firing, you simple use the frame mounted, ambidextrous decocker to safely lower the hammer. (Do not try to hold the hammer with your thumb and pull the trigger – you are inviting a negligent discharge when the hammer slips and the gun fires.) Overall length of the 92FS is 8.5-inches, with a height of 5.4-inches. The barrel is 4.9-inches, and unloaded weight, of the aluminum framed handgun is 33.3-ounces. The standard magazine holds 15 rounds of 9mm ammo – however, optional factory and aftermarket magazines can hold 17, 20 and 30 rounds. But note that most of the aftermarket high capacity magazines cannot be trusted. (And while the factory high capacity magazines work well, they are both scarce and expensive.)
The chrome-lined barrel provides extra corrosion resistance, and that’s a good thing, and it doesn’t really affect accuracy in a negative way - like some chrome-lined rifle barrels do. One thing about the 92FS that greatly aids the reliability of this fine handgun is the open slide design that virtually does away with stove pipe malfunctions, and it also makes it easier to load one round at a time into the chamber should you lose or damage the magazine.
Take-down of the 92FS is a piece of cake, thanks to the take-down latch on the side of the frame – reassembly is just as easy – but make sure you read the owner’s manual. The rear sight has two white dots and the fixed front sight has one white dot – they are fast to pick-up, but I’d like to see the sights a tad larger – just my take on it. I’ve yet to run across a Beretta Model 92FS that needed the rear sight adjusted for windage – they are dead-on from the factory. I had two police trade-in 92FS pistols on-hand for testing – my local gun shop got a great buy on a lot of these guns and priced them right – so I forced myself to take two of them – I couldn’t pass up the deal. Both guns only had some holster wear, other than that, they were like-new.
Beretta uses a proprietary finish on their 92FS called Bruniton, and it a non-reflective black coating that can really take a beating from the elements.
Source: http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/07/pats-product-review-beretta-m92fs-9mm-handgun.html
