Vintage Beretta 92

[trooper]

Last weeks addition to the armory: a vintage pizza blaster, 1978 Beretta 92. When I woke up Mrs. Awesome advised me the local gun shop had called. They'd just received several guns I should take a look at. So, off we went and I came home with this classic. It's been some time since I've seen an older 92 in this kind of condition and the price was attractive, so I couldn't resist. I love these older Berettas, they're so stylish, like an Italian sports car. It originally sported a nasty set of rubber aftermarket grips (some things in life should be squishy, gun grips aren't one of them) and slightly buggered grip screws. A quick search online produced an original set of grips and a search into my Box-O-Parts came up with a set of grip screws.  Not intended for carry, just one for the "Ain't it cool." shelf in the safe.

[Carolinaman]

Hello trooper,

That is one beautiful example of the Beretta 92 that you have scored and congratulations on the find! I've seen pictures of some of your other Beretta's on another board, but this one is nice!

Best,

Chris

[trooper]

I took it to the range today and put a few rounds through it. Trigger stinks, heavy and gritty especially the single action trigger. I don't think it was ever shot enough to smooth out the rough edges. The sights are, as expected, quite challenging. It's not a regular shooter so I don't plan on doing any mods, just wanted to put a few rounds through it. I then proceeded with my standard shooting session with my main trainer, a modern 92FS with some bells and whistles, quite a difference. Old guns like this make one appreciate the advances of the last forty years.

[ranger566]

Wow. The old girl is a beauty.

Years ago the Beretta bug bit me. Bought a blue 92FS for the range, and a silver 92FS INOX (Italy) with silver controls to drool over.

Man I wanted to like that gun, but as hard as I tried, the large grip size (for me) just was too much to overcome.  Easy to break down and clean, and dead nutz reliable. Never a  hiccup. Not once.

Every time I see one I think:  "damn, maybe I should have held on to that thing."

Too many 1911's and HP's now to look back!!!  :>))

[wags]

Nice looking 92 trooper. When I was on active duty when still had the 1911. 10 years later when I went back into the Reserves the Beretta was the main sidearm. I do remember once we had 10,000rds of 9mm ball that we couldn't turn back in, had to shoot it up. We had 8 pistols on hand. Within a few hours all the ammo was depleted. Not once did we have any type of malfunction with any of the pistols during this mass ammo dump. It sold me on there reliability. I preferred the Beretta magazines over the gritty Checkmate brand. Again, nice purchase.

[trooper]

Jul 12, 2017 15:45:44 GMT -5 wags said:

Nice looking 92 trooper. When I was on active duty when still had the 1911. 10 years later when I went back into the Reserves the Beretta was the main sidearm. I do remember once we had 10,000rds of 9mm ball that we couldn't turn back in, had to shoot it up. We had 8 pistols on hand. Within a few hours all the ammo was depleted. Not once did we have any type of malfunction with any of the pistols during this mass ammo dump. It sold me on there reliability. I preferred the Beretta magazines over the gritty Checkmate brand. Again, nice purchase.

Thanks wags.

Over the last three years, I've fired 45k-50k rounds through four 92 pistols without a malfunction of any kind.  That's a better record than any other pistol I've ever used, issued or personally owned.

The current line up.