I ran across this Beretta at the shop..

I was looking at the used rack in the back of the gun shop the other day and saw this 92FS Compact L Type M. I'd never seen one before and snapped a pic of it.

Bored at work yesterday I remembered it and posted the pic in one of my Beretta Facebook groups. Everybody went nuts and told me it's rare and I should go buy it. Were they right?

(I did go back yesterday and it was still there. Managed to talk them down on the price also.)

I see there's a used one on gunbroker for $925. Not sure what they actually sell for.

I talked the shop down to $400 so I think I did alright. If I decide to sell it I'm sure I won't lose out on anything.

For sure. I guess I forgot to mention in the original post the Type M is the single stack model, so it's a bit slimmer than a regular one. Would be a nice ccw piece.

bannockburn said:

gregp74

Definitely can't go wrong at that price, even if the mags are hard to come by. The tag says 2 mags; is that 2 extra mags for a total of 3 or is just 2 mags counting the one in the gun already?

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I was happy to find it was two extra, plus the factory plastic grips. I guess they didn't count the mag that was in there. As others have said the mags are hard to come by. I see some on Ebay right now, cheapest are $75 each.

I picked it up from the store yesterday. I gave it a once over (again) there before paying for it. Bore looks nice and nothing seems wrong with it. I'm still going to detail strip it this afternoon. Although everything looks good it is 14 years old and I don't know what kind of maintenance has been done on it. I'm going to go ahead and replace the trigger spring just because I don't know what kind of mileage it has, and I'll check out the others and see if they need replacing.

CNobbe said:

Those are quite scarce and are bringing in a lot more $ than you paid online. Congrats!

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I saw that! I was considering putting it and another pistol I have on Gunbroker, but that site seems to be a pain in the butt. Apparently I need my own credit card processor and all kinds of stuff.

CNobbe said:

No, you don't have to. You can choose the form of payment required. I take my guns I no longer want to my FFL to sell on consignment most of the time.

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Good to know. I also figured out that if I do sell something on there I can have my FFL send it to theirs fairly cheap. Not being licensed I'd have to do it overnight and that's like over $100.

wriggly said:

Nice score. Marengo gets some nice stuff on a regular basis. I've purchased quite a few from there over the years.

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I accidentally discovered them a few years ago when 90 was torn up and I started taking the back roads. Very happy with them. Good prices great selection and they take good care of me.