Milkmaster
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Do any of you know if the Beretta 85F Cheetah has the same plastic parts like a 92FS? Or is the 85 an all metal pistol except for the grips?
On most new production 92's the trigger, magazine release, main spring housing, left side safety lever, and guide rod are either polymer or polymer over a wire steel core. Beretta sells a steel retrofit kit for about $75, but it doesnt include the mainspring cup.I'm curious as to what plastic parts these guns could have? I've had a couple 84's, and would love to find an 85 that I can reasonably afford.
The 85 like the rest of the 80 series/Cheetah pistols has an aluminum frame and steel slide. They are well made and perhaps overbuilt for the .380ACP. They are also large guns for the .380ACP round, but that can be a big bonus. You get, large (for caliber), comfortable grips which are usually plastic, easy to see sights, a smooth trigger and mild recoil for this round. Best of all, you get BERETTA 92 like reliability! I recommend the 84 and 85 for house guns or car guns, if you are recoil shy.
Jim
Mine just came from Classic Firearms.I'm curious as to what plastic parts these guns could have? I've had a couple 84's, and would love to find an 85 that I can reasonably afford.
In Italy, like the rest of the EU, barrels, slides & frames are considered "main component" therefore requiring serial numbers.One more thing I noticed is that the barrel has a serial number on it that matches the serial number on the frame. I have not seen that before.
Shipwreck,
I could see that you think that the single stack model 85 would have a harder kick than the double stack model 84, but harder than the model 92? I was comparing the model 85 to other .380ACP pistols and I have found the large BERETTA 80 series to be mild kickers, whether in 380ACP or .32ACP. The 85 will kick less than a WALTHER PPK and is similar to another large .380ACP, the SIG 232. Micro .380ACP pistols can be a handful, I would agree, but I still find the BERETTA 80 series to be relatively mild.
My own experience with the model 92 is that it is a mild kicker for a 9m.m., even single stack 92CM Compact single column magazine version, which is still a large pistol.
Jim
Shipwreck,
I have not owned that many BERETTA 92's, I have had about 16 of them. I would suggest that you use a 92Compact, if you think that the 92 is softer kicking. I have 2 and prefer them to the full size 92FS model.
Jim
Milkmaster
I had both a Model 84 and a Model 85 and found that the 84 seemed to have less felt recoil than the 85, possibly as Shipwreck said because of the double stack magazine design of the 84. Both were relatively comfortable to shoot and the main reason I traded them off was because I thought that they were a little too big for a .380 for concealed carry (though I did use the 84 as my home defense gun for a number of years).
Once Colt came out with the Government .380 and Mustang models I was sold on their diminutive size, SAO trigger, and their locked breech mode of operation.
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