QuarterBoreGunner
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Anyone know of a good online source for the Model 92s development history? I'm looking for the specific changes made from 92 to 92F, 92FS and so on.
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Beretta 92 series history
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Devonai
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I know this won't help much, but I remember there being an excellent website that chronicled the history of the 92FS. I'll do a google search and see what I can find.
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QuarterBoreGunner
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Devonai, that's sort of what I'm looking for, but what I really need is some sort of chart or something naming the specific mechanical changes made from model to model.
Time to hit google again.
Time to hit google again.
Devonai
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They're in there.
The original 92 had a frame mounted safety.
The 92S moved the safety to the slide.
The 92SB added a rolling firing pin block.
The 92 SBF added a reverse curve trigger guard for two-handed firing, chrome lined the barrel, and added the "Bruniton" finish.
We refer to the last incarnation as the "92FS"
The original 92 had a frame mounted safety.
The 92S moved the safety to the slide.
The 92SB added a rolling firing pin block.
The 92 SBF added a reverse curve trigger guard for two-handed firing, chrome lined the barrel, and added the "Bruniton" finish.
We refer to the last incarnation as the "92FS"
Mike Irwin
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My original Model 92 also has the magazine release located on the lower left rear of the butt, not behind the trigger.
Kamicosmos
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A good book for all things Beretta is Modern Beretta Firearms by Gene Gangarosa Jr. Has a really good chapter on the 92's history and development, including the military testing and the whole 'slide breaking' deal.
To clarify things a little, the 92SB-F designation was shortened to 92F soon after the US military had adopted the pistol. Then of course there was this little issue with slides breaking in half and bopping soldiers in the face. As a result Beretta made the head of the hammer pin oversize so that it would mate with a channel milled into the slide, and thus catch the rear half of the slide should it part company with the front. This version was the 92FS, which is still made today (albeit with a lot of plastic parts in it).
And of course don't forget the Brigadier, Elite, etc.....
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QuarterBoreGunner
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Devonai- after re-reading the link again, you are correct sir, that's the info I was looking for. Thanks again.
dsk- and thanks to you also, this was also what I was looking for. I just couldn't recall when they had made the change in the slide to prevent the 'traumatic failure' thingy.
Now I need to see if I can find a date for the change in the locking lug; where they started radiusing the corners on the insert.
dsk- and thanks to you also, this was also what I was looking for. I just couldn't recall when they had made the change in the slide to prevent the 'traumatic failure' thingy.
Now I need to see if I can find a date for the change in the locking lug; where they started radiusing the corners on the insert.
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