Beretta 92fs Spring Question

[Hurricane]

Recently purchased a brand new Beretta 92fs Inox. Haven't picked it up yet, so I have been doing a lot of reading. I see a lot of things referring to a 16 lb. hammer spring to ease the DA trigger pull. I'll have to wait and see how it feels to me first, but it's only $4 so I may just try it out anyway.

What I would like to know is fellow recommendations in regards to the recoil spring. I plan on mostly shooting standard pressure Winchester/Remington/Federal FMJ's. However, for the self-defense load I was curious if I should upgrade the recoil spring a pound or two since most loads I am looking at are +p or +p+.

The idea is to try the +p/+p+, make sure it feeds, get the feel of recoil and basically practice it for about 150 rounds or so. After that, the only time I will shoot them is for a one or two mag refresher a few times a year.

I wasn't sure if the spring upgrade was worth it for at most 500 rounds of +p/+p+ over the next 2-3 years. I know that isn't a lot. The rest will all be standard pressure.

Would I be preventing any wear and tear, or just wasting time?

 

[IdahoLT1]

The 92fs will handle +p loads with ease. The +p+ isnt worth the cost/time unless used in a sub gun.

If you want to lighten the SA and DA trigger pull, replace your main spring with a 92D main spring. It'll take ~2lbs off your DA pull and ~1.5lbs of SA pull. I've done this swap on both my Berettas and it only takes 5min to do it.

 

[benderx4]

+1 on the "D" spring, well worth the effort.

 

[skipsan]

The only "downside" I'm aware of re: the light hammer springs, is their use with a Beretta .22lr Practice kit. Use of the kit with a 92FS lower equipped with the the D spring, rusulted in a 20% no-fire rate with any kind of .22 ammo, due to light strikes. The lighter spring worked with fine with 9 mm and .40 S&W ammo (I have two uppers for the M92 lower), but was a no-go with the .22 upper. A switch up to a 19lb hammer spring resolved the issue with the .22 kit, and had minimal impact on trigger pull, double or single action.

 

[OregonJohnny]

Another vote for the "D" spring install. Less than 5 minutes, and a HUGE improvement on the double-action pull.

The stock recoil spring on the Beretta M9/92 is meant to cycle tens of thousands of rounds without failure, so a few hundred "hot" loads shouldn't be a problem.

This may sound like basic beginner advice, but be sure you thoroughly clean and oil the gun before you fire it. I didn't make a practice of doing this with brand-new guns until I took my brand-new Beretta 92 straight from the gun shop to the range, and had 3 failures to feed with crappy foreign ammo in the first 150 rounds. Since that first day, it's had no problems in thousands of rounds with many different types of ammo. It was just heavily greased from the factory.

 

[IdahoLT1]

Heres the disassembly video
http://beretta92fs.com/video.php?id=211


Heres the reassembly video
http://beretta92fs.com/video.php?id=304

 

[Hal Carter]

Yes replace the hammer spring. I keep 1 recoil spring for practice, and 1 in like new condition, just because it makes me feel better. I replace springs on all my serious guns with Wolff, including magazine springs. I've been shoting Beretta's for many years and never had a jam or malf, with any type ammo.

The da trigger pull being decreased by just those 2 lbs the other guys advised makes a big difference.