Pretty much what everyone else has said, great shooting gun, but the placement of the decocker/safety. Very difficult to draw, flick the lever and shoot in a easy fluid motion .
The only thing I didn't like about mine was the safety position, I just couldn't get used to the reach so I had it converted to a "G" model (decock only)
One of my favorites now, shoots great
No offense to you guys in particular, but these kinds of statements irk me as a Beretta owner of long standing.
Beretta duty pistols aren't meant to be carried with the safety on "SAFE." The lever is more of an out of the way decocker, while in "F" form, also capable of administrative safety or one that can be employed during a struggle for the weapon to disconnect its trigger. The "G" model "decock only" Berettas are the purest expression of the idea that the Beretta slide lever is much more decocker than safety with the automatic return of the lever meant to prevent the safety being mistakenly left on "SAFE." The SIG P series utilizes a similar execution, with a decocking lever well back of where it can be easily or accidentally engaged by a right hander's thumb.
The Beretta that became the 92FS/M9 used to have a frame mounted safety without a decocker, rather like the CZ-75 still does today. However, manual decocking was/is an undesirable "feature" on a military or police pistol. Evidently, it is also undesirable to be able to ride a frame mounted three position safety, ON, FIRE, DECOCK, into decocking the pistol inadvertently. I actually did this while competing with an H&K USP in C&L mode about a decade ago. That was the moment which wound up with selling that pistol as "Used."
When Beretta added decocking to the 92. It wound up on the slide as an "anvil" struck by the hammer, which in turn impacts the firing pin. The anvil can be completely rotated out of the way by the lever to prevent accidental firing during any decocking of the weapon. Engaging the safety also disconnects the transfer bar. It is hard to imagine someone accidentally decocking a Beretta during normal operation.
So, there's a reason that they put the decocker up on the slide, if you follow the reasoning. That it can also be a trigger disconnect safety is merely gravy.
Please carry your Beretta duty pistol chamber loaded, hammer down, safety off, ready to go for a first round DA shot. It should never be carried for action with the safety on "SAFE."
Taurus uses the safety configuration the original Beretta 92 had - a frame mounted up-safe, down-fire configuration, always been like that. CZ and Tangfolio are, unfortunately for you, the same.
