Sig 226 vs. Beretta 92FS
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Longbow
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Sig 226, for all the criteria you mentioned.
fnforme
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Another vote for SIG. The SEALs can have either one, but they choose SIG 
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.berettaman
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No matter which one you choose,a quick side trip to Langdon Tactical will be well worth it.
Destructo6
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I, too, dislike the Berreta's safety. It should probably be mounted on the frame, and should definately be set up so that down is safety-off.
WonderNine
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I recommend the Beretta 92 (Italian not American made version) over Sigs from personal experience. I've seen alot of Sigs jam at the range btw.
Still like those Sig 226's though.
And I wouldn't mind owning a Sig 239 in 9mm.
Sigs do ten to have more muzzle rise per shot than other guns, just so you're aware.
Still like those Sig 226's though.
And I wouldn't mind owning a Sig 239 in 9mm.
Sigs do ten to have more muzzle rise per shot than other guns, just so you're aware.
Longbow
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Not to my experience.
George Hill
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I think the Beretta 92 has the advantage in the trigger and the accuracy here. But it's so close you are splitting hairs. Size advantage goes to the SIG.
But really, it's not about which one is better - I say they are equals - it's about which one YOU can shoot better.
This Navy Seal stuff - I have seen photographs of SEALS in action and I have noted both SIGs and Berettas being used. I've also seen 1911's and HK USPs. I don't see why this "THE SEALS USE...." crap holds any water. The individual uses what the individual can use the best for the mission. The same yardstick should be applied to other individuals as well.
Try them both and get the one that you can make the best use of.
But really, it's not about which one is better - I say they are equals - it's about which one YOU can shoot better.
This Navy Seal stuff - I have seen photographs of SEALS in action and I have noted both SIGs and Berettas being used. I've also seen 1911's and HK USPs. I don't see why this "THE SEALS USE...." crap holds any water. The individual uses what the individual can use the best for the mission. The same yardstick should be applied to other individuals as well.
Try them both and get the one that you can make the best use of.
Ala Dan
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Another vote here for the world class SIG P226 !
In MY order of preference with the 9m/m class, this
is the way they stack up:
#1) SIG-SAUER P228 (its the "compact" version)
#2) SIG-SAUER P226 (the full size 9m/m)
#3) Beretta 92 fs "Centurion" (Beretta's compact)
#4) Beretta 92 fs (full size 9)
SIG wins, but you won't go wrong with either!
FootNote- MY SIG P228 proved to be just as accurate
as MY full size SIG P226.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
In MY order of preference with the 9m/m class, this
is the way they stack up:
#1) SIG-SAUER P228 (its the "compact" version)
#2) SIG-SAUER P226 (the full size 9m/m)
#3) Beretta 92 fs "Centurion" (Beretta's compact)
#4) Beretta 92 fs (full size 9)
SIG wins, but you won't go wrong with either!
FootNote- MY SIG P228 proved to be just as accurate
as MY full size SIG P226.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
Mastrogiacomo
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My vote goes to the Beretta -- if you hate the safety that much, just leave it OFF.... What is so complicated about that folks? Personally, I chose the Beretta because it was far less than the Sig and every bit reliable. I did consider buying Sigs at one time but hearing about the problems Sig guns have with the finish and in some cases the rust, changed my mind. An expensive gun shouldn't have that problem -- and I've never encountered it with any of my three Berettas....
Either way, I'd go with the one that fits best for you, since your opinion is the only one that matters.
What is so complicated about that folks? Personally, I chose the Beretta because it was far less than the Sig and every bit reliable. I did consider buying Sigs at one time but hearing about the problems Sig guns have with the finish and in some cases the rust, changed my mind. An expensive gun shouldn't have that problem -- and I've never encountered it with any of my three Berettas....Either way, I'd go with the one that fits best for you, since your opinion is the only one that matters.
10-Ring
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Toss up for reliability & accuracy; I have found greater consistency w/ Beretta triggers so the nod goes there; slide mounted safety v. no external safety; the advantage, as I see it, in the 92fs is that its controls can be considered more ambidextrous than the P226. I'd go w/ the Beretta!
LifeNRA
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I would go with the Beretta also. I have had Sigs and Berettas and the Sig just didnt do it for me you might say. It is always a personal choice in the end. One will just feel more right to you than the other one. Shoot them both more than once and go with your first instinct.
Duke of Lawnchair
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Another vote for the Sig
I'll place another vote for the P226.
Most every P226 that I've fired have very consistent triggers, all felt the same. The only exception is my own, which is a little heavier. I am much better with the Sigs than I am with the Berettas. That is why I'll choose one over a Beretta any day of the week.
Reliability? Who knows, I don't go swimming with it nor does my life depend on my P226.
Accuarcy? Clamp both of them in a vice and shoot various ammunition through them. Winner is? Dunno...
Size? This is all personal preference, but both feel great in my hands.
Test drive as many Berettas and Sigs as possible, then make your decision.
OR
Buy both!
OR
Buy whichever is the most inexpensive.
As a side note, what most people fail to comment about is that the Sig slide release offensive to a lot of shooters, just like the slide mounted Beretta safety.
BTW, the comments about the Sigs and the SEALS, who knows who. Just because there's an NSN out there for both of them doesn't mean squat.
Jim
I'll place another vote for the P226.
Most every P226 that I've fired have very consistent triggers, all felt the same. The only exception is my own, which is a little heavier. I am much better with the Sigs than I am with the Berettas. That is why I'll choose one over a Beretta any day of the week.
Reliability? Who knows, I don't go swimming with it nor does my life depend on my P226.
Accuarcy? Clamp both of them in a vice and shoot various ammunition through them. Winner is? Dunno...
Size? This is all personal preference, but both feel great in my hands.
Test drive as many Berettas and Sigs as possible, then make your decision.
OR
Buy both!
OR
Buy whichever is the most inexpensive.
As a side note, what most people fail to comment about is that the Sig slide release offensive to a lot of shooters, just like the slide mounted Beretta safety.
BTW, the comments about the Sigs and the SEALS, who knows who. Just because there's an NSN out there for both of them doesn't mean squat.
Jim
chris93473
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SIG P226
chris votes for the sig
chris votes for the sig
45R
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If cost is not a concern go with the Sig.
I've shot the Beretta 92FS extensively and I own a Sig 226. Neither have failed on my in any way. The triggers are about the same. Each has been reliable and have been more accurate than the shooter.
I just happen to like the Sig manual of arms better than the 92. Given either gun to carry I'd pick a Sig due to preference.
Lets seeeeeee
Both take normal and neutered mags
Both are easy to work on
Both are easy to maintain
Both can be spifffed up by LTT
Both are used by armed forces
Both can be chambered in 9mm and 40
One is made by US and Italy
The other is mde in US or Germany
Aftermarket options are plenty
Sigs have no safety
Berettas have safety
HTHs
I've shot the Beretta 92FS extensively and I own a Sig 226. Neither have failed on my in any way. The triggers are about the same. Each has been reliable and have been more accurate than the shooter.
I just happen to like the Sig manual of arms better than the 92. Given either gun to carry I'd pick a Sig due to preference.
Lets seeeeeee
Both take normal and neutered mags
Both are easy to work on
Both are easy to maintain
Both can be spifffed up by LTT
Both are used by armed forces
Both can be chambered in 9mm and 40
One is made by US and Italy
The other is mde in US or Germany
Aftermarket options are plenty
Sigs have no safety
Berettas have safety
HTHs
BerettaNut92
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Oh yeah? Well LAPD chose the Kimber. Haven't you seen the full-page ads in the gun magazines?
Oooh but the Springfield must be better since the FBI chose them.I heard SEEL Team 37.5 carries Les Baer TRS strongside and Kahr P9s as BUGs.
Seriously:
Trigger: Beretta sucks out of the box; you can get a spring shipped for $2.24 to your door for a lighter spring. Trigger is still long. I haven't shot enough with Sigs to give you an honest opinion, but if the Navy SEALs chose them, they must be better
Accuracy: Who knows, I haven't met a person who shot better than their gun.
Reliability: Tossup, but I'm sure you will find people who know people who have seen slides come off Berettas and kill their firstborns. Just replace your springs and locking block every 15,000 miles and I think you'll be fine.
Size: IMO both big. People will swear Sigs are smaller; maybe they are, but they both seem big to me; but I'm sure I can conceal both just fine. I tuck a Beretta 92G Brigadier (supersize) in my pants and I'm 110 lbs.
You didn't ask about Ergonomics, but I don't like the controls on the Sigs either. Beretta's safety configuration is stupid, but I can't stand where the slide stop and decocker are on the Sigs.
Black Majik
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Another vote for a Sig P226!
I tried my best to like the Berettas. They were one of my favorite pistols as a kid, but no can do. The trigger felt so vague to me that when I rented the gun to try out, I went back to the counter before finishing my 50 rds to trade it in for a XD-9 to try out.
Go for the P226. Its my favorite 9mm I own.
I tried my best to like the Berettas. They were one of my favorite pistols as a kid, but no can do. The trigger felt so vague to me that when I rented the gun to try out, I went back to the counter before finishing my 50 rds to trade it in for a XD-9 to try out.
Go for the P226. Its my favorite 9mm I own.
ChuckB
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As is repeated often here (and elsewhere), try before you buy. I have shot my 92FS extensively, and my shootin' bud's 226 a fair amount. They are both so good, and so reliable, that you need to determine what works better in YOUR hands. Really, there's no way you can go wrong with either pistol.
Chuck
Chuck
Duke of Lawnchair
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Actually, since this thread is turning into a pee pee match, lemme throw a monkey wrench into the gears!
MY Sig P226 RULES. Everyone else's P226 sucks compared to my bonestock P226.
Why?
Because it's mine and only mine!!!
Skunk's Benelli M1s90 sucks compared to my Benelli M1s90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hehehe
I rule!
I OWN!!!!!!!!!
JIJO
BTW, like all of us have said before, "try before you buy".
MY Sig P226 RULES. Everyone else's P226 sucks compared to my bonestock P226.
Why?
Because it's mine and only mine!!!
Skunk's Benelli M1s90 sucks compared to my Benelli M1s90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hehehe
I rule!
I OWN!!!!!!!!!
JIJO
BTW, like all of us have said before, "try before you buy".
dacinokc
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They are both built to do the same roles, but come at it from very different perspectives-
The sig is a rolled metal upper with the interior pinned in. The lower is alloy. Folks would claim the positive of the design is it is simple, and will take great deals of abuse. I have seen them come out of mud and fire.
The Beretta is a slug of steel machined out for a upper. Extremely machined out to the famous bare slide look. Folks say the positve of this slide is less jams and easier to clear. The lower is an alloy.
The Sig uses a series of safetys that cumulate in a passive decocking system, ready to fire with the squeeze of the trigger.
Beretta uses a series of safetys that cumulate in a on the slide decocking/lock level that would need to be released to shoot. There are tons of varations on this however, so if you look you could find a very similar setup, a decocker only device.
The extractor in the Sig in internal and protected, the beretta's is open and used as a loaded round indicator.
The Sig traces it's design back to some of the 1930 Sauer designs, and the Beretta goes back even farther to the 1920 designs.
There are some used bargins of both types out there right now due to police trade ins. Use high caps can be found at decent prices for both currently.
The Sig is easy in install night sights on, and can be found new or used with them. The berretta, well, not so simple
Personally I prefer the Sig, it fits better in the hand to me, and is a joy to shoot. The beretta is is a fine firearm, I find them a little too large and heavy for my taste.
Don't take military use as a bid say so though, except of some of the decisions in the special ops community, most final choices are made on cost factors, and what the manufacturer will provide a "sweetener" to the deal. In the case of the model 92's selection for example the final decision makers were price per unit, and the willingness to build an assembly plant i the United States. Sig could not match the price, and would not at the time turn production soley into a US based manufacturing facility.
I would suggest perhaps trying both if you can at a local range that "rents" guns. There is at least one gun local range locally for me that has a changing, wide variety of guns you can rent, so you can see which feels better to you, and which you enjoy the most.
At this rate, both are in the first tier of design, build, and manufacture- so you won't go wrong in either direction.
So if you can, try before buying.
I have owned both, in several different configurations, but of the two, I still own sigs, three, and no berettas currently.
Let us know what you decide on.
The sig is a rolled metal upper with the interior pinned in. The lower is alloy. Folks would claim the positive of the design is it is simple, and will take great deals of abuse. I have seen them come out of mud and fire.
The Beretta is a slug of steel machined out for a upper. Extremely machined out to the famous bare slide look. Folks say the positve of this slide is less jams and easier to clear. The lower is an alloy.
The Sig uses a series of safetys that cumulate in a passive decocking system, ready to fire with the squeeze of the trigger.
Beretta uses a series of safetys that cumulate in a on the slide decocking/lock level that would need to be released to shoot. There are tons of varations on this however, so if you look you could find a very similar setup, a decocker only device.
The extractor in the Sig in internal and protected, the beretta's is open and used as a loaded round indicator.
The Sig traces it's design back to some of the 1930 Sauer designs, and the Beretta goes back even farther to the 1920 designs.
There are some used bargins of both types out there right now due to police trade ins. Use high caps can be found at decent prices for both currently.
The Sig is easy in install night sights on, and can be found new or used with them. The berretta, well, not so simple
Personally I prefer the Sig, it fits better in the hand to me, and is a joy to shoot. The beretta is is a fine firearm, I find them a little too large and heavy for my taste.
Don't take military use as a bid say so though, except of some of the decisions in the special ops community, most final choices are made on cost factors, and what the manufacturer will provide a "sweetener" to the deal. In the case of the model 92's selection for example the final decision makers were price per unit, and the willingness to build an assembly plant i the United States. Sig could not match the price, and would not at the time turn production soley into a US based manufacturing facility.
I would suggest perhaps trying both if you can at a local range that "rents" guns. There is at least one gun local range locally for me that has a changing, wide variety of guns you can rent, so you can see which feels better to you, and which you enjoy the most.
At this rate, both are in the first tier of design, build, and manufacture- so you won't go wrong in either direction.
So if you can, try before buying.
I have owned both, in several different configurations, but of the two, I still own sigs, three, and no berettas currently.
Let us know what you decide on.
clubsoda22
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I hate the beretta safety too...which is why i own a taurus.
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