Well used import 92F for $325?

[.455_Hunter]

This thread is for 92 aficionados only...

LGS has a few 92F (not FS) examples for sale OTC at $325 each. They are made in Italy, served overseas (where???) and were imported here to the US in G to VG condition.

Grips have been replaced with some aftermarket checkered wood specials (maybe Thailand?) and generally the guns seem fully serviceable after function checkouts.

Thoughts on value and utility as a beater? I already have several "nice" ones.

Thanks!

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Unless the shop will let you take them down to inspect the locking blocks, best to figure in the cost of a new one- about $40 at the moment.

Even so, Id grab one at that price. Pick the one with the least rattle when shaken, lol.

Not that they are too $$, but I'd also inspect the magazine and try to get one without the solid-polymer baseplate.

 

[N555]

This thread is for 92 aficionados only...

LGS has a few 92F (not FS) examples for sale OTC at $325 each. They are made in Italy, served overseas (where???) and were imported here to the US in G to VG condition.

Grips have been replaced with some aftermarket checkered wood specials (maybe Thailand?) and generally the guns seem fully serviceable after function checkouts.

Thoughts on value and utility as a beater? I already have several "nice" ones.

Thanks!

Buy it. I looked for years for a "used $300 Beretta 92" that wasn't DAO. Anytime I did find one price starting with a 3 it was closer to $400 and DAO.

 

[AlexanderA]

I would pass on a used Beretta unless it was in perfect condition. Face it, these are previous-generation guns. They are available as surplus for a reason.

 

[trackskippy]

For $325, if it were in good condition, Id probably go for it. Other than maybe the 92S, used 92's around here are usually north of $500.

Even if you have to update the springs or even the locking block, I think you'd still be ahead.

 

[.455_Hunter]

I would pass on a used Beretta unless it was in perfect condition. Face it, these are previous-generation guns. They are available as surplus for a reason.

Even as a Late Gen Xer (almost Millennial), I have far more interest in metal frame hammer guns of the 80's and 90's than the NPC polystrikers of today.

 

[commygun]

455 beat me to it. In this instance “previous-generation” means “not a polystriker”, full stop. It’s an odd reason to disparage the 92.

 

[commygun]

That said, if you have multiple nice 92s a beater is always going to be the red-headed stepchild and lose its appeal rather quickly.
That might just be me. I want even the guns I’ve relegated to “beater” roles to look nice and hang on to some resale value.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

That said, if you have multiple nice 92s a beater is always going to be the red-headed stepchild and lose its appeal rather quickly.
That might just be me. I want even the guns I’ve relegated to “beater” roles to look nice and hang on to some resale value.

Oh, I dunno, I have multiple really nice M92s, but I don't hand them to my ham-fisted buddies at the range or use them as glove-box guns on a road trip.
I save that honor for my "beater" NRC-contract 92D and it probably gets shot and carried way more than the pretty ones ever will, lol.

 

[silicosys4]

Boy, I think for $325 I'd take a high condition Taurus PT92 or PT99 over a beat up 92F.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Boy, I think for $325 I'd take a high condition Taurus PT92 or PT99 over a beat up 92F.

The only thing challenging with the PT's is the magazine incompatibility. Otherwise they would be fine.

 

[UncleEd]

.455 Hunter, since you already own and are familiar
with the 92s, trust your own judgment about buying.

I suspect they are pretty decent. If they might be
police guns, you could surmise carried much,
shot little. How's the holster wear if much at all.

If you buy and it turns out to be junk, ask Nightlord40K
to reimburse you.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

.455 Hunter, since you already own and are familiar
with the 92s, trust your own judgment about buying.

I suspect they are pretty decent. If they might be
police guns, you could surmise carried much,
shot little. How's the holster wear if much at all.

If you buy and it turns out to be junk, ask Nightlord40K
to reimburse you.

He could probably be talked into taking it off your hands if you don't like it......

 

[Bazoo]

Sounds like a good deal to me, but I like a gun with a bit of charactor.

 

[AlexanderA]

The only thing challenging with the PT's is the magazine incompatibility. Otherwise they would be fine.

The difference between Taurus and Beretta mags is only in the mag-catch notch. (The Beretta notch is slightly longer and thinner while the Taurus notch is shorter and wider.) A few minutes with a needle file will convert either magazine into dual-use. In fact you can buy aftermarket magazines that are already dual-use. Followers and baseplates are interchangeable.

I'm a purist, so I keep all my Beretta and Taurus mags as-is.

 

[.455_Hunter]

The LGS had two guns in this configuration. I went back to check them out again and one gentleman had purchased both of them this morning. It's OK- you win some and you lose some.

 

[drobs]

That whole "Slide to the Face" problem the Army experienced, is the reason I've passed on pre M9/92FS Beretta 92's.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

That whole "Slide to the Face" problem the Army experienced, is the reason I've passed on pre M9/92FS Beretta 92's.

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