Posted: 4/19/2006 9:18:53 AM EDT
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I'd like to get a beretta 92, but I want one with a short slide/barrel like the centurion and a frame mounted safety or no safety at all (but i've never seen a beretta without a safety so I doubt these exist...). Is it feasible to get a Beretta 92 in this config? |
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You can still find 92 compacts around, as for the frame mounted safety maybe in the older ones. Good luck, but you might take a look at a HK USP compact also, it has the frame mounted safety you want and is a fine firearm. 92 com 92 SB Ital 92FS Compact USP compact |
Not quite what I had in mind, but I do like the old beretta compacts. Part of the reason I want a 92 is because they use very common magazines which are also used by the military, that would be handy in a SHTF scenario, or if I want to get a CX4. Will the compacts take full size beretta 92 mags? Upon further research It seems like the closest thing to what I want is a 92D Centurion, but I'm not sure I want a DAO. How is the trigger pull? I have a DAO .38 J frame that I like a lot, but I was thinking in terms of a decocker for my next semi auto. 
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Yes they do, but will stick out the bottom of course. I have a 92FS, M9 and 92 CX4 and besides liking a M9's feel the best out of any pistol, wanted that commonality too. There a great combo together, are worth having and all very accurate. Finding a 92 without atleast a decocker though is something I don't think exists. The 92D pull should be the same as my 92/M9's DA pull since I've changed both hammer springs out to a D spring making it lighter. I can't tell you what it weighs, but it's not a bad pull at all. I do like DA/SA better though for faster and lighter pull followup shots. |
Thanks for the input. I just noticed that the 9000S actually has a grip adapter that lets standard 92 mags fit flush, and it has a frame mounted safety, I might take a look at one of those as well. 
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Beretta has made a few new guns with the frame mounted safety and no decocker...their Competition Model comes to mind...and, of course, some of the early M92s had the same setup. They are DA / SA but you have to thumb-lower the hammer if you do not want it cocked. There are also a few South African Vektor SP1s out there...essentially a Beretta 92 with enclosed slide and a different grip...that use this system, (I own one) and they take the standard Beretta magazines just fine. Mine shoots extremely well, but is not for sale. world.guns.ru/handguns/hg30-e.htm The DAO Berettas are pretty nice IMO and while the trigger pull is long and the reset also, it is very smooth and fairly light. They did make a few...very few as I understand it..."G" (decocker only) Model Centurions, but these were for LE sale only. You may find one for sale on the used market. Me, I would wait for the PX4 to come available with the "continuous motion" trigger, similar to the Sig DAK...a light DAO...as I much prefer the PX4 to the 92FS, but then you will not have magazine compatibility. |