Beretta M9

[EMR]

Just picked up a used one. Full detail strip to deep clean and install new springs. Holy cow this pistol has a lot of parts!

[TCLouis]

Funny when I deep clean, it means all plastic is removed and the "Carb Cleaner" comes out.

[Pistolero49]

Nice M9! I have a 92FS I bought in the early 90s. Accurate, dependable, with a nice smooth double and single action trigger pull. It is a keeper.

[AZ Pete]

Great pistol, I bought one for my grandson to get familiar with since it was going to be his issue when he deployed. It's a little big, but a solid piece with a good trigger, and it feeds and shoots everything it’s fed, no failures so far.


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[EMR]

Funny when I deep clean, it means all plastic is removed and the "Carb Cleaner" comes out.

LOL I love to tinker with things. Especially since it’s used and who knows what it’s been through. The extractor practically had 10lbs of grime on it.

Nice M9! I have a 92FS I bought in the early 90s. Accurate, dependable, with a nice smooth double and single action trigger pull. It is a keeper.

Great pistol, I bought one for my grandson to get familiar with since it was going to be his issue when he deployed. It's a little big, but a solid piece with a good trigger, and it feeds and shoots everything it’s fed, no failures so far.


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I’m with you guys. It’s a little big but it’s a sweet and easy shooter

[keyhole]

Holy cow this pistol has a lot of parts!

Those are nice photos of before and after.
I have a M96, .40 S&W equivalent (more or less) of yours. I noticed the same thing when taking it down somewhat for routine cleaning. There are a lot of parts, as you so clearly illustrated!
the good news- It has never failed or given me any problems in several thousands rounds. It has a decent trigger pull for what it is and has good accuracy.

[Texas by God]

They are big for that little cartridge they shoot but I sure want one. Bill Wilson praised it and Uncle Sam adopted it and that's good enough for me.

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[LUCKYDAWG13]

I bought one back in 1993 I just never felt the love for it maybe I'll dig it out again

[Budzilla 19]

Bought a practically new one two years ago! Previous owner had the last 15 rounds of the first 50 round box left in the pistol! Spare mag, crimson trace grips, original grips also, factory box included! One of those” hey ,you know anyone looking for a 9 mm “? kind of things! I wasn’t looking but he said it hadn’t been fired in 25+ years,so that pretty much sealed the deal ! I love it. And you are correct, boy, does it have a lot of pieces! Good looking pistol you got there.

[Petrol & Powder]

The Beretta 92 series pistols are great pistols. Maybe a little over-engineered by today's standards but excellent pistols and well made.

Yea, there's a lot of parts but Beretta has learned a thing or two over the last 400+ years !! They know how to make all of those parts work together.

The model 92 was more evolutionary than revolutionary. The basic form dates back to the Beretta Model 1951 and some features like the open top slide go back even farther. The design evolved and became double action, the safety moved to the slide, the magazine was enlarged to a double stack design, the magazine release was relocated, a firing pin block was added and about another dozen changes made it into the Model 92.
They are remarkable pistols.

[nagantguy]

Nice example of the model; never loved the ones I had to carry, large,complex,front sight had a habit of falling off,until fixed slide would fall off with a hard downward strike. Held lots of rounds and shot fairly well. Just never rung my bell, even bought one when Uncle Sam let me out, thought maybe I'd grow on me and I was very familiar with the platform and familiarity breeds competency and that can lead to mastery but no just never caught on with me.
Know other vets who love em. I think I have some 30'round mags still if your interested pm me for a good deal.

[Dan Cash]

The basic form dates back to the Beretta Model 1951 and some features like the open top slide go back even farther.

The thing is copied from the Walther P38, also a sub standard pistol with too many parts.

[beagle]

Good score. Just because the Army doesn't like it don't mean it's a dawg. They shoot quite well and this weekend I was at a gun show and a guy had two huge plastic bags filled with new M9 magazines. With the Army re-equipping with the SIG, now's the time to get one if you're in the market for a 9mm./beagle

[EMR]

Those are nice photos of before and after.
I have a M96, .40 S&W equivalent (more or less) of yours. I noticed the same thing when taking it down somewhat for routine cleaning. There are a lot of parts, as you so clearly illustrated!
the good news- It has never failed or given me any problems in several thousands rounds. It has a decent trigger pull for what it is and has good accuracy.

That is good news! I expect mine to be no different.

They are big for that little cartridge they shoot but I sure want one. Bill Wilson praised it and Uncle Sam adopted it and that's good enough for me.

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And don’t forget Bruce Willis in Die Hard used it!

I bought one back in 1993 I just never felt the love for it maybe I'll dig it out again

I don’t know. If you haven’t liked something in 24 years, what’s going to change your mind this time?

Bought a practically new one two years ago! Previous owner had the last 15 rounds of the first 50 round box left in the pistol! Spare mag, crimson trace grips, original grips also, factory box included! One of those” hey ,you know anyone looking for a 9 mm “? kind of things! I wasn’t looking but he said it hadn’t been fired in 25+ years,so that pretty much sealed the deal ! I love it. And you are correct, boy, does it have a lot of pieces! Good looking pistol you got there.

That’s always a fun score!

The Beretta 92 series pistols are great pistols. Maybe a little over-engineered by today's standards but excellent pistols and well made.

Yea, there's a lot of parts but Beretta has learned a thing or two over the last 400+ years !! They know how to make all of those parts work together.

The model 92 was more evolutionary than revolutionary. The basic form dates back to the Beretta Model 1951 and some features like the open top slide go back even farther. The design evolved and became double action, the safety moved to the slide, the magazine was enlarged to a double stack design, the magazine release was relocated, a firing pin block was added and about another dozen changes made it into the Model 92.
They are remarkable pistols.

Huh, that’s interesting info! That’s for sharing that.

Nice example of the model; never loved the ones I had to carry, large,complex,front sight had a habit of falling off,until fixed slide would fall off with a hard downward strike. Held lots of rounds and shot fairly well. Just never rung my bell, even bought one when Uncle Sam let me out, thought maybe I'd grow on me and I was very familiar with the platform and familiarity breeds competency and that can lead to mastery but no just never caught on with me.
Know other vets who love em. I think I have some 30'round mags still if your interested pm me for a good deal.

LOL the front sight would fall off? How did that lead to the slide falling off? Thanks for the mag offer. But I’m in California where everything is illegal

Good score. Just because the Army doesn't like it don't mean it's a dawg. They shoot quite well and this weekend I was at a gun show and a guy had two huge plastic bags filled with new M9 magazines. With the Army re-equipping with the SIG, now's the time to get one if you're in the market for a 9mm./beagle

I didn’t even think of that. I imagine those pistols it would be an understatement to say they’re rough around the edges!

[Love Life]

Ummm, how did you make the front sight fall off the issues M9?


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[Petrol & Powder]

The basic form dates back to the Beretta Model 1951 and some features like the open top slide go back even farther.

The thing is copied from the Walther P38, also a sub standard pistol with too many parts.

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa....

You don't have to like it if you don't want to.

The barrel to slide locking arrangement is based on the Walter locking block but the open top slide is a Beretta feature that pre-dates the Walther.

Personally, I wouldn't call the Beretta or the Walther a "sub standard pistol".

[EMR]

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa....

You don't have to like it if you don't want to.

The barrel to slide locking arrangement is based on the Walter locking block but the open top slide is a Beretta feature that pre-dates the Walther.

Personally, I wouldn't call the Beretta or the Walther a "sub standard pistol".

Right? Choose to ignore him. Basically as he called my purchase “substandard”

[nh7792]

I had one for 2 years and loved it. Sold it because I never shot it. (more rifle shooting than pistol) Now I miss it and think I'll start looking around for another.

[Char-Gar]

Different people evaluate "things" using different standards and sometimes come up with polar opposite views.

When I went down to South America to live, I took a pair of Minolta cameras with me, plus an assortment of lenses. In the Andes and the jungle they quickly developed problems and I had to send them back to the States for repair. I quickly learned they would not stand up to hard use so I bought a pair of Nikon F1s. These were the standard for globe trotting photo-journalists and combat photographers. They never hiccuped once for the years I used them.

About the same time I read Consumer Report on the Nikon and they rated them lowest of all cameras tested.The reason: they were to heavy. Their heavy duty construction which made them reliable was a negative.

When people talk about the Beretta 92/96 series of pistols, folks come up with different notions. In the beginning people love to hate them, because they were the upstarts that replace the 1911A1 and in 9mm no less. I have found them to be reliable accurate pistols that fit my hand better than any other auto-pistol but the Browning HP. I like them allot. The folks that think they are sub-standard are simply using a different check list.

A couple of years back I bought a 96 DAO that was police surplus. I like the 40 S&W caliber and the trigger pull is as easy and smooth as a good Smith and Wesson sixgun.

[Artful]

Looks like the SIG 320 will be in shortly.