How a Beretta 92 is made: Touring Beretta's Italian Factory

[paulnb]

Factory tour of Beretta's Gardone facility - Beretta 92A1s on the line (suprised that they are still manufacturing this model).

1200 to 1300 Beretta 92s produced a day - nice!

And you get the definitive answer as to what the small blue cup in the Beretta box is used for.

[shooty]

I completely went over to Beretta now. 92x Performance, APX, 690 Black O/U and I kinda include my Sako 308, 222 and 22lr as Sako Tikka and Beretta is the same group. LOL

The 690 and the 92x you can just see the Italian design and curves on it making them gorgeous pieces.

[Dolf Potgieter]

I owned a Z88, then I "upgraded" to a 92FS. life happened and with a heavy heart I had to part with both...

Came January this year, I bought a Beretta 92FS and got my license today.

Very well know they are not for everyone, but personally I would always carry a 92 series. the quality and durability of these weapons are pretty much as good as anyone could ever wish for, with the reliability of a wood burning stove... and they shoot well

When I am big one day I will treat myself to a M9A4

I admit to having an informed bias towards these firearms

[paulnb]

You should buy another one. There is a nice Beretta 92 Inox for sale right now on this forum. I have four Beretta 92s. The purchasing rule is n+1.

[flyinggun]

I would like to add a 92x.....

[Johann du Toit]

Like the 1911, the Beretta 92 is a timeless classic with proven reliability, still in use with many police and military forces to this date. The only gripe I have is the wide ejection port which is prone to getting filled with outside debris, such as during sandstorms, which can result in jamming (a big issue for the US Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and likely one of the factors leading to it's replacement with the SIG P320).

[oafpatroll]

The only gripe I have is the wide ejection port which is prone to getting filled with outside debris, such as during sandstorms, which can result in jamming (a big issue for the US Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and likely one of the factors leading to it's replacement with the SIG P320).

The vast ejection port conversely allows you to get shit out more easily. I suspect that cost was a much greater motivator for the change from the M9. The unit cost of the SIGs is more than 30% lower. Hopefully there were some bribery in there too.

[FNBROWNING]

Like the 1911, the Beretta 92 is a timeless classic with proven reliability, still in use with many police and military forces to this date. The only gripe I have is the wide ejection port which is prone to getting filled with outside debris, such as during sandstorms, which can result in jamming (a big issue for the US Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and likely one of the factors leading to it's replacement with the SIG P320).

Possibly a valid concern but I have seen multiple examples dropped many times in sand and continue to function.Even the Glock has gaps between frame and receiver which could easily allow sand ingress. Having owned many handguns I would rate the Z88 and or 92 as the most reliable of the lot and just bought a spare one on the Wildman special. Whilst early days my thoughts are that the PX4 might just be a better gun.

[paulnb]

Like the 1911, the Beretta 92 is a timeless classic with proven reliability, still in use with many police and military forces to this date. The only gripe I have is the wide ejection port which is prone to getting filled with outside debris, such as during sandstorms, which can result in jamming (a big issue for the US Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and likely one of the factors leading to it's replacement with the SIG P320).

This is an interesting debate re dust ingress affecting reliability. The dirt can easily fall into the action, but conversely it can easily fall out. Did any other pistol manufacturers subsequently design handguns with an open slide? Even the follow-up model to the z88, the Vektor SP1 went with a closed slide.

[Aceofspades]

Possibly a valid concern but I have seen multiple examples dropped many times in sand and continue to function.Even the Glock has gaps between frame and receiver which could easily allow sand ingress. Having owned many handguns I would rate the Z88 and or 92 as the most reliable of the lot and just bought a spare one on the Wildman special. Whilst early days my thoughts are that the PX4 might just be a better gun.

Early days? The PX4's production started 2004 as far as I know.

I think a major blowback for the PX4 was the Canadians that ran it dry and thus had major malfunctions with them. The word spread.

I do believe the PX4 is at least on par with the 92. I prefer mine above 92. Maybe because I do not have a 92. But shot enough of them.

The big sand problem was not action-wise. The old straight wall magazines (or flat magazines) malfunctioned. You will get that same problem with other pistols with straight wall magazines.

This is a while ago, but, as Oafpatrol sort of raised, there was a "deal" with ammunition supply from Sig that clinched the deal.


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