For all you Beretta fan boys

[rambling_one]

Maryland was no Beretta fan.

 

[RegularJay]

I have an 84 I quite like and I would buy an 85 if I found a good deal. I really like the looks and idea of this but I dont like it $800.00 worth.

 

[Bertfish]

I have an 84 I quite like and I would buy an 85 if I found a good deal. I really like the looks and idea of this but I dont like it $800.00 worth.

Aim Surplus had trade in 85s for 399 last I checked

 

[mikeasu]

Bought a 92X RDO Compact last year - had less chances to acclimate myself with it than I'd like, with a busy holday season, but have been impressed so far. My first beretta, in fact.

 

[Ellis Gordon]

Mostly this is for the folks who think the Cheetah is the cats meow. Don't start drooling but, Beretta is coming out with a upgraded Cheetah. Here it is, the new 80X Cheetah!

The 80x Cheetah reimagines the legendary platform, with a new sleek design and enhanced features. Ergonomically redesigned for modern day carry, the 80X Cheetah includes a smaller Vertec style grip profile, the X-treme S Double/Single trigger, skeletonized hammer, a 13+1 round capacity, and comes optics-ready out of the box.

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The 80x Cheetah will also be available with 10 round magazines. Now we need to get it on the handgun roster.

 

[fabsroman]

I have bee wanting a performance 92x for a long time. I can't justify it.

Justification for any further firearms purchases left the building for me about 20 years ago. FSA2013 provided some justification, but I think I might have gone a little overboard.

Massive difference between "want" and "need". Might need to buy a left hand 12 gauge semi for my son in the near future. Maybe one for hunting and one for clays. Same goes for a hunting rifle and I am thinking about a left handed Ruger M77 Hawkeye in 6.5CM. Other than that, I don't really "need" anything.

Still want the 92X performance, a Colt Python, something in 10mm, and to finish building my Staccato 2011. I want a Beretta DT-11 too, but I am hoping Beretta will eventually offer it with game scenes instead of scroll work on the side plates.

 

[Lafayette]

Love my 92FS (after I learned about slide bite the hard way…always use the slide release )

Even with tiny hands, the gun feels so damn stable and easy to bullseye. I’ve long thought about a smaller version that is more concealable. The 80X seems like just the ticket. Sadly I can’t justify two carry guns and my 365XL is just too handy and convenient.

Enough about my tiny hands though.

 

[MattFinals718]

My early 90's made in Italy 92FS and a 1940 M1934 with gray/green holster and WW2 mags
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My 92 FS Inox and 92X Compact.

The Inox is hands down my favorite pistol to shoot. I bought it used from United for $600, and it has the cool factor (for me at least) of being manufactured here in Maryland. I have, since acquiring it, upgraded to all Wilson Combat springs and polished the hammer and sear. Double action is buttery smooth and single action is a crisp 2.5 lbs.

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Love those 92FS Inoxes! Here's mine.

 

[fabsroman]

Maryland was no Beretta fan.

More like Beretta was no Maryland fan. lol

 

[Magnumite]

I've owned several Berettas in the past...a 950 Jetfire, a Billenium...M9 and M92FS. I could never get to warm up to the 92 series that much...it's a big pistol for just a 9mm hole in the barrel. The only one I own now is this NIB M9A3 I bought in an auction for some distance below wholesale. I haven't decided whether to keep it any longer...it sits in the safe with little love.
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I agree with you about the geip and feel of the 92 pistol. I love 1911’s and the92 grip is very foreign. It is a very controllable pistol, thpugh.

I am on my second Taurus 92 and I have shot the Berretta 92 a time or two. On the present Taurus I did some work eliminated that heft. I slimmed the grips, reduced the thickness of and reserrated the front and back straps. Now that the grips are sized about right I just need to get some composite grips and finish it up. The feel is much different now and mating to the hand much friendlier.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

Some years back a fellow officer was relocating to a police job in the midwest. He had a Taurus 99 he sold me cheap just to get rid of it. When shooting it I had the sights cranked all the way over and the group still wouldn't come in.

I traded it at a gun show for a then DCM M1 Garand unissued HRA model...and got $100 more in trade-in for the Taurus than I had in it. Back then the M1 was about $800...great deal.

 

[John from MD]

You go

Some years back a fellow officer was relocating to a police job in the midwest. He had a Taurus 99 he sold me cheap just to get rid of it. When shooting it I had the sights cranked all the way over and the group still wouldn't come in.

I traded it at a gun show for a then DCM M1 Garand unissued HRA model...and got $100 more in trade-in for the Taurus than I had in it. Back then the M1 was about $800...great deal.

You got that kind of a deal on a Taurus? The dealer was an idiot.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

I gave $250 for the Taurus...got $350 in trade towards the M1.

 

[John from MD]

I gave $250 for the Taurus...got $350 in trade towards the M1.

Oh, I read it wrong. I thought you traded the Taurus for the M1.

Old eyes I guess.

 

[Magnumite]

Good deal

 

[2ndCharter]

I was issued the old M9 when I was serving and never really understood the hate people had for it.

Me either. I carried it every day for many years. Now, with the advent of lasers and reticles, maybe that long of a sight radius doesn't afford the advantage it once had. However, shooting ball, it had very little muzzle rise.

I have my step-dad's personal 92FS from when the sheriff's department switched and the deputies all got to purchase personal ones at a deep discount. The trijicon is dead but I haven't bothered to send the slide off for replacement.

That M9A3 though is extremely sweet.

 

[MattFinals718]

With all of this talk about Beretta and Taurus 92-series guns, I just realized: don't think I've ever shown you guys my collection of silver "Wonder 9's". So...please see attached. (Note: I've also got a regular black Taurus PT92 and SIG P226, because I like having a black version and a silver version of everything for some reason.)

 

[Blaster229]

That's pretty bad ass looking. I'd love a DAO and I am not a fan boi.

 

[Wayne1one]

Love me some Beretta goodness, I would definitely grab the 80X when it's available for MD residents.

IMG_9956 by 556 Channel (HD), on Flickr

IMG_8007 by 556 Channel (HD), on Flickr

 

[Michigander08]

It is hard to pick this or CZ. They all look good.