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Young Buck

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Hello, this is technically my second post. Though a long-gunner since young-ness, I have (in my recent not-so-youngness) gotten into the arts of pistol shooting. I am currently looking into a 92 series, though I am open to any ideas the post-people may have. Henceforth are my questions.
1) 9mm? 40S&W? 45? 10mm? somebody help me as far as calibers. I am a fairly good shot, and the beretta I tried pointed rather well. I lack the faith in myself to believe that I could score a solid strike on the first shot, so I anticipate something with slightly milder recoil.
2)What do the markings mean? so far I have seen a regular 92, a 92f, a 92fs and heard of a 92D or something of that sort. I want a single/double (the 92F i believe) but am still curious.
3) there is some wierd-arsed rumor going around that after somewhere near 450 thousand rounds, the slide can break away (from itself or SOMEthing....) and harm innocent bystanders. Though I REALLY don't plan on shooting up 450 thousand rounds, is this based on reality?
Thanks for your time and patience,
Jordan Knarr
AKA Young buck

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To ride, shoot straight, and speak the truth.
 
If I were you I would probably go with a 9mm, especially if you want a Beretta. the differences between the classifications (92F, 92FS, 92D) are as follows: the 92F is the original, that has no slide stop feature. The stories of slides breaking are true, however I think the frequency of breakage is not too great. On the F, if the slide broke, it could indeed fly back and hit the shooter in the face. The FS was made to correct this problem, the S standing for slide stop. Now if it broke it would not hit you in the face, rather it will just destroy the frame of the gun. The D is a double-action only variation. I personaly hate DAO full size pistols and would not reccomend one. And actually the supposed breaking point was between 4 and 8 thousand rounds, however, from what I understand, almost all the 92's that have broken were from early army tests, and only on that batch of pistols, shooting hot +P+ ammo. The berettas for the most part are fine guns, I would love to own one myself, especially an italian one. Another pistol you may want to consider is a CZ-75. They are excellent pistols, very accurate, that will digest the hottest ammo. They cost, brand new, about $200 less than a new Beretta. 15rd factory mags are still quite easy to find, online anyway. I would suggest looking at one if you can. If you search the message archive you will find nothing but praise for the CZ. Happy hunting!
 
I am also a devotee of the CZ-75. It is based on the Browning Hi-Power design. To find out more, go here:
http://www.cz-usa.com/cz75.html

This is a link to the double action decocker version. It is not meant to be carried cocked and locked. Rather, it is uncocked via the decocker (or decocked by the uncocker). If you don't know what these terms mean, just say so and someone here will help, or go through the Archives and do a search. As to your questions:

1) Yes. All four. Go ahead and get the nine first. Get the ten last.

2) See RCS's reply.

3) No one plans on shooting 450,000 rounds. It just seems to happen.

Be happy. Shoot safe.

Ledbetter
 
The Beretta 92SB was the early 92-series model, prior to the 92F which was designed to compete in the US Army trials. It's mostly the same gun, with the exception of a round trigger guard as opposed to the squared off trigger guard on the 92F.
 
I think the story of slide breakage on military Berettas comes from the US Navy. During the initial formation of SEAL Team Six, they were using S&W Model 66s and Beretta's and shooting prodigious amounts of ammo through them on a daily basis. Eventually they begin to see cracks in the slide (although I don't know of any slides actually breaking).

For a while a company called Phrobis made a stainless steel, treated slide for the Beretta that was slightly thicker and it was rumored that these were the slides that SpecOps teams used on their Berettas as well.

I believe that Beretta has addressed the problems with slides since that time; but I don't have one so you might want to talk to some current owners who have had one for a while.
 
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