Beretta 92 FS Centennial - flaw?

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adrian44

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I was discussing this earlier with a friend who collects old and limited guns. When you look at the limited edition Beretta 92 FS Centennial, I can't help but think that the rear sight comes in the way of having a good thumb grip on the hammer. The gun is a SAO, so the hammer must be manually retracted before firing the fist shot.

Is it possible that a company like Beretta would make this elementary design mistake in such a commemorative gun? Or is there something I am missing?

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Well, lots of folk would rack the slide to chamber a round which would also cock the pistol. At this point they would put on the safety and put it in the holster.

Not everybody carries this way.

It can be a rather spirited point of debate.

Disclaimer: I don't own this model pistol.
 
The rear sight looks pretty goofy. Otherwise looks like a nice pistol. I'd have to replace the rear sight with another that doesn't hang back over the rear of the slide like that stock rear sight does.
 
Dumb , but that's not the first such sight ! That's just for target as a small bump to that sight and it's probably broken !
 
QUOTE: "...I'd have to replace the rear sight with another that doesn't hang back over the rear of the slide like that stock rear sight does..."

Same here. The overhang on that sight is just asking for trouble some day. I have no idea why Beretta would make a set-up like this.
 
looks to me like that sight will be a problem when you need to de-cock the gun.

You need to lower the hammer with your thumb on that model, is that correct?.
 
I don't own one, so I can't say anything from personal experience, but I don't think people buying these are going to be carrying them. Although I would just because of the frame mounted safety. Either way, the sight being a little extended shouldn't be a problem to safely decock the gun. When I was getting used to doing so with my first SA/DA pistols I would have my thumb in a position that it would hit the sight on that, but as I have gotten more used to decocking pistols I feel I can safely do so with my thumb at the same position I would use to pull the hammer back. I would make sure I was familiar with the gun first though if I thought it had any quirks that could inhibit safely decocking it. Just my 2 cents
 
That is a neat gun and Im sure it could be carried and is reliable but at its price point it is more for collection and resale. Beretta makes much better carry guns, better duty guns, but not a lot better collectable guns then that.
 
looks to me like that sight will be a problem when you need to de-cock the gun.

You need to lower the hammer with your thumb on that model, is that correct?.
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Nonsense, the safety is also will de-cock the pistol.

The gun is a SAO, so the hammer must be manually retracted before firing the fist shot.

Is it possible that a company like Beretta would make this elementary design mistake in such a commemorative gun? Or is there something I am missing?
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When you insert the magazine and rack the slide you have now cocked the hammer.
No it's not a design flaw.
Why do you want to manually cock the hammer???:confused:


In case the safety does NOT de-cock the gun the simply drop the magazine rack the slide, ejecting the chambered round and the gun is now safe
 
It is a target gun, SAO, looks great to me. No need for decocking. I wish they made a SAO for un poor folks.
 
Don P said:
Nonsense, the safety is also will de-cock the pistol.
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That's the case with the DA/SA models and a slide-mounted safety, but the Beretta website says NO DECOCKER on this model. From the website -- link shown:

This single-action-only steel 92 has a frame-mounted safety (no decocker) and has the years 1915 and 2015 engraved in Roman numerals on either side of the Brigadier-style slide. http://www.beretta.com/en-us/92-fs-centennial/​

Decocking a non-decocker handgun typically isn't rocket science, and is a basic gun-handling skill that more shooters should be comfortable performing. You CAN use two hands, if you're concerned about letting the hammer drop by accident...

Don P said:
Why do you want to manually cock the hammer???
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Maybe you manually decocked the weapon at some point? Perhaps as you were handling it or before handing it to someone else?

I don't manually decock a lot, when working with a SAO gun, but I HAVE done it. :) Manually cocking the hammer once the weapon has been decocked keeps you from having to reload the round in the chamber -- not always a good practice (potential bullet setback) if you repeat the practice with the same round.
 
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It's hard to tell from the picture whether the rear sight would interfere with decocking. Might be that the rear sight provides a perfect stopping point for your thumb when the hammer is completely down.
 
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