Beretta
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I have a Berretta Elite II which has a Brigadier slide.
A standard Brigadier is pretty much just a standard Beretta M9/92FS but with a different slide that is modified to provide extra reinforcement in the area of the slide where the locking block cuts "weaken" it. The slide is a little heavier as a result. Beretta suggests that it provides extra durability, but slide failures aren't really common the 92/96 models.
Brigadier slides also have dovetailed front sights (probably the most concrete benefit the Brig slides offer since it simplifies night-sight installation), and it's more common to find them made with the "G" type (decock only) operating system. I can't verify that all Brigadier slides are G type slides, but it seems that most of them are.
A standard Brigadier is pretty much just a standard Beretta M9/92FS but with a different slide that is modified to provide extra reinforcement in the area of the slide where the locking block cuts "weaken" it. The slide is a little heavier as a result. Beretta suggests that it provides extra durability, but slide failures aren't really common the 92/96 models.
Brigadier slides also have dovetailed front sights (probably the most concrete benefit the Brig slides offer since it simplifies night-sight installation), and it's more common to find them made with the "G" type (decock only) operating system. I can't verify that all Brigadier slides are G type slides, but it seems that most of them are.
I had a Brigadier back in the early 70s that fed everything reliably, but it was just too long of a grip for me so I sold it off. It used a modified Walther dropping block lock, which carried over to the 92 series of handguns. It was truly a beautifully made gun, though.
The Egyptians thought enough of it to produce a copy of it, the Helwan.
Steyr imported some "commercial" Helwans in the 80s that had some of the worst polishing I have ever seen on a new gun.
I believe Beretta made some Brigadiers for the Israelis, as well.
The Egyptians thought enough of it to produce a copy of it, the Helwan.
Steyr imported some "commercial" Helwans in the 80s that had some of the worst polishing I have ever seen on a new gun.
I believe Beretta made some Brigadiers for the Israelis, as well.
I believe you are correct.
Beretta introduced a pistol in the early 1950s called the M1951 which was also sometimes called the Brigadier--especially the variants/clones of it made in the middle east.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_M1951
Berertta also introduced a variant of the Beretta 92/96 with a heavier slide in the late 20th century that was called the Brigadier.
http://www.beretta.com/en-us/92-brigadier/
Beretta introduced a pistol in the early 1950s called the M1951 which was also sometimes called the Brigadier--especially the variants/clones of it made in the middle east.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_M1951
Berertta also introduced a variant of the Beretta 92/96 with a heavier slide in the late 20th century that was called the Brigadier.
http://www.beretta.com/en-us/92-brigadier/
