I bought a Beretta 92 last night! How do you know if it's made in Italy or the US?

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45automan

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Hey guys bought a Beretta 92 last night with 3 factory Beretta Hi Caps. I shot it and I'am hooked,I have never shot a gun as well as I shot the Beretta last night. I even shot it better than my 1911 :(
Anyway on the left side of the frame it is marked"Peirto Beretta-Made in Italy" on the right side it says PB akd MD 92F. Is this an Italian made gun? Thanks for any help guys.
45automan
 
"Peirto Beretta-Made in Italy"

That would be "Pietro Beretta-Made in Italy" and yes, usually when it has that stamp it's made in Italy. You can also tell by looking at the bore. Italian made Berettas have the bore chromed all the way to the crown whereas US guns don't. The Bunitron finish is also a lot nicer on Italian Berettas, as is the slide to frame fit, and barrel to slide fir, DA/SA pulls tend to be smoother and the mags have a very slick finish and say "Made in Italy" on them.

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ROFL, Walter! Ooh, that's harsh, funny as heck, but harsh! Now I have half a mind to tear down my BM-59 and see if they snuck an engraving of Il Duce in there somewhere, heehee! But first, I gotta dust off my LP of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", so I have something to listen to while disassembling it, heehee!
 
The box will say where it is made. I have a Compact Custom Carry. Nice pistol, but I am bummed about not having the chromed barrel.

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patsue,

Does the crown of the barrel have a silver finish to it? Berettas made in the US have the barrel chromed to the end, but the Italian ones even the crown is chromed.

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Great for getting the wife "in the mood"!

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Danny45
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Yep. If it says "made in Italy" it's probably made there. My 92sb says made in Italy. The fit and finish seems to be a little better than the usa versions. You can tell the barrel is chromed because the front of the barrel is covered with chrome. The usa made 92's are chromed lined also, at least the one's I've seen have been chromed, it looks like the chrome slopped out of the end of the barrel.
 
Made in Italy or made in USA on the slide might be a good way to tell? :)

Used to be the Italian guns came in silver cardboard boxes, the US guns in blue. Both are chrome-lined barrels to the end, the US made guns are subdued (aren't polished/as shiny).

Used to be you could tell by the serial #. Made in USA guns start with BER, anything else was made in Italy. Maybe they are mixing parts now?
 
Joke about the Italians if you want (they are used to it) but it was the U.S. made guns that experienced broken locking blocks and cracked and broken slides. Italian made guns have no such problems.

P.S. The Italians also make a lot of second rate junk like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and stuff like that. Also some pretty good computer systems. Not to mention great pasta.

Jim

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Most, if not all, the slide failures were in Italian made guns. The first 18 I know of anyway. Four with the SEALs, 12 (9 M9s, 2 92F, 1 92SB-F, all Italian made) in Army tests (round counts from just under 5000 to just over 30,000), and two for the Army.

The 1st year of the contract the guns were made/assembled in Italy, the 2nd yr made there/assembled here, the 3rd on made and assembled here. No broken slides in US made guns AFAIK.

The base I live near now, and the one I retired from have on avg over 30,000 rounds through all their trainng M9s with no broken slides at all. Most w the original blocks too; rarely break any blocks, never under 15,000 rounds. Contract specified a service life of 5,000 rounds, so they are exceeding specs. Some people must take better care of their stuff than others?

Last figures I saw showed slides avging over 70,000 rounds now, so looks like they "fixed" whatever was going on. SEALs bought more Berettas last year so looks like they got over it too?

Well, sorta. They bought the heavier slide Brigadier models. :)

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I have shot about 8 or 9 Italian made 92FS models in past several years and maybe 20 or more US made ones.

From my exprience Italian ones have better trigger, finish, fit, etc. but US made ones seem a lot more accurate than Italian ones.

My personal pistol is a SS 92FS made in US and it will shoot 5 shots under 2" at 25 yards all day and will even shoot 1 1/2" with good ammo when I do my part. I have seen several US made guns do same or even a little better but I have yet to see one that would not shoot under 3". However, I have not seen an Italian made one shoot under 3" at same distance on regular basis and seen 2 that would not shoot under 4 1/2".

Just a personal experience.
 
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