The Beretta 92FS has a slide mounted safety/decocker lever, sometimes referred to as a "dead trigger decocker" because if the lever it pushed down (intentionally or accidentally) it decocks the pistol and results in a "dead trigger" as the gun is on safe.
The Beretta 92 G model has a live trigger decocker. If the lever is pushed down, decocks the pistol but pops right back up to the upward position so the pistol can not be carried "on safe".
Many have complained about the slide-mounted position of the safety lever on the 92FS and have accidentally placed the pistol on-safe by sweeping the lever down while clearing a malfunction by racking the slide. This has never happened to me, but the ambi lever does take up quite a bit of space on the slide, worse on the right side than the left, and the levers can be a bit sharp.
My solution, being a right-handed shooter, was to install the Wilson Combat low profile non-ambidextrous lever. The lever still functions in the F mode, but the left sided lever is slimmed down to the point it is impossible to accidentally trip it, and the right sided lever is eliminated. The pistol can still be put on safe if desired, although if used for self-defense it is best to use the pistol as a decocker by simply pushing it back up after decocking. This leaves it hammer decocked in condition 1 with a round chambered off safety.
As for my Beretta 92 FS, I also have VG tactical slant grips. I prefer the look of the rounded trigger guard on the 92 A1 to the squared off trigger guard of the 92 FS. I wish the 92 FS had a dove-tailed front sight. The milled front sight is one of the biggest weaknesses of the 92 FS. I also use Mec Gar magazines, although for home defense I would consider loading the pistol with a 20 rd capacity Mec Gar plus 2 magazine with a slightly extended base plate. I have a reduced power mainspring (currently 14 lb) in my Beretta.
The Beretta 92 FS is not my primary home defense pistol as I prefer .45 ACP for that purpose. But my full-size SIG P320 .45 ACP does wear a rail-mounted Streamlight TLR-2 laser/light combo.
The Beretta 92 G model has a live trigger decocker. If the lever is pushed down, decocks the pistol but pops right back up to the upward position so the pistol can not be carried "on safe".
Many have complained about the slide-mounted position of the safety lever on the 92FS and have accidentally placed the pistol on-safe by sweeping the lever down while clearing a malfunction by racking the slide. This has never happened to me, but the ambi lever does take up quite a bit of space on the slide, worse on the right side than the left, and the levers can be a bit sharp.
My solution, being a right-handed shooter, was to install the Wilson Combat low profile non-ambidextrous lever. The lever still functions in the F mode, but the left sided lever is slimmed down to the point it is impossible to accidentally trip it, and the right sided lever is eliminated. The pistol can still be put on safe if desired, although if used for self-defense it is best to use the pistol as a decocker by simply pushing it back up after decocking. This leaves it hammer decocked in condition 1 with a round chambered off safety.
As for my Beretta 92 FS, I also have VG tactical slant grips. I prefer the look of the rounded trigger guard on the 92 A1 to the squared off trigger guard of the 92 FS. I wish the 92 FS had a dove-tailed front sight. The milled front sight is one of the biggest weaknesses of the 92 FS. I also use Mec Gar magazines, although for home defense I would consider loading the pistol with a 20 rd capacity Mec Gar plus 2 magazine with a slightly extended base plate. I have a reduced power mainspring (currently 14 lb) in my Beretta.
The Beretta 92 FS is not my primary home defense pistol as I prefer .45 ACP for that purpose. But my full-size SIG P320 .45 ACP does wear a rail-mounted Streamlight TLR-2 laser/light combo.