The "F" in Beretta 92FS???

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Glock_man

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I understand that the S stands for stainless but was wondering what the F stands for.
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I believe the FS means the pistol has the ambidextrous safety lever. If the model is "Inox" it is stainless.
 
I'm sure it is officially something more neutral, but I always remember the F standing for "Fixed". There was some notable problem with the previous version, and the 92F version fixed it. What the issue was, I don't recall now.
 
Fixed Sight makes sense, however I was looking at the Beretta catalog and it says, "FS Models - DA/SA action with external ambidextrous manual safety." The other models, D & G, have no safety or a decocker. All three have fixed sights.

Also, the 98FS Target pistol has "micrometrically adjustable sights" along with the safety. And the 92FS also comes in a "competition model" that has adjustable sights.
 
sorry to say this but most of you are wrong. :-)

the F stands for Final. they named it this after the SB and other 92 models because it was the newest and final model.

i don't know exactly what the S stands for but i think its either Safety or Slidecatch or something like that. Olga Volk got it right. the 92F had a tendency to have the slide fly back and hit the shooter when it was fed a steady diet of hot NATO rounds. the 92FS has a devise in the slide to keep the slide where it belongs, on the slide!

the 92FS can be either bruniton (beretta's black finish) or INOX (stainless) if the gun is a 92FS then it is bruniton and if its a 92FS INOX then its stainless.
 
Russel has it right (except for Oleg's name). The SEALS were using really hot rounds in the 92F (twice normal load) and the slide would fail and shoot off the back end. The 92FS has a slide stop to prevent this from happening.

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Well I don't know what the F means but I don't think it's final. It must be an Italian word abbreviated. Anyone have Gangrossa's book on Beretta's handy?

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I don't have the above mentioned book, but this is how it has been explained to me (not a testament of truth, just what I’ve been told):

92 - Original Variant (Frame mounted safety).
92S - Slide mounted safety & trigger guard mounted mag catch (92S - version 1).
92SB - Ambidextrous slide mounted safety (version 2 but I prefer "Both sides").
92SB-C - Compact model or version 3).
92SB-D & 92SB-E - Prototypes for U.S. military testing (Versions 4 & 5).
92SB-F - Model adopted by U.S. military (version 6, "SB" dropped for civilian marketing reasons).
92FS (Slide catch safety added to protect the endangered seal population (version 7?).

There was also a 92SB-C-M and a FG (or GF?) in there somewhere but I'm not sure where they fit in the order of things. It doesn't really matter because some marketing company got a hold of them and they've started renaming their guns after cats and folk heroes. But, it was fun while it lasted.

I'm personally looking for a 92SB-FG-C TYPE M with "R" select fire. If anyone knows where to find one, please let me know :).
 
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