The Beretta 92 in Lethal Weapon was the first gun I ever remember noticing as a kid and is what was responsible for me becoming a firearms enthusiast. I have an SB just like yours.
for me it was The Killer (1989) and A Better Tomorrow (1986) both directed by John Woo. I didn't make that connection until I saw Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies on VHS rental, at age 13. As soon as I bought my 92FS, I painted the Beretta logos white on the grip panels, just like in the 1st LW movie.
@@al28854 I always wondered if the painted logos were done by the armorer/prop master or some kind of special edition grips from Beretta themselves. I believe they were silver but they look gold in the shooting range scene but that could just be the lighting.
It was my first handgun when I turned 21, got the INOX finish. Then I added the internal green laser. I even tried doing the Jet Li grab & slide removal move from LW3 (plausible)
@@duckman5290 If you pause that scene, you'll see the take down lever on the 92 is already down so bit of a movie cheat there. It's definitely plausible and with practice _maybe_ it could be pulled off in a real life, stress inducing situation. You'd need the shooter to have a slow trigger finger though and/or momentarily be distracted. If you get a grip on the slide and push it back just enough to get it out of battery so it couldn't be shot, that adds some viability to the maneuver. It's funny how some folks will say they won't carry a 92 for the reason that it could be disarmed that 'easily' as if every assailant on Earth has Jet Li's speed or they're so incompetent to let someone within arm's reach of their firearm.
If you see on a few Lethal Weapon ll 1989 production, PR images; the 92F has a sheet metal "ambi" slide release. This might be for left hander Bruce Willis. 🎭
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the movies that made me fall in-love with the Beretta 92 when i was a kid in the 80's. Then later in the Resident Evil video games. Needless to say, i had to get one when i became an adult.
the same for me, as soon as I got my 92SF I painted the Beretta logo on the grip panels WHITE as seen on the first movie, unlike the rest of the following sequels.
Thank you - there are tons of reasons to look after guns, but one of my main motivators is that I want to be a good custodian of history. Most of these are 40+ years old. They made it this far in excellent shape - I have a duty to ensure they stay that way and pass them on to the next generation at some point.
I heard the new service pistol the SIG P320 isn’t very well liked! I’ve actually seen videos of it discharging in holsters one of them was where somebody kicked it in a police station and set it off 😳
@@iLLSHiNEzThanks for your service! Uncle Sam dropped the ball in many ways but allot of issued arms and gear is often excellent as is quality control for food y’all ate! Godspeed 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪❤️
John Woo, the director of "Hard Boiled" and many many others said that the 92 is his favorite pistol... its 'handsome', it has 'character', it has 'personality'... its his 1st choice... also Face Off (1997) with Cage and Travolta...
Seriously. John Woo putting it in Chow Yun-Fat's hands is one of the most notable uses in film after Lethal Weapon. A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled being the most notable. He made dual 92s iconic, and is almost certainly the reason why Neo uses them in The Matrix.
my favorite handgun ever made. ever since i was a kid i wanted one, this gun is iconic, from appearing in countless action movies to videogames like Resident Evil , to being combat proven with US troops since its adoption in 1985, its earned its legendary status. now that im a 33 year old guy i finally have one. a Berretta 92X.
Absolutely correct, in the books Spenser carries a hi power, and every once in a while the script will refer to 13 rounds in the mag. They forgot to change it for the beretta. I liked that show.
After seeing Lethal Weapon I bought a Taurus PT-92 back in the early 1990s as a cheaper alternative for the Beretta 92 FS. I had the gun for a year and sold it for the same price as I had bought it and got an original Beretta 92FS. I was in the Army National Guard after I got out of the Regular Army. I learned how to shoot better with guys from the Sheriffs Department introducing me to Defensive Pistol Shooting Association before it became IDPA. During Army National Guard Qualification for pistol I topped every qualification and defeated the Regular Army during state and interservice pistol qualification with the M9. Not a bad service handgun for a 9mm Parabellum. I really love the 1911 personally and did quite well with it too.
I owned 2 new, surplus Beretta 96D .40 models 1 in 1997, 1 in 2007. DA only Berettas were popular with a few state agency officers, US Border Patrol, INS. Border Marshal. Beretta had a 92DS a model with a manual safety but that was ended around 1995.
I also bought a Taurus PT-92 right after watching that movie, it was the helicopter scene that really motivated me on high cap wonder nines, and i still shoot and carry custom tuned Berretta's and 1911's today. This movie, Die Hard and Miami Vice killed the revolver for fighting handguns.
The old Tauruses when hard back in the day! I had the previous version .357 608 model with a 6.5” barrel, which was basically a poor man’s Python. I could hit the bullseye at 33 yards when shooting single action. Ever since the mid 2000s Taurus went to shit though.
The Professional was such a cool movie. My dad worked at disney for 37 years. He maintained and worked on their firearms used in the jungle cruise and the golden horseshoe. He knew a guy at stembridge gun rentals, so he took me there in the mid 90s. They had conex boxes full of mp5s, augs etc. I cant even tell you how many berettas were there. The coolest things i got to hold ( so I was told by the employee) were the cutdown double barrel from Desperado and the m134 minigun from Predator. Keep up the good work sir, well done!
Not gonna lie. Lethal Weapon sparked my love affair with the Beretta, I haven't been without one since 1989. I'm also a huge fan of Sig Sauer P226s as well, saw my first one in a Steven Seagal movie and made it a point to have one!
@raykobialka6666 the negotiator made the P226 a star. Hank Voight on Chicago PD used or owned 2. A 2 tone 226 and a blue. He switch to the p229 and now he rocks a H&K. He used a Glock for some reason in a episode.
Don't forget Chow Yun-fat dual wielding 92 F Berettas in all those classic John Woo movies from Hongkong. Also, the single/double- action trigger made this gun very popular among law enforcement, it's still used as a service pistol in various countries' police forces to this day. P. S. About the "smiley face'': there's a recent video where Mel Gibson is at Taran Butler's range & Taran actually shoots a smiley face on a target, so it's possible.
Great points. I dont think I've ever actually watched a John Woo movie all the way through. I must sit down this weekend and watch Hard Boiled! I'll look up the Taran Butler video too. He's a grand master though, so if anyone could do it, I guess it would be him!
@@hollywoodguns Hard Boiled is absolutely nuts, the last 25 minutes are just 1 long action sequence, where Chow Yun-fat & Tony Leung turns a hospital into a war zone. Highly recommend also: - The Killer ( the original NOT the remake, which is made by John Woo himself & is absolute rubbish) - A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 ( great double feature ) - Bullet in the Head And from John Woo´s Hollywood films: - Hard Target ( that´s the one with Van Damme & the rubber rattle snake-meme ) - Face/Off, Nic Cage vs John Tavolta do I have to say more? John Woo movies aren´t really "realistic" in terms of firearms but goddammit are they fun & stylish af.
@@doublep1980 He uses both Berettas and Taurus PT-92s in those movies. In “The Killer,” for example, they only had one Beretta 92F on-set, so any time he’s dual-wielding his pistols, it’s one Beretta and one Taurus.
It is no surprise the Beretta 92 is so common in cinema. It is easy to convert to blank firing blow back without any external changes, they are readily available, they had wide spread adoption meaning it can suit many roles, and last but not least it looks sexy. The lines of the slide and exposed barrel just look so Italian sports car.
@@Jesses001 Yep, this true. Canadian armorer Charles Taylor mentioned this to Ian McCollum for the “Forgotten Weapons” episode he was on. Converting a Beretta 92-series pistol to blank fire is as simple as threading the barrel for the blank adapter, and slightly filing down the locking lugs. It’s not like most semi-auto pistols (such as Glocks or SIGs) where armorers have to tinkle with the barrel lock-up endlessly to make them reliable.
@Jesses001 The popular TV series, Walker Texas Ranger- CBS 1990s, early 2000s often used Beretta 92FSs & Taurus guns. I often speculated this was a blanks, holsters, parts issue. 9mm blank rounds, magazines, gear would be quick, easy to keep track of on set, location.
@ Almost every “Beretta” in “Walker: Texas Ranger” was a Taurus PT92 or PT99, including the stainless gun with the Star of Texas grips that Walker himself carried in Seasons 3-7. I recall that there was one episode where Walker used an actual Beretta 92F that he captured from a bad guy (first episode of Season 8, IIRC), but that was just about it.
Enjoyed the video. I’ve still got my 92F made in Italy gun that I had to buy for myself when my Department (Los Angeles Police Department) switched to the Beretta in the mid eighties. New guys in the academy were issued them, but S&W revolver guys like me had to purchase our own. Upside was that when I finally retired, I got to keep both the wheel gun and the automatic. Thanks again.
After buying both a 92FS INOX and later, a base model 92FS, the fit and finish differences were glaring. Plastic triggers and roll pins in the newer models over steel in the INOX and previous versions. That $600 Beretta back in 82 was the Staccato of the times.
I bought my 92F shortly after Lethal Weapon came out. An original built in Italy. Still going strong after all these years. Of course it has been maintained correctly with replacement springs every 5000 rounds or so. I probably have 20,000 rounds through it if not a bit more. I used to work for a place that I had well over 60,000 rounds through one when the frame finally decided it start cracking chunks off. Beretta wanted that frame back for research as they never expected on to live beyond 40 to 50 thousand rounds.
Love the beretta pistol. I had to own one myself. also wondered about all the different guns used in movies and / or TV series. Glad to see someone looking onto it
I first fell in love with the beretta 92 as a kid. Yes as a result of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Years later after having idolized this weapon, I used it in the Army. Now it was rare that I ever had a sidearm, because I wasnt an officer, and while you would think that pistols would be a perfect weapon for truck drivers and tank crews and the like, the military has other thinking. Anyway. I did however use it often enough to get really, really familiar with it and truely learn to respect the particulars of this weapon. This was the early 200's when Polymer guns were all the rage, and really coming into their own due to the Glock and everybody and their dog trying to copy. But I actually preferred my Beretta. Solid metal alloy frame, to absorb recoil and get me back on target. Large frame means long distance between sights for better accuracy. And a high capacity means that i have more than enough ammo for a single altercation, even if theirs more than one assailant. Still carry this weapon today. Granted, concealed carry means I have to use a shoulder rig, but oh well.
@@jonmcclane7433 Same here, love those WC grips. I swapped out the trigger for a short reach, and the hammer to a skeletonized version. Little personal changes that make the pistol feel "mine".
As a collector, the most important change for the 92F and later versions is not having to custom fit many of the parts. The family collection has an early slide 92 and 92SB, that my Dad purchased when new.
Dont forget the 93 is also the pistol robocop used in that movie, albeit its "dressed up" to make it more futuristic but if you look close enough you can tell. I always wanted a 93 with the three round burst but I am happy with the M9 I got.
My Dad was a 30 year Police Officer. One of the guns he carried as a detective was the same exact gun you showed with the blue slide. Nice shooting gun.
FYI: The two main guns of Lethal Weapon movies are the Beretta R-92F (9mm) and the S&W-19 (.357-magnum). The Beretta R-92FS is available for the American market. You can send your Beretta R-92FS to Wilson Combat for conversion to a R93-G. The G model is a decocker only pistol. The G conversion eliminates that useless safety on the slide. Makes a Beretta work like a Sig-226. Sig's are decocker only pistols. The S&W-19 revolvers are still made. Speed loaders are available for faster reloading a revolver. There are also steep strips to hold extra cartridges.
Hollywood loves the Beretta 92. I’ve seen in tv shows and movies. My 96 is an absolute champ. Feeds anything I put it in it and it’s extremely accurate. 25 yard kill zone hits are no problem with it. It has nice tight grouping. Best part about the 96 is you can swap out the magazine and the top half with the 92FS. You can also get a kit to convert it to .22. Both Lethal Weapon and Die Hard made me a fan of the Beretta when I first saw those movies in the 80’s. I even had a replica Beretta 92 squirt gun compete with a battery in it to simulate recoil. Fun times
I like that you don't rush things in your videos and that overall the vids don't feel too "busy". Also the check for clear at the start of each is a nice touch to help encourage good practice.
I own a Taurus 92 (wanna be Beretta) I purchased it from walmart of all places in 1990. After changing the wood grips to something nice it has been a good gun. I literally have put over 5,000 rounds trough it, it jammed once on the first clip 3rd round.
I’ve always believed the Beretta 92/M9 was and is the most beautiful handgun ever made. That’s likely why it’s been used in so many movies, TV shows, and video games
I bought my 1st pistol the 92sb with walnut grips in 1988. Was new in the box, bought it from a coworker who never shot it. I still have it today. Yes, it is an absolutely gorgeous gun especially with the blue, steel and without the serrated front trigger guard.
I served in the Air Force, they had some 20 round magazines made by Mecgar's predecessor that they never adopted, I was on a shooting team so instead of destroying them they gave a few to me in 1998, last week a finally got around to using them.
I was 15 when I fell in love with the Beretta 92 seeing Lethal Weapon in 1987. Fast forward to 2022 when at 50, I was finally able to get one (made at the Gallatin factory, not Italy) The gun store I got it from upgraded it with an LTT trigger job prior to me buying it. Break/reset is sweet! Couldn't find any local, so got 2 mec-gar 18rd mags online and robbed the 18rd mag from the Girsan Regard MC I bought in 2021 since no local Beretta's. Ol' Beretta is my EDC!
My favourite 9mm simply because of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard .Before handguns were pretty much banned in the UK,i learnt how to shoot with a S&W Model 10 and a Beretta 92F in late 80s early 90s. The Beretta is a beautifully designed ,reliable weapon and works flawlessly.I now have a couple of AirPistol replicas of the 92 F in my collection as we arnt "allowed" to shoot real ones in the UK now sadly.
Another great video . I had an old 92s heal mag release years ago . I sent it to beretta when I had it and they literally changed every spring and full detail cleaning for free and mailed it back in new box . I should have never traded it .
For years I just hated them. Then I bought a used one. Don't know why.But I soon found out it's just a great gun. Better than any of my 1911's. Which I still love.
Back in 2010 I found a gorgeous 92FS on an auction site and got talking to the seller. It turned out he had a summer home near me and offered to sell in person to skip the shipping process. He had been an FFL in the 90s and had bought the gun for home defense. He brought it home, tossed it in a safe and never fired it. I ended up with a perfect, unfired since the factory tests, 92FS with the original case and contents for $500. It doesn't gleam like yours (has more of a matte finish) but I don't see myself ever getting rid of it.
Another good one. I agree, this is my Christmas movie along with Die Hard. That was interesting that John McClane and Martin Riggs used the same gun! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jack! On topic, The same mini gun used in predator was also used in Terminator 2 as well. Apparently this sort of multiple use of the same prop gun is actually quite common in Hollywood.
I have 6 Berretta 92s. It's one of my favorite pistols. Also, the helicopter mag dump scene where he rapidly empties two mags then just shoves it into his pants always made my dad laugh. 😂😂😂
Late 80s Christmas movies: Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and Scrooged. Both LW1 and Scrooged were directed by Richard Donner... I carried a M9 for years, good solid firearm. My only complaint, a bit on the heavy side. Been using a Glock for iver 20 years. YES! LW is a Christmas movie!!!
Great preaentation! I have an original straight slide 92. They are fairly obtainable in South Africa. Mine started its life as a Swaziland police service pistol.
Hell yeah! Beretta lore! I absolutely love mine, I have the FS model. Also, Robocop used a Beretta, built from a Beretta 93R, it use the firing mechanism of the 92. 👌
This is the gun that got me properly into guns as a kid, it's such a good looking design and although I didn't know it at the time, it was already my favourite gun as Robocops gun was based on the M93r and modified. My dad bought me a BB gun version of it in black, I loved it so much, I still have it to this along side a replica M93r Auto 9C. You're not biased, I drew a smiley face on a target too...........but it was only 10 yards away or under.
I know how you feel. I received one of the real Auto-9s about 4 years ago after being obsessed with it (and the movies) for 30plus years. I had the static replicas and water guns and then BB versions and then the KSC and MGC. Finally got my hands on a screen used one.
I bought an Italian police 92s, very well used based on the wear from the trigger bar. I reblued it, and had the frame cerakoted, walnut grips and it a peach. Shoots like a dream, very accurate. Heel mag release doesn't bother me. The safety/decocker honestly was so weird I operated it a bunch of times before even loading it. It's a bit of a safe queen, but my favorite purchase.
I carry a Beretta M9 Commercial model which is just 92FS with the military style markings that Beretta sold during the contract period. I had a choice at my local gun store between an Italian made 92FS and an American made M9. I went with the M9 because it was slighty cheaper than the Italian 92FS even though theyre both the same gun. 😊 I carry it in a Galco Jackass Shoulder Holster which was used during the first 2 seasons of Miami Vice and eventually evolved into the Miami Classic shoulder holster.
I got to fire one of these last year on my 50th Birthday Road Trip here in Australia. This thing was an old range gun and really showed it but, 100 rounds and not a single malfunction.
The range scene in "Lethal Weapon" is something I did to my wife at an indoor range in Phoenix, AZ. Albeit, with a Canik 9mm, not a Beretta. She fired a single round at 7 meters and hit dead-center headshot. I fired at 21 meters and made a smiley face. Proof that 9mm is, indeed, quite an accurate round, given a full-sized sidearm. The only thing good that I have to say about compact-sized sidearms (pocket pistols) is that they're easy to conceal.
Have a Taurus PT99AF, which was made in Brazil, on the original Baretta dies when the Taurus company was launched and used those Dyes. The saftey is toward the grip
I picked up a surplus Beretta 92 SB today from my FFL through Classic Firearms. Only $399 🙂 It was a military/police surplus from the Guardia di Finanza a paramilitary law enforcement agency in Italy. Kind of like the IRS, FBI, ICE, and Coast Guard rolled into one. It's in really great condition for a 40 year old, used firearm. I'm very pleased with it. Taking it to the range tomorrow.
Back in the day when we allowed in the UK, I nearly bought a 92F, but I tried one on a range and it was just a bit too big for my hands and that made it not comfortable to draw fast or fire. I ended up getting a CZ 75 which became my pistol for the practical pistol competitions I used to shoot.
The Beretta 92 is one of the 10 most recognized handguns in the world. It has been used in almost every movie that used guns made in the 80's and 90's. It is as iconic as a 1911 or the old single action colt revolver used in westerns. I ended up buying the .40 caliber version made by Taurus from a friend of mine a long time ago. It was manufactured in 1991 and has since had well over 10k rounds through it without any problems due to the gun itself. I pull the trigger and it goes Bang! And by watching Gibson on the range I'd say mine has a much shorter reset than the Beretta and I like where the de-cocker is located on mine as well. Having it on the top of the frame is just dumb if like me you don't rely on the slide lock release to put it in battery after reloading and pull the slide back instead. It is possible to engage the safety by accident leaving one vulnerable in a hairy situation.
I personally always liked that white sweater that Gary Busey wore in that scene.. Been looking for one like it since this movie came out but no luck yet
Subbed. Just found out about your channel. The thing about the 92FS is its appearance. It looks like art and is beautiful to behold. Like a Caravaggio or Botticelli.
Growing up as a kid in the 90s in the midwest, there was a lot of, can't be outside too cold, to snowy, so I watched the first three Lethal Weapon movies until the tapes fell apart. That is why as soon as I turned 21, I bought a Beretta. Sadly, couldn't find a 92, but I found an M9 commemorative in good condition, at a very reasonable price. Still have that to this day.
Honorable videogame mention Max Payne. Max's signature weapons in the first game were pair of Berettas with 17rd mags each paying homage to John Woos Hard Boiled. It even uses the same or at least mimics the gunshot sound effect from Hard Boiled.
Brother… you nailed this video. Subscribed forsure! Whenever I talk about the 92 to someone who dosent know what I’m talking about i always say….’you know, the lethal weapon gun.. the mel Gibson. lol. I kind of do the same thing when talking about my metal frame double action smiths referring to them as “the training day gun” lol. Lethal weapon was such a beloved movie to my brother and i growing up.
Back when Canadians were allowed to own handguns, I had a Beretta Inox in 9mm. Greatest gun I had ever owned. Problem being, parts were hard to find. The inox 9mm was a "Type T" and the regular 9mm FS is the "Type M"
When the Beretta 92FS was released it looked identical to the 92F and M9 variant. The 92FS at some point a fair amount of years later had some upgrades done to it, I guess if you can call them that. The dust cover area right beneath the recoil spring and guide rod for whatever reason got slanted down or up whichever way you want to look at it. I assume it was done in an attempt to streamline the gun and make it look better, and or it could make for easier holstering but I doubt that was the reason. Then they recessed the upper area of the grip under the beaver tail to allow people with smaller hands to be able to get a better grip and have less distance for trigger reach. I personally don't really care for how the 92FS dust cover area looks as I'm more accustomed to the original look that originally got me into the Beretta 92 platform thanks to Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and also having a perfect replica water pistol at the time in my youth, lol. The Mec-Gar magazines are 18 rounds not 17, but I believe at some point like over 15 years ago they were selling the 17 round magazines. Back in the mid to later 90's I remember seeing 17 round Beretta 92 magazines listed in gun magazines and I think they were made by Mec-Gar or possibly some other after market company.
You have great taste! I've got a 92fs that I've low-key dressed up and converted to decock only, but a nice 92sb is really my grail as a sleek and beautiful pistol..
I bought mine after seeing the lady in the movie Shooter waste the bad guy in the scene on snow mountain. Stainless with pearl grips, I bought one just like it.
"I haven't even started. "-Mel six inch ported barrel, light,night sights, twenty round mag.-Mas The 92 is also featured in the Brian DePalma film Scarface.
Thanks for the video and your work be well. Beretta's are awesome. Some police surplus 92 sb's came into the USA in the last few months I was lucky to grab one awesome pistol.
@@hollywoodguns It's environmental regulations related to the disposal of lye for the bluing process, but more that that it's companies cost cutting and people lowering their standards.
I bought a 92S Milsurp, loved it, kept it about 4 years. Stupidly sold it. I seriously missed that pistol, I ended up getting a new 92FS. Im also a huge fan of the Browning Hipower which I luckily inherited one.
The Riggs/McLain 92 is now at the NRA museum in Fairfax, VA.
Wow, that's cool to know, Thanks.
The Beretta 92 in Lethal Weapon was the first gun I ever remember noticing as a kid and is what was responsible for me becoming a firearms enthusiast. I have an SB just like yours.
for me it was The Killer (1989) and A Better Tomorrow (1986) both directed by John Woo. I didn't make that connection until I saw Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies on VHS rental, at age 13. As soon as I bought my 92FS, I painted the Beretta logos white on the grip panels, just like in the 1st LW movie.
@@al28854 I always wondered if the painted logos were done by the armorer/prop master or some kind of special edition grips from Beretta themselves. I believe they were silver but they look gold in the shooting range scene but that could just be the lighting.
Me too, when I was a kid I thought the Beretta 92 was a 45. wasnt til years later I discovered it was 9mm
It was my first handgun when I turned 21, got the INOX finish. Then I added the internal green laser. I even tried doing the Jet Li grab & slide removal move from LW3 (plausible)
@@duckman5290 If you pause that scene, you'll see the take down lever on the 92 is already down so bit of a movie cheat there.
It's definitely plausible and with practice _maybe_ it could be pulled off in a real life, stress inducing situation. You'd need the shooter to have a slow trigger finger though and/or momentarily be distracted. If you get a grip on the slide and push it back just enough to get it out of battery so it couldn't be shot, that adds some viability to the maneuver.
It's funny how some folks will say they won't carry a 92 for the reason that it could be disarmed that 'easily' as if every assailant on Earth has Jet Li's speed or they're so incompetent to let someone within arm's reach of their firearm.
Interesting side note the Beretta prop gun Bruce Willis used in die hard. Was the same prop gun used by Mel Gibson in lethal weapon.
If you see on a few Lethal Weapon ll 1989 production, PR images; the 92F has a sheet metal "ambi" slide release. This might be for left hander Bruce Willis. 🎭
Optimized for left-handed use.
Yup.
He literally said that in the video
@@DavidLLambertmobileslide stop*
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the movies that made me fall in-love with the Beretta 92 when i was a kid in the 80's. Then later in the Resident Evil video games. Needless to say, i had to get one when i became an adult.
I got one as an adult after playing Max Payne as a teenager 😊
@@joshuamartindale868.... Have you seen Lethal Weapon or Die Hard? Or even the movie of Max Payne? Or is it just that video game for you?
the same for me, as soon as I got my 92SF I painted the Beretta logo on the grip panels WHITE as seen on the first movie, unlike the rest of the following sequels.
I bought wood grips for mine after I noticed the set up they had in Resident Evil haha still need that inox barrel
The Samurai Edge.
Best Christmas gun ever.
i love how clean you keep your guns, they're practically mirror finished and it looks sick
Thank you - there are tons of reasons to look after guns, but one of my main motivators is that I want to be a good custodian of history. Most of these are 40+ years old. They made it this far in excellent shape - I have a duty to ensure they stay that way and pass them on to the next generation at some point.
I carried one of these in the Marines, it was a great service pistol.
I heard the new service pistol the SIG P320 isn’t very well liked! I’ve actually seen videos of it discharging in holsters one of them was where somebody kicked it in a police station and set it off 😳
SFMF
Training teething issues - not uncommon eons ago when peeps were discharging their newly issued glocks into the ground when holstering too.
You must have gotten a new one. All ours were shit.
@@iLLSHiNEzThanks for your service! Uncle Sam dropped the ball in many ways but allot of issued arms and gear is often excellent as is quality control for food y’all ate!
Godspeed 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪❤️
John Woo, the director of "Hard Boiled" and many many others said that the 92 is his favorite pistol... its 'handsome', it has 'character', it has 'personality'... its his 1st choice... also Face Off (1997) with Cage and Travolta...
cage had 1911s and travolta had sig p226 in that movie
Seriously. John Woo putting it in Chow Yun-Fat's hands is one of the most notable uses in film after Lethal Weapon. A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled being the most notable. He made dual 92s iconic, and is almost certainly the reason why Neo uses them in The Matrix.
@@al28854 Cage replaced the custom 1911s with a 92FS fir the showdown at the end.
I believe John Woo’s Broken Arrow features Travolta with a full auto Beretta 93R
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my favorite handgun ever made. ever since i was a kid i wanted one, this gun is iconic, from appearing in countless action movies to videogames like Resident Evil , to being combat proven with US troops since its adoption in 1985, its earned its legendary status. now that im a 33 year old guy i finally have one. a Berretta 92X.
The Samurai Edge custom models in Resi are some of the best custom handguns ever digitally made. Kendo knew his pixels....
As an 80s/90s kid this is becoming my favorite Guntube channel.
Before Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, the Beretta 92 was Robert Urich's handgun in Spenser For Hire.
Absolutely correct, in the books Spenser carries a hi power, and every once in a while the script will refer to 13 rounds in the mag. They forgot to change it for the beretta. I liked that show.
Before Lethal Weapon and Die Hard the first film to feature the Beretta 92F was the 1986 John Woo film A Better Tomorrow. 😊
@@joshuamartindale868 A Better Tomorrow was after Spenser For Hire.
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Finally bought myself a 92fs a couple years ago after wanting one since seeing Lethal Weapon in the day it hit the theater.
After seeing Lethal Weapon I bought a Taurus PT-92 back in the early 1990s as a cheaper alternative for the Beretta 92 FS. I had the gun for a year and sold it for the same price as I had bought it and got an original Beretta 92FS. I was in the Army National Guard after I got out of the Regular Army. I learned how to shoot better with guys from the Sheriffs Department introducing me to Defensive Pistol Shooting Association before it became IDPA. During Army National Guard Qualification for pistol I topped every qualification and defeated the Regular Army during state and interservice pistol qualification with the M9. Not a bad service handgun for a 9mm Parabellum. I really love the 1911 personally and did quite well with it too.
I owned 2 new, surplus Beretta 96D .40 models 1 in 1997, 1 in 2007. DA only Berettas were popular with a few state agency officers, US Border Patrol, INS. Border Marshal. Beretta had a 92DS a model with a manual safety but that was ended around 1995.
I also bought a Taurus PT-92 right after watching that movie, it was the helicopter scene that really motivated me on high cap wonder nines, and i still shoot and carry custom tuned Berretta's and 1911's today. This movie, Die Hard and Miami Vice killed the revolver for fighting handguns.
@@blackforest270 still own the pt-92 i bought 25 years ago because a Beretta was out of my budget.
The old Tauruses when hard back in the day! I had the previous version .357 608 model with a 6.5” barrel, which was basically a poor man’s Python. I could hit the bullseye at 33 yards when shooting single action. Ever since the mid 2000s Taurus went to shit though.
I love my Taurus.
The Professional was such a cool movie. My dad worked at disney for 37 years. He maintained and worked on their firearms used in the jungle cruise and the golden horseshoe. He knew a guy at stembridge gun rentals, so he took me there in the mid 90s. They had conex boxes full of mp5s, augs etc. I cant even tell you how many berettas were there. The coolest things i got to hold ( so I was told by the employee) were the cutdown double barrel from Desperado and the m134 minigun from Predator. Keep up the good work sir, well done!
Thanks Mate! Also, next video i am finishing up now is on Desperado! (Not the shotgun though)
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the reasons why I wanted a Beretta 92 as a pup. My dream piece along with the P226 pre rail model.
Not gonna lie. Lethal Weapon sparked my love affair with the Beretta, I haven't been without one since 1989. I'm also a huge fan of Sig Sauer P226s as well, saw my first one in a Steven Seagal movie and made it a point to have one!
@raykobialka6666 the negotiator made the P226 a star. Hank Voight on Chicago PD used or owned 2. A 2 tone 226 and a blue. He switch to the p229 and now he rocks a H&K. He used a Glock for some reason in a episode.
Don't forget Chow Yun-fat dual wielding 92 F Berettas in all those classic John Woo movies from Hongkong.
Also, the single/double- action trigger made this gun very popular among law enforcement, it's still used as a service pistol in various countries' police forces to this day.
P. S. About the "smiley face'': there's a recent video where Mel Gibson is at Taran Butler's range & Taran actually shoots a smiley face on a target, so it's possible.
Great points. I dont think I've ever actually watched a John Woo movie all the way through. I must sit down this weekend and watch Hard Boiled! I'll look up the Taran Butler video too. He's a grand master though, so if anyone could do it, I guess it would be him!
@@hollywoodguns Hard Boiled is absolutely nuts, the last 25 minutes are just 1 long action sequence, where Chow Yun-fat & Tony Leung turns a hospital into a war zone. Highly recommend also:
- The Killer ( the original NOT the remake, which is made by John Woo himself & is absolute rubbish)
- A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 ( great double feature )
- Bullet in the Head
And from John Woo´s Hollywood films:
- Hard Target ( that´s the one with Van Damme & the rubber rattle snake-meme )
- Face/Off, Nic Cage vs John Tavolta do I have to say more?
John Woo movies aren´t really "realistic" in terms of firearms but goddammit are they fun & stylish af.
Thank you for all these recommendations - "Absolutely nuts" action movies are my thing! I will start watching them.
@@doublep1980 He uses both Berettas and Taurus PT-92s in those movies. In “The Killer,” for example, they only had one Beretta 92F on-set, so any time he’s dual-wielding his pistols, it’s one Beretta and one Taurus.
A better tommorow feature the first on screen appearence of the Beretta 92
Also this gun was very popularised by the first Resident Evil
It is no surprise the Beretta 92 is so common in cinema. It is easy to convert to blank firing blow back without any external changes, they are readily available, they had wide spread adoption meaning it can suit many roles, and last but not least it looks sexy. The lines of the slide and exposed barrel just look so Italian sports car.
@@Jesses001 Yep, this true. Canadian armorer Charles Taylor mentioned this to Ian McCollum for the “Forgotten Weapons” episode he was on. Converting a Beretta 92-series pistol to blank fire is as simple as threading the barrel for the blank adapter, and slightly filing down the locking lugs. It’s not like most semi-auto pistols (such as Glocks or SIGs) where armorers have to tinkle with the barrel lock-up endlessly to make them reliable.
@Jesses001 The popular TV series, Walker Texas Ranger- CBS 1990s, early 2000s often used Beretta 92FSs & Taurus guns. I often speculated this was a blanks, holsters, parts issue. 9mm blank rounds, magazines, gear would be quick, easy to keep track of on set, location.
@ Almost every “Beretta” in “Walker: Texas Ranger” was a Taurus PT92 or PT99, including the stainless gun with the Star of Texas grips that Walker himself carried in Seasons 3-7. I recall that there was one episode where Walker used an actual Beretta 92F that he captured from a bad guy (first episode of Season 8, IIRC), but that was just about it.
When people say pistol, Beretta 92 comes to my mind first.
Not a gun guy, but for me it's the 1911.
Enjoyed the video. I’ve still got my 92F made in Italy gun that I had to buy for myself when my Department (Los Angeles Police Department) switched to the Beretta in the mid eighties. New guys in the academy were issued them, but S&W revolver guys like me had to purchase our own. Upside was that when I finally retired, I got to keep both the wheel gun and the automatic. Thanks again.
Nice! Thanks for sharing the story Randall and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Leathal Weapon is the best Christmas movie ever
THANK YOU!
Not Die Hard! 🏢
Sorry Die Hard every time. "Come on to coast. We'll get together. Have a few laughs." - John McClane
Neither Lethal weapon or Die hard are Christmas movies, they are simply set at Christmas time.
@deantrussler8507 You must be a real riot at parties.
You are wrong. They are Christmas movies and no facts or evidence can prove otherwise.
After buying both a 92FS INOX and later, a base model 92FS, the fit and finish differences were glaring. Plastic triggers and roll pins in the newer models over steel in the INOX and previous versions. That $600 Beretta back in 82 was the Staccato of the times.
what's a staccato?
I bought my 92F shortly after Lethal Weapon came out. An original built in Italy. Still going strong after all these years. Of course it has been maintained correctly with replacement springs every 5000 rounds or so. I probably have 20,000 rounds through it if not a bit more.
I used to work for a place that I had well over 60,000 rounds through one when the frame finally decided it start cracking chunks off. Beretta wanted that frame back for research as they never expected on to live beyond 40 to 50 thousand rounds.
That kind of life expectancy is why they won the M9 contract!
Love the beretta pistol. I had to own one myself. also wondered about all the different guns used in movies and / or TV series. Glad to see someone looking onto it
Isn't the beretta hand gun the start pistol used in the original DOOM game?
First handgun I bought based simply on the movie. Still got it decades later.
I first fell in love with the beretta 92 as a kid. Yes as a result of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Years later after having idolized this weapon, I used it in the Army. Now it was rare that I ever had a sidearm, because I wasnt an officer, and while you would think that pistols would be a perfect weapon for truck drivers and tank crews and the like, the military has other thinking. Anyway. I did however use it often enough to get really, really familiar with it and truely learn to respect the particulars of this weapon. This was the early 200's when Polymer guns were all the rage, and really coming into their own due to the Glock and everybody and their dog trying to copy. But I actually preferred my Beretta. Solid metal alloy frame, to absorb recoil and get me back on target. Large frame means long distance between sights for better accuracy. And a high capacity means that i have more than enough ammo for a single altercation, even if theirs more than one assailant. Still carry this weapon today. Granted, concealed carry means I have to use a shoulder rig, but oh well.
Cool stories - Thats what I love in the comments. Thanks for sharing!
I put some Wilson Combat thin grips on my Beretta FS, and it made the grip feel better. I got a 92S and an 85F Cheetah too. I love Beretta’s! 🇮🇹
@@jonmcclane7433 Same here, love those WC grips. I swapped out the trigger for a short reach, and the hammer to a skeletonized version. Little personal changes that make the pistol feel "mine".
Man you had me at :40-45 when you mentioned that Lethal Weapon....."Was a Christmas Movie".
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
LOL - Right on!
As a collector, the most important change for the 92F and later versions is not having to custom fit many of the parts. The family collection has an early slide 92 and 92SB, that my Dad purchased when new.
I bought my 92A1 just because Riggs had one! Love this weapon!
Same
Dont forget the 93 is also the pistol robocop used in that movie, albeit its "dressed up" to make it more futuristic but if you look close enough you can tell. I always wanted a 93 with the three round burst but I am happy with the M9 I got.
I keep waiting for a video on the 93R. I have one of the two screen used Robo Pistols from the first movie.
My Dad was a 30 year Police Officer. One of the guns he carried as a detective was the same exact gun you showed with the blue slide. Nice shooting gun.
FYI: The two main guns of Lethal Weapon movies are the Beretta R-92F (9mm) and the S&W-19 (.357-magnum).
The Beretta R-92FS is available for the American market. You can send your Beretta R-92FS to Wilson Combat for conversion to a R93-G. The G model is a decocker only pistol. The G conversion eliminates that useless safety on the slide. Makes a Beretta work like a Sig-226. Sig's are decocker only pistols.
The S&W-19 revolvers are still made. Speed loaders are available for faster reloading a revolver. There are also steep strips to hold extra cartridges.
Hollywood loves the Beretta 92. I’ve seen in tv shows and movies. My 96 is an absolute champ. Feeds anything I put it in it and it’s extremely accurate. 25 yard kill zone hits are no problem with it. It has nice tight grouping. Best part about the 96 is you can swap out the magazine and the top half with the 92FS. You can also get a kit to convert it to .22.
Both Lethal Weapon and Die Hard made me a fan of the Beretta when I first saw those movies in the 80’s. I even had a replica Beretta 92 squirt gun compete with a battery in it to simulate recoil. Fun times
I like that you don't rush things in your videos and that overall the vids don't feel too "busy". Also the check for clear at the start of each is a nice touch to help encourage good practice.
I own a Taurus 92 (wanna be Beretta) I purchased it from walmart of all places in 1990. After changing the wood grips to something nice it has been a good gun. I literally have put over 5,000 rounds trough it, it jammed once on the first clip 3rd round.
I’ve always believed the Beretta 92/M9 was and is the most beautiful handgun ever made. That’s likely why it’s been used in so many movies, TV shows, and video games
I carried one in the marines and I have 2 of my own. Great gun
Submariners love em too😁
Damn good gun
I bought my 1st pistol the 92sb with walnut grips in 1988. Was new in the box, bought it from a coworker who never shot it. I still have it today. Yes, it is an absolutely gorgeous gun especially with the blue, steel and without the serrated front trigger guard.
Lethal Weapon,_ is and always will be a Christmas/ classic movie. I saw it in the movie theater in 1987.
I served in the Air Force, they had some 20 round magazines made by Mecgar's predecessor that they never adopted, I was on a shooting team so instead of destroying them they gave a few to me in 1998, last week a finally got around to using them.
I was 15 when I fell in love with the Beretta 92 seeing Lethal Weapon in 1987.
Fast forward to 2022 when at 50, I was finally able to get one (made at the Gallatin factory, not Italy)
The gun store I got it from upgraded it with an LTT trigger job prior to me buying it.
Break/reset is sweet!
Couldn't find any local, so got 2 mec-gar 18rd mags online and robbed the 18rd mag from the Girsan Regard MC I bought in 2021 since no local Beretta's.
Ol' Beretta is my EDC!
My favourite 9mm simply because of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard .Before handguns were pretty much banned in the UK,i learnt how to shoot with a S&W Model 10 and a Beretta 92F in late 80s early 90s. The Beretta is a beautifully designed ,reliable weapon and works flawlessly.I now have a couple of AirPistol replicas of the 92 F in my collection as we arnt "allowed" to shoot real ones in the UK now sadly.
thats lovely the baretta was THE gun for 80s action movies
I swear to god, LW is absolutely timeless!!! I LOVE that film!!!!!! ❤❤
I love 92’s. A 96 was my first firearm purchase. Still shoots great!
Hard to beat a Beretta, but I think the HiPower is my favorite. I have a video on that in the works....
Another great video . I had an old 92s heal mag release years ago . I sent it to beretta when I had it and they literally changed every spring and full detail cleaning for free and mailed it back in new box . I should have never traded it .
This is why should only buy, never sell.
For years I just hated them. Then I bought a used one. Don't know why.But I soon found out it's just a great gun. Better than any of my 1911's. Which I still love.
Back in 2010 I found a gorgeous 92FS on an auction site and got talking to the seller. It turned out he had a summer home near me and offered to sell in person to skip the shipping process. He had been an FFL in the 90s and had bought the gun for home defense. He brought it home, tossed it in a safe and never fired it. I ended up with a perfect, unfired since the factory tests, 92FS with the original case and contents for $500.
It doesn't gleam like yours (has more of a matte finish) but I don't see myself ever getting rid of it.
Great deal!
Another good one. I agree, this is my Christmas movie along with Die Hard. That was interesting that John McClane and Martin Riggs used the same gun! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jack! On topic, The same mini gun used in predator was also used in Terminator 2 as well. Apparently this sort of multiple use of the same prop gun is actually quite common in Hollywood.
I have 6 Berretta 92s. It's one of my favorite pistols. Also, the helicopter mag dump scene where he rapidly empties two mags then just shoves it into his pants always made my dad laugh. 😂😂😂
Also, no Max Payne game ever without the M9. Trivia, the gun photographed for the 2001 game was a gas pistol Miami 92F made by Reck (now Umarex).
Amazing fact, thanks for sharing man (how the hell did you find this out btw?)
Late 80s Christmas movies: Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and Scrooged. Both LW1 and Scrooged were directed by Richard Donner...
I carried a M9 for years, good solid firearm. My only complaint, a bit on the heavy side.
Been using a Glock for iver 20 years.
YES! LW is a Christmas movie!!!
Vindicated - Thank you!
Great preaentation! I have an original straight slide 92. They are fairly obtainable in South Africa. Mine started its life as a Swaziland police service pistol.
Hell yeah! Beretta lore! I absolutely love mine, I have the FS model.
Also, Robocop used a Beretta, built from a Beretta 93R, it use the firing mechanism of the 92. 👌
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard started my love for the 9mm Beretta
This is the gun that got me properly into guns as a kid, it's such a good looking design and although I didn't know it at the time, it was already my favourite gun as Robocops gun was based on the M93r and modified. My dad bought me a BB gun version of it in black, I loved it so much, I still have it to this along side a replica M93r Auto 9C. You're not biased, I drew a smiley face on a target too...........but it was only 10 yards away or under.
Thanks for commenting and sharing your stories mate.
I know how you feel. I received one of the real Auto-9s about 4 years ago after being obsessed with it (and the movies) for 30plus years. I had the static replicas and water guns and then BB versions and then the KSC and MGC. Finally got my hands on a screen used one.
I bought an Italian police 92s, very well used based on the wear from the trigger bar. I reblued it, and had the frame cerakoted, walnut grips and it a peach. Shoots like a dream, very accurate. Heel mag release doesn't bother me. The safety/decocker honestly was so weird I operated it a bunch of times before even loading it. It's a bit of a safe queen, but my favorite purchase.
This movie (series) was simply iconic. The B92F was always fantastically staged. I loved the movies. Too bad they don't make movies like this anymore.
I carry a Beretta M9 Commercial model which is just 92FS with the military style markings that Beretta sold during the contract period. I had a choice at my local gun store between an Italian made 92FS and an American made M9. I went with the M9 because it was slighty cheaper than the Italian 92FS even though theyre both the same gun. 😊 I carry it in a Galco Jackass Shoulder Holster which was used during the first 2 seasons of Miami Vice and eventually evolved into the Miami Classic shoulder holster.
I had a 92A1 .40. Really liked that gun. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore.
Have never seen this before...You're doing some amazing research here on the best movies ever. Clicked "remind me" of all new videos!
I've got one too. Well a 92 FS. I must say it oozes sex appeal right from the start and that is just the start. Great video
I have a 92 f that I bought in 1988. Still have it and love it, it’s an American made gun.
I got to fire one of these last year on my 50th Birthday Road Trip here in Australia. This thing was an old range gun and really showed it but, 100 rounds and not a single malfunction.
Beretta 92 has one of the absolute best sight pictures I’ve ever seen on a sidearm.
I remember the back of the box when it first came out on dvd. Said one officer with his off duty revolver while showing him holding the beretta :)
The range scene in "Lethal Weapon" is something I did to my wife at an indoor range in Phoenix, AZ. Albeit, with a Canik 9mm, not a Beretta. She fired a single round at 7 meters and hit dead-center headshot. I fired at 21 meters and made a smiley face. Proof that 9mm is, indeed, quite an accurate round, given a full-sized sidearm. The only thing good that I have to say about compact-sized sidearms (pocket pistols) is that they're easy to conceal.
I had a 92 in the 80's that's when we could in the UK excellent bit of kit. £300 brand new.
Ever since I got my own Beretta 92FS, I got a Die Hard t-shirt and sweatshirt, and I have it on my person every Christmas.
I have Christmas gift coming that you might enjoy then!
Have a Taurus PT99AF, which was made in Brazil, on the original Baretta dies when the Taurus company was launched and used those Dyes. The saftey is toward the grip
I have the beretta m1951 before the 92 came out. It's all blued. Gorgeous gun.
agree, they are lovely.
I picked up a surplus Beretta 92 SB today from my FFL through Classic Firearms. Only $399 🙂 It was a military/police surplus from the Guardia di Finanza a paramilitary law enforcement agency in Italy. Kind of like the IRS, FBI, ICE, and Coast Guard rolled into one. It's in really great condition for a 40 year old, used firearm. I'm very pleased with it. Taking it to the range tomorrow.
Back in the day when we allowed in the UK, I nearly bought a 92F, but I tried one on a range and it was just a bit too big for my hands and that made it not comfortable to draw fast or fire. I ended up getting a CZ 75 which became my pistol for the practical pistol competitions I used to shoot.
I was lucky enough and found a Beretta 92FS Police Special in the early 2000s. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
I have not seen that film in years, going to have to dig it out now 👊
The Beretta 92 is one of the 10 most recognized handguns in the world. It has been used in almost every movie that used guns made in the 80's and 90's. It is as iconic as a 1911 or the old single action colt revolver used in westerns. I ended up buying the .40 caliber version made by Taurus from a friend of mine a long time ago. It was manufactured in 1991 and has since had well over 10k rounds through it without any problems due to the gun itself. I pull the trigger and it goes Bang! And by watching Gibson on the range I'd say mine has a much shorter reset than the Beretta and I like where the de-cocker is located on mine as well. Having it on the top of the frame is just dumb if like me you don't rely on the slide lock release to put it in battery after reloading and pull the slide back instead. It is possible to engage the safety by accident leaving one vulnerable in a hairy situation.
Great points, thanks for sharing.
@@hollywoodguns My pleasure, and Riggs did fire seven shots on the range, LOL!
I personally always liked that white sweater that Gary Busey wore in that scene.. Been looking for one like it since this movie came out but no luck yet
YES! Someone finally agrees with me that "Lethal Weapon" is a Christmas movie!!
92FS has been one of my favorites for years.
Can confirm. Lethal Weapon is the better movie and Christmas movie for sure. Legendary cast and firearm. Great video, sir! Subscribed!
Thanks Mate!
I’m a big die hard fan. But lethal weapon is a better movie. Love it.
This is awesome! What a gorgeous gun finish. Please do Miami Vice if you can find the gun!
next video...... next week!
Subbed. Just found out about your channel. The thing about the 92FS is its appearance. It looks like art and is beautiful to behold. Like a Caravaggio or Botticelli.
Just picked up a used Beretta M9. Looks almost identical, love it, came w 3 holsters and 4 mags. The safety on mine is also a decocker
nice!
Growing up as a kid in the 90s in the midwest, there was a lot of, can't be outside too cold, to snowy, so I watched the first three Lethal Weapon movies until the tapes fell apart.
That is why as soon as I turned 21, I bought a Beretta. Sadly, couldn't find a 92, but I found an M9 commemorative in good condition, at a very reasonable price. Still have that to this day.
Honorable videogame mention Max Payne. Max's signature weapons in the first game were pair of Berettas with 17rd mags each paying homage to John Woos Hard Boiled. It even uses the same or at least mimics the gunshot sound effect from Hard Boiled.
Brother… you nailed this video. Subscribed forsure! Whenever I talk about the 92 to someone who dosent know what I’m talking about i always say….’you know, the lethal weapon gun.. the mel Gibson. lol. I kind of do the same thing when talking about my metal frame double action smiths referring to them as “the training day gun” lol. Lethal weapon was such a beloved movie to my brother and i growing up.
Thanks mate!
Back when Canadians were allowed to own handguns, I had a Beretta Inox in 9mm. Greatest gun I had ever owned. Problem being, parts were hard to find. The inox 9mm was a "Type T" and the regular 9mm FS is the "Type M"
When the Beretta 92FS was released it looked identical to the 92F and M9 variant. The 92FS at some point a fair amount of years later had some upgrades done to it, I guess if you can call them that. The dust cover area right beneath the recoil spring and guide rod for whatever reason got slanted down or up whichever way you want to look at it. I assume it was done in an attempt to streamline the gun and make it look better, and or it could make for easier holstering but I doubt that was the reason. Then they recessed the upper area of the grip under the beaver tail to allow people with smaller hands to be able to get a better grip and have less distance for trigger reach. I personally don't really care for how the 92FS dust cover area looks as I'm more accustomed to the original look that originally got me into the Beretta 92 platform thanks to Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and also having a perfect replica water pistol at the time in my youth, lol.
The Mec-Gar magazines are 18 rounds not 17, but I believe at some point like over 15 years ago they were selling the 17 round magazines. Back in the mid to later 90's I remember seeing 17 round Beretta 92 magazines listed in gun magazines and I think they were made by Mec-Gar or possibly some other after market company.
Thanks for all the extra info.
You have great taste! I've got a 92fs that I've low-key dressed up and converted to decock only, but a nice 92sb is really my grail as a sleek and beautiful pistol..
I bought mine after seeing the lady in the movie Shooter waste the bad guy in the scene on snow mountain. Stainless with pearl grips, I bought one just like it.
"I haven't even started. "-Mel six inch ported barrel, light,night sights, twenty round mag.-Mas The 92 is also featured in the Brian DePalma film Scarface.
Thanks for the video and your work be well. Beretta's are awesome. Some police surplus 92 sb's came into the USA in the last few months I was lucky to grab one awesome pistol.
beretta 92 and glock 17 is my all time favorite pistols
That distinctive sound they used for its sound.😮
Thank you for always making the most informative and entertaining videos.
Glad you like them!
Absolutely fantastic!, thank you for making such a solid tribute.
My first gun was my Baretta 92 because of movies with it.
The finish on beretta has me mesmerized
We are cut from the same cloth. Why don't Beretta offer Blueing anymore.........? Did Italians lose their sense of style?
@@hollywoodguns It's environmental regulations related to the disposal of lye for the bluing process, but more that that it's companies cost cutting and people lowering their standards.
@@Stunkos Thanks - I didnt know the first point.
I bought a 92S Milsurp, loved it, kept it about 4 years. Stupidly sold it. I seriously missed that pistol, I ended up getting a new 92FS. Im also a huge fan of the Browning Hipower which I luckily inherited one.
Thats why I dont sell. So many coulda, shoulda, woulda stories from folks on the ones they let get away.