

The frontstrap and backstrap of the grips are checkered, for a better grip, and a thinner trigger guard for easier one-handed operation. The magazine well is beveled, for more reliable reloads.
BERETTA D SPRING BARREL UPGRADE
The upgrade came about after the US Marine Corps found a number of shortcomings with the standard issue M9 and told Beretta what they'd like changed.įirst was adding a mil-standard Picatinny rail, with a longitudinal channel cut through the middle of the rail. The Beretta M9A1 is an upgraded Beretta M9. Beretta M9A1: Marine Corps Cooked Up A Classic MSRP is $775, which isn't terrible considering this gun will probably last the rest of your life. This is a gun you can count on to save your bacon, anywhere and everywhere, all day every day, with a bit of care. So.it's big, it's bulky, but it capacity is substantial, the gun is if anything overbuilt. One of the party pieces is that it accepts 17-round magazines, two more than the standard 92. The gun stands 5.4 inches tall, 8.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide, weighing 33.3 ounces unloaded.but then again you knew this thing was a brick. The recoil spring, for those who get hung up on this aspect, is fully captured.Īs for the measurements, you get 4.9 inches of falling-block barrel. It has a fully rounded trigger guard in lieu of the classic Beretta trigger guard shape and comes with white 3-dot sights as standard, though you can swap them for night sights or fiber optics as both front and rear sights are dovetailed.

Essentially, a Beretta 96A1 converted to 9mm.Īnother difference from the standard 92FS is the 92A1 is railed, with a Picatinny rail machined into the dust cover. If you were to look at the internals of the slide, you'd see a buffer in the frame (it'll run +P without issue) and a thicker nose in the 92A1 compared to the 92FS or the M9 family. 40 S&W round instead of 9mm Parabellum, the typical chambering. The Beretta 96 is a Beretta 92 that's been overbuilt a bit in order to accommodate the.
