Beretta 92xx - No Jams

[TMan]

I've never been a big fan of the Beretta M9/92xx design. I've seen several guns in stores where, while the gun was locked up, I could wiggle the barrel around in the slide. I read somewhere about a guy that was putting bushings in like on a 1911 to improve the precision (MLB, I almost said accuracy).

The Beretta 92 Steel-I came out of "the safe". It is a nice gun, but I never really appreciated it much. The interesting thing, which I never thought much about, is the open barrel. When the slide comes back the barrel and "breech" are completely open. Stovepipe? impossible!!!

Now I must admit that I have a SA not a DA/SA; I probably wouldn't be as impressed if it had the DA/SA trigger.

As a defensive weapon, I don't think you could come up with a better design. [Forgive me, John Moses Browning, and don't come haunt me; I have enough troubles]

["DoubleAction"]

How To Make The 92FS 9mm Shoot

"New modifications are making the country’s much-maligned Beretta service sidearm much more accurate."

Our Old Friend : Jack Weigand :

Now we’ve found two paths to greater glory with the 92FS and M9, respectively. Pennsylvania gunsmith Jack Weigand has brought down from his shop on the Mountaintop an inexpensive, quick, clean commercial modification that tightens up the front of the 92FS. Moreover, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit gunsmith Master Sergeant David E. Sams has systematically cleaned up trouble spots on the M9 and has turned it into a topnotch bullseye gun—on the order of sub-inch groups at 50 yards with factory ammo.

We recently tested Weigand’s commercially available modification to see if it actually helped a pre-ban 92FS shoot more accurately. Sams’ AMU modifications aren’t available commercially, but his knowledge of how to accurize the M9 is. By reading about his solutions, the interested shooter may be able to find a smith who can perform some of the AMU wizard’s work and bring the 92FS up to snuff at the range.

The Weigand Nosepiece

When we first heard of the Weigand Combat Handguns BT Nose Piece modification performed by Jack Weigand (pronounced we-GAND), we imagined all sorts of gargoyle-inspired clamps and bushings hanging off the gun. Happily, the retrofit Weigand barrel bushing doesn’t mar the lines of the utilitarian 92FS. He charges $59.95 for the nosepiece, and $39 for installing it. Weigand performs the work in a day, and even during the UPS strike, we were able to ship the gun to him, get the mod done, and have the gun back for retesting in 10 days.

www.gun-tests.com/performance/oct97shootbetter.html

I The last time that I heard about Jack Weigand, he was retired.

The Weigand Nosepiece Diagram & Instructions

www.jackweigand.com/Beretta%20Taurus%20Nosepiece.html

If you can find The Weigand Nosepiece, it wouldn't be very difficult to locate a gunsmith to do the installation.

[MLB]

That nosepiece is very clever. Excellent link.

[TBT]

A SA variant of the 92FS?

If I could find one of those I would probably already have one. Always liked the gun but couldn't get past the mandatory DA/SA pull and the silly slide mounted safety/decocker. Always liked the Taurus design better.

[TMan]

TBT, unfortunately they only made it for a couple of years. The Steel-I was made in two variations: one with the DA/SA and the other with SA. Lucky for me: I got the one with the SA trigger.