Which 92 to buy these days for Production?

[DarthMarl]

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LTT with RDO and NP3

[robertg5322]

1 hour ago, DarthMarl said:

LTT with RDO and NP3

"for Production".

[Friedrich_der_Grosse]

Best Beretta for production? WHOOOO BOI that's a difficult question. This is gonna be a long ass response so get your butt ready. 

If you want something purely for competition and you don't care about weight, get the Beretta 92x Performance (optics ready if you want). The frame safety is more intuitive to use often, but personally I don't think this makes too much sense on a DA/SA since you'll have to manually lower the hammer which isn't as fool-proof as other models. That being said, the safety provides as a really nice paddle to fight against recoil, and with 47oz of weight you're slinging around + the Brigadier slide and if you decide to add a shock buffer from Wilson Combat... recoil is basically gonna be non-existent.

If you want something that's pretty good out of the box and you don't want to do any modifications since you're too scared (even though Berettas are the easiest DA/SA gun to mod most likely), the Beretta M9A4 is a good way to go. Threaded barrel you can put a suppressor or a compensator on, tritium sights + piccatiny rail for a light, and is also always optics ready. That being said the optics mounting solution is not even close to as good in ANY WAY compared to the Langdon solution. Despite this, the Beretta M9A4 also uses a Beretta 92x Performance trigger group as far as I'm aware since it comes with a 92xP style trigger bar, basically making it to where the M9A4 has the shortest reset of them all (with the exception of the 92xP with its screws for pre and over travel in the frame and the Langdon trigger bar). Just make sure your M9A4 is a late 2021-2022 production one and check it before you buy it, early-mid 2021 examples can come out... really really bad. 

IF you wanna get the best out of the best Beretta 92 in existence... just spend the money and get a Langdon Tactical one with the trigger job, NP3 coatings, carry bevel (full dehorn), RDO slide, and slap a good optic on that. Possibly the most reliable 92 to exist, best shooting overall with the trigger, best "feel" and handling characteristics for many, they're all G models so they're all decocker only, basically they're the most expensive Beretta you can buy but WELL worth as they easily rival many 2011s until you get to Open Division which... I'm not gonna talk about.

However if you want to have something to work on and you don't really mind losing front cocking serrations, incompatible slides (with other 92s)... I would probably say the Beretta 92A1 is a good place to start. The 92A1's slide has dovetailed sights so they're replaceable, and trigger components are interchangeable with other 92s, as well as the slide safety/decocker area dimensions. All Beretta 92A1s are Italian made, so this is the best place to start to have something to "build" from zero to hero. For getting optics capability on the 92A1 since you can't easily put a RDO slide onto a 92A1 frame, you'll have to send Langdon your slide, but note it IS possible to get an optic onto it.

Hope this helps!