Beretta 92fs

[LarryP]

Looking at a Beretta 92fs What does the FS stand for?

Is $625 a good price for a used one? Comes with 2 mags to.

[ijosef]

That's a terrible price for a regular Beretta 92fs - you can get a new one for less. I bought my Beretta 96 (same pistol, but chambered in .40SW) for $300 used and it came with three aftermarket magazines in addition to the two factory ones.

[ijosef]

According to Whackapedia, here's the reason for the "fs" designation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_92

92S
In order to meet requirements of some law enforcement agencies, Beretta modified the Beretta 92 by adding a slide-mounted combined safety and decocking lever, replacing the frame mounted manual thumb safety. This resulted in the 92S which was adopted by several Italian law enforcement and military units. The later relocation of the magazine release button means these models (92 & 92S) cannot necessarily use later magazines, unless they have notches in both areas.

92F (92SB-F)
Beretta modified the model 92SB slightly to create the 92SB-F (the "F" added to denote entry of the model in U.S. Government federal testing) and, later, the 92G for French Government testing, by making the following changes:
Design of all the parts to make them 100% interchangeable to simplify maintenance for large government organizations.
Modified the front of the trigger guard so that one could use finger support for easier aiming.
Recurved the forward base of the grip to aid aiming.
Hard chromed the barrel bore to protect it from corrosion and to reduce wear.
New surface coating on the slide called Bruniton, which allegedly provides better corrosion resistance than the previous plain blued finish.

92FS
The FS has an enlarged hammer pin that fits into a groove on the underside of the slide. The main purpose is to stop the slide from flying off the frame to the rear if it cracks. This was in response to reported defective slides during US Military testing.

[bstrawse]

I bought a used one for $400 / $425 or something close to that - they come up for sale on the forum regularly. I'd wait..
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[mmarino]

used 92fs with nothing else (accesories) are usually around the $500 mark

[tacticalninja32]

I picked up an M9 with CTgrips brandnew at gunstop for 625plus tax before

[tazdevil]

Bought ours brand new at (shudder) Cabela's for 600$ tax included. That was 6 months ago, with the grey rubber grips (the wifey loves them, but she's now eyeing my P226 Elite Dark!).

[1911fan]

I've sold two used ones on here for mid three hundreds iirc. Four tops.

[scotts87iroc]

Paid $540 brand new for mine.

[mrokern]

I don't know if it's still the case, but the Italian ones used to come with 3 mags new vs 2 with the US-built models. It's a crap shoot trying to find a specific one, though.

And to echo the above...$625 used is borderline criminal. At least $200+ too high.

[farmerj]

you can look and follow here too...

http://berettaforum.net/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=18