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Last one of those I saw for sale Bill Wilson ended up with it. Very sexy gun…
What model is that?
Beretta did away with the frame mounted safety and added the slide mounted decocker at the request of multiple governments, and as a result enjoyed lucrative military contracts that carried the company for decades, most notably with the US, France, and Italy.
Of course, had they followed the advice of the experts on this forum, I am sure they would have done even better…
I’d sure like to hear the government logic that led to such requests. I’ve had people tell me that with proper training the slide mounted safety can be worked as well as the frame mounted safety. I’ve never had someone tell me that it’s a better design.
The beretta was an evolutive design, and despite its beauty it is kind of a horse designed by a committee to meet all the design specs thrown by the potential users.
The decocker/safety was put into the slide when a decocker was requested because it made for a very positive safety and the decocker manipulation did not had the problems like the frame mounted Taurus safety/decocker. Of course, the flip side is that it is a more difficult safety to operate, and you can put the gun in safe while manipulatin the slide. In retrospect, a manual safety was not really needed with a decocker and a FP safety, but the “committee” was set on a safety.
I’d love to hear it. I think the arx is fantastic
Its a “Stock”, available as a 92, 96 and I believe a 98 as well, along with the “Combat” in the same models. They pop up for sale on the rare occasion. Be prepared to spend $2500 and up…
Someone else mentioned a conversion being made available on the DAO pistols, Allegheny Gunworks has done these. The problem is getting the parts to do the conversion. Brignoli Silvio in Italy did at one point have limited availability of the necessary parts.
I was finally able to satisfy my need for a frame mounted safety Beretta 92. I purchased a new sealed in the box Centennial off GunBroker for right at $1,600 when all was said and done.
Needless to say, it looks great. The bluing is awesome. I read online that the trigger wasn’t that good, but I think it’s excellent. The reset is kind of long, but there’s not much take-up and once you get to the break point, the hammer drops with no more movement. I could do without the large rear sight, but other than that it’s perfect. I’m glad I was able to score this at a price well below what most other Centennial owners had to pay.
To the OP Bret, that centennial looks like a great pistol, congrats on your purchase. Is that an adjustable LPA rear sight on it?
The lack of frame mounted safety is what kept me from purchasing a M9 or 92A1 when I was looking for a all metal full size 9mm pistol. I ended up with a CZ instead. I’d still like to add a 92A1 to my collection one day.
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It looks like an LPA rear sight. It doesn’t really seem to go with the looks of the pistol. I’m thinking about replacing it with a smaller blued rear sight.
Love Beretta’s man