So I really screwed the pooch when a LGS had piles of used Beretta 92s in the recent past and I did not pick one up.
What is a fair price for a used “VG - Excellent” 92FS? I can’t believe they are near the peak of popularity any more - panic or not. The A1 rail has no advantage for me.
Thank you
Andy
I bought one when my LGS was selling brand new ones in 2019 for $429. I decided I wanted an M9A3 and sold it to a gun shop for $600 in August 2020.
I think 9mm handgun pricing has gone down since then, but they listed it for $750 and it flew off the shelf. I would be surprised if you could find a used one for under $600
Insanity.
Gunbrokewr is always a good bet to check prices.
And this is why I absolutely HATE people removing a sales price or editing details out of an EE thread.
Buds sent me an Email offering to buy any Beretta I had. I haven’t seen any for sale locally lately. Maybe between the move to Tennessee and Langdon they are in short supply.
I inherited one about a year ago. It desperately needed the reduced hammer spring and WC sights. I’ll also be giving it a G conversion and grips soon. It shoots very well, might be my favorite 9mm to shoot; least favorite to carry in any way. It does look the coolest out of my 4 9mm’s thanks to 80’s and 90’s action movies. And hands down my favorite to dry fire while watching TV on the couch. In fact, during the “inheritance” I got to choose between it and a HiPower and the 92FS won my selection based on appearance alone.
But I really don’t understand the hype or the following going on right now. Gotta just be a fad right? It’s mind boggling to see that Bud’s emailed out to buy used berettas…? Either way I don’t want to part with it because of sentimental value and like I said it is a fine gun. Just no real world niche. Not for me at least. Maybe a bed side piece?
I’d figure it to be a $600 dollar gun new in the before times and a $700 gun nowadays new.
Used? probably subtract a hundred from those prices.
I did not even know there was a hype or following currently. For me its more “some day I should get one” and I can wait.
Andy
Langdon has done a lot (along with WC) to improve the capabilities of the 92.
The LTT TJIAB is an easy drop in which gives you 85% of a in-house custom trigger job.
Plus the drop in -G kit from Beretta and new sight options… it’s a Renaissance for the platform.
I got the same E-Mail. Also a couple E-Mails wanting to buy back a couple AR’s I bought from them.
For me it would depend on if it was newer with plastic bits or older without. Also Italian or USA made… Would not personally consider one from Tennessee. Hell no…
I have a few and even though they may look similar from a distance the older USA made one shoots better and has a better trigger (came with no plastic parts either).
I ended up buying a (new) Girsan Regard instead. Not a Beretta, but a clone. Barrel/locking block/slide is different. I have a G conversion and D spring on the way, along with some Mec-Gar magazines.
I made it to the range and was reminded how awkward the DA/SA transition is, but more importantly I had forgotten how enjoyable and accurate the 92 platform is for me. I have a LOT more trigger time with my Glocks but was putting 10 rounds into one ragged hole with the Girsan at 10 yards (I think). The main purpose of the range visit was introducing a friend to shooting a pistol with a Ruger MKII, so I had the targets fairly close.
The Girsan ran fine with the motley assortment of mags I have and put a dent in my 9mm stash without issue. 124 gr +P Gold Dots were noticeably more energetic, but not objectionable in the big, heavy 92.
DA pull is definitely heavier than my stock CZ-75 and I think SA is as well but the CZ has more rounds through it.
TLDR - bought a Turkish clone and impression is positive so far.
Andy
When was this? i have a brand new unfired beretta M9 commercial that i been debating of selling.
It’s been months ago, but you could call Buds and see if they are still interested in buying your Beretta. From what I’ve seen on their site i’d say they would be interested in buying a lot of firearms right now. They would likely lowball you so if I was you I’d look at selling it on GunBroker.com.
I never sold anything on gunbroker. I just buy. I guess i will do some research and figure it out.
550-600 sounds fair to me.
From the single video I watched on those guns - There is more stuff different than just those that you mentioned.
No link but in the video I saw the guy did a side by side comparison of the Girsan and a Beretta (taking them both down and going over the differences).
Just a personal opinion but considering the parts availability for each and how small the difference in prices are - I would have saved up a little more and went with Beretta all day long over the Turkish ‘clone’ thing.
Concerning the parts availability: A few years back a coworker was telling me about how him and his son scored a ‘really great deal’ on an entire case of no-name, bubba they just met at the wherever - reloaded ammo for his Beretta and how they went shooting the previous weekend. Was all fine and good for the first few hundred rounds or so and then they got to the ‘bad’ round that messed up their afternoon / broke the Beretta…
Had the guy bring me the pistol the next day so I could look it over and had it back to him the next morning. They did not think to try and recover or save the case from the round that went south and caused the damage but I could make some guesses from looking at the damage it had done. Trigger bar was the only part I had to replace. Had several of them in the Beretta toolbox and they were dirt cheap. Commonly found part in many Beretta parts kits still today and still dirt cheap…
In the hopefully unlikely event that you happen to run across a bad round that screws up your gun a bit requiring repairs / replacement parts - How likely do you think it would be for you to easily find replacement parts for your gun locally?
Pretty sure I am no where near the only guy in my town with a handful of spare Beretta locking blocks in his toolbox. Would imagine there are places here locally that stock piles of them in their Beretta parts ‘bins’? Thinking along the lines of a local Beretta dealer or gunsmith and the volume of parts they may have on hand normally as compared to the ‘guy down the street / Beretta enthusiast’ that has a small handful of spare parts.
You are not going to be as easily able to call your buddy down the street and have him dig you out a spare Girsan locking block from his supplies.
I am not arguing the Girsan is as good as a Berretta or even a good deal. I want to make that point because I have seen claims they are as good as or better and I am NOT saying that.
I should have said that the barrel, locking block and slide are unique to the Girsan and cannot be interchanged with Beretta parts. I did not mean there are no other differences.
The locking block is a real concern because that is a wear/maintenance part and Girsan locking blocks are not readily available like they are for the Beretta.
Parts availability is a plus for the Beretta as it is with the Glocks.
I snipped the quote for space concerns only.
Andy
It’s known as either a Beretta M9 (or M9A1), or a Beretta 92FS (or 92A1). Never heard of an M92 or M92FS. No such model exists that I’m aware of.
Mea Culpa. That is probably why no one understood which pistol I was referring to.
Andy
Technically, there is an “M92FS”, but it’s an Airsoft pellet pistol version of the Beretta 92FS.
As for the current pricing of newly manufactured M9s & M9A1s, they typically run anywhere from $500 to $700 basically depending on the amount & type of parts used (newer, lower-end pistols usually contain a number of plastic components like the safety selector, trigger, guide rod, lanyard loop, & mag release button assembly). Pistols that have been upgraded with the metal parts v plastic & special models (such as the 2001 “United We Stand” edition) usually run @ the $700-$750 mark. Used police trade ins of Beretta 92s typically run @ $450 or so, and may or may not have a bunch of plastic parts used.
Hope this helps you.
It helps a great deal, thank you. I would like to find a lightly used or well cared for pre-owned pistol when things settle down (if they ever do). Until then, I will beat on my turkish copy.
Andy