Please give me your opinions on the Beretta mod. 96

Fast Draw

December 21, 2001 09:38

How do you feel about the Pistol overall and what can be done to improve it.

Comments

9 comments

hattrick

December 27, 2001 11:25
wonderfull gun,ive shoot over 10,000 never had a problem,wouldnt do a thing to it.
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cpermd

December 28, 2001 08:11
They are definitely full size.I prefer my 1911s.I am old fashioned.cpermd
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dheffley

December 29, 2001 15:16
One of the best guns I've ever owned. I would strongly recommend it.
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axlerfan

December 29, 2001 20:00
only thing better is either a sig or a 1911
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v35

December 30, 2001 07:27
Great grip,feel,balance,good barrel length,sights,great military holster gun. What makes me nervous is the thin chamber wall and the thin remaining slide thickness where the lock engages the slide. Having once come close to a 96 Mauser pistol bolt through the eye, I like to see a lot of metal in highly stressed areas.A fix for the slide would be to bridge the thin areas of the slide with high strength steel straps at least 1/16 thick.High useage Berettas should have the slides inspected periodically,preferrably by Magnafluxing.
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chunkstyle

October 07, 2002 05:51
Yep, what you said. Hogue grips, Tritium sights, and I changed the mag release button to left-hand, being left-handed. That's it.
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leprecon7

October 07, 2002 07:41
Have to carry a centurion at work 40 cal-I really like the gun and its workings and reliability but if you have small hands it is a problem with your double action shot. I had to put Hogues on it to be able to hold it. Recently though the dept has seen error of its ways and has bought a few of the new Vertec models for us with small hands. Only problem is that Vertecs have equipment rail so now they have to buy new holsters also.Beretta is easiest gun to field strip and clean in my humble opinion.
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JudgeColt

October 07, 2002 08:53
Beretta has an answer for those who fear a slide failure. Both the Elite and Brigidier have extra metal above the locking areas on the slide. (Would V35 really try to attach a piece of metal to the slide in this area?!?! Attaching it would probably weaken the slide and encourage slide failure rather than prevent it.) Slide failures have never been a problem with the M96. The slide failure problem was with M92 pistols subjected to high round counts of very hot ammunition.

All M96 pistols (and all M92FS pistols as well - the "S" signifying the "safety" modification) have the slide modification that prevents the slide from leaving the pistol in the very unlikely event a slide should break.
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mballai

October 07, 2002 20:11
I have an Elite II and it's fine. I put some orange sight paint on the front sight, but that's all it really needed. I'd swap the sights out for AOs big dot if I shot it all the time, but it's not a priority.

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