New Beretta Cheetah - update thread name to "Beretta discussion"

[BAM-BAM]

I love everything about the Beretta 92FS EXCEPT the fact that it is so big. Grip is way too big for my hands although the new Vertec Grip profile cures this problem. Since I've got a M&P full size and the P365, both of which fit my hands perfectly I no longer can justify another 9

Couldn't agree more...I wear a medium glove.... that's why I went with the 92 Compact and then the Centurion for "duty size" hi-cap carry guns...... 4.25 inch barrel/slide vs the 4.9 on the M-9.

First off I wanted DA/SA for concealed carry after a decade of carrying various .45 1911s and a SA .380.

Post 2000 civilian versions have a radiused backstrap which shortens the trigger reach and for the past 5/6 years we've had the ultra-thin G-10 grips

Also I've retrofitted my carry guns with the decocker only G kit

Today Mecgar offers a 15 rd mag for the Compact and a 18rd mag for the Centurion.

That said I did use a 92 Elite II as a 'gaming' gun.... many of the features above but with a 4.7" flush barrel/slide and decocker only.

I do have one Full size Inox with the barrel cut flush with the slide radiused backstrap and ultra-thin G-10 grips that's a 18+1 house gun! 20 and 30 rd factory/Mecgar mags are available.


IMHO the M-9 should have been the Centurion Model w/18rd mag!

My first Beretta was a 70s back in the early 80s durning my cocked and locked days...


NO need to "justify" another 9mm..... kinda "WANT" is good enough!!

 

[444 Magnum]

I also picked up a Browning BDA380 last year. I prefer the full slide and the decocker (ambidextrous). It's a pistol that is big enough for me (over 6') and small enough for the wife. The Browning (made by Beretta) is very well made. Fit and finish is near perfect, fast shooting with low recoil and 13+1 capacity. They're out of production but readily available. I picked this one up for just under $800 delivered in excellent condition. Plenty of stopping power with manageable recoil and less chance of over penetration.

 

[ladder13]

Agree with you 100%. Next question....Which one are you going to slip into your pocket for discreet carry. Tradeoffs abound. If I am going to actually carry a gun as big as the Beretta 80X it will be something in 9mm-like the Sig P365

Ditto………..

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

You are correct. Mode 948. Had to get my glasses out to see. Daddy bought it 1950 while in the army. Was his only handgun for many years. A squirrel in a tree top didn't have a chance. My newer one is a mdl 71.

My co-hort has a .380 like my 948 that borrow and shoot occasionally.
Would love have one like Yodas' with adj. sights.

Sorry for the Highjack OP. just like to talk about my Beretta's.

My 948 will shoot with the hammer down with a light tap from a rubber hammer....My 71 will not.

 

[alwslate]

My 948 will shoot with the hammer down with a light tap from a rubber hammer....My 71 will not.

Interesting as I have a pair of 948s. One has a half cock notch and the other doesn't. I'm going to try the rubber hammer test on both.