Beretta 9mm

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ok gun enthusiasts!..

shot a Beretta 9mm for the first time today, and im wondering if someone can explain something to me.

when the mag is out, and the slide is back, what is the procedure to get the gun into double action mode?

obviously i put the mag in, then i think i pull the slide back to disengage the slide lock, and once the slide is in place, i pull the hammer back for the first round? and then from there its in double action right?

please correct me on this, sometimes i think i did it right, but there were a couple of times when i dont think i did because the girl that i took shooting with me would fire once and then look back at me and tell me it was stuck, then id pull the hammer back and fire, and it would be double action again…

so i think those times it was “stuck” perhaps i did something wrong, because i was the one loading the mags/guns the whole time.

also shot a Glock 17, liked that much better, although that gun had problems with the shells discharging. again with the glock, im pretty sure that only happened when she was shooting, but as it has no hammer and is quite user friendly, i chalked that up to it being a range gun, god knows how many rounds have gone through it.

that was a simple fix anyway, just pulled the slide back enough to let the shell out, but not far enough to disrupt the path of the next round.

anyway, id like tips/thoughts on the beretta 9mm, as it will be my issued gun in the future.

thanks!

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  1. Buy this: http://www.taurususa.com/products/product-details.cfm?model=92B&category=Pistol

  2. Buy an assload of 9mm ammo and ear muffs. Sportsman’s Guide has a LOT of bulk ammo specials.

  3. Spend a lot of time at a shooting range.

If you do that, you will more or less have Baretta 9mm made by a different manufacturer. You will be completely familiar and comfortable with it when you get your issue pistol.

I’ve owned a Taurus PT92 before and it was a great pistol. It would not jam on even the cheapest ammo. I’d still have it if it had not been stolen.

If the pistols you were testing jammed while ejecting the brass, it was from using really cheap ammo.

Glocks are fantastic firearms but I HATE the long trigger pull. I could not hit shit with my model 19.

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Were the malfunctions only happening when the girl you took with you was firing? The issue with the Glock may be caused by “limp wristing”. If you don’t have a firm grip on the weapon and lock your wrist (for lack of a better term), the recoil energy will not be sufficient to cycle the slide and eject the spent casing.

In order for the recoil to push the slide back against the springs it has to have something pushing in the opposite direction. If she’s holding firmly, that something is her arm and wrist. If she’s recoil sensitive she may be anticipating the recoil and starting to move her hand when she pulls the trigger.

That also might be what the problem is with the Beretta although the way you described it I was a little confused. I haven’t ever fired a Beretta so I’m not familiar with them. If they are a true double action, you shouldn’t have to pull the hammer back the first time, you should be able to disengage the safety and pull the trigger which will retract and then drop the hammer (with a heavier and longer trigger pull).

What kind of ammunition were you firing? If all you did was pull the hammer back (no cycling the slide, etc.) to get the round to fire it may have been something either with the firing pin or the round itself. I know some of the less expensive “bulk” 9mm ammunition has harder primers which can take repeated strikes to fire.

Sorry if that’s not much help.

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I think you might be confusing the terms “double action” and “single action”. Cocking the hammer will never return a weapon to DA mode, it will make it single SA. When the trigger felt stuck it may just have been the heavy DA pull. The SA pull is much lighter and shorter.

It could also be that the de-cocking lever was stuck in the depressed possition.

I agree that the malfunctioning Glock was due to limp wristing.

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I agree with these guys.

I have a Taurus PT-92. It is a cool gun and can be cocked and locked.

Can the Beretta?

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
I agree with these guys.

I have a Taurus PT-92. It is a cool gun and can be cocked and locked.

Can the Beretta?[/quote]

I love my taurus, I have the PT911-40 caliber

Bullpup

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Does the gun Beretta have a “grip safety”? I have a Colt 45 Combat Commander and it has a safety feature that won’t allow the trigger to be pulled without having a firm grip on the grips. Just below the hammer-guard theres an extra “piece” in the back of the grip that has to be depressed before you can fire the weapon.

Anything like that on the Beretta?

B-

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I love my Ruger P89

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When I shoot mine, all I do is put the clip in, rack the a round into the chamber, click the saftey off, point and shoot.
I don’t know if this helps or not.
I have a Beretta 92 FS.

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If you want to return the gun to double action after reloading a mag…I believe on the 92 you push the saftey lever to return it to double action (long trigger pull). I haven’t shot a 92 fs in years, but I remember it being a sweet firearm…I have a Glock 22…That gun has NEVER jammed.

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thanks everyone for your replies. for the beretta i was just doing what i thought the guy told me to do. like i said, sometimes it worked right, sometimes it didnt. perhaps next time i will try just reloading without touching the hammer at all and see if that takes care of it?

as far as the malfunction with the glock, i think that could be dead on. i had never shot before, but i was really happy to be doing it. the girl that was with me had never shot before, and after emptying the mag once myself i reloaded and then handed it to her, she took one shot and handed it back to me. to say the least, she was really scared and did not like it at first. as time went on she definitely got into it and over the fear somewhat, but im sure she was still doing a little of that “limp wristing” with the glock.

that makes sense because the “malfunctioning” did not happen when i was shooting, and i was not concerned with recoil in the slightest, and definitely had a grip on the thing.

as far as the ammo, it was $17 for 50 rounds. im sure that was marked up, so i dont know how much help that provides. i dont remember what the box said, but the bullets just said luger 9mm.

and someone asked about the safety on the beretta 9mm. it is frame mounted, just before the hammer. no grip safety.

i did enjoy the glock much more, and i think i will opt to carry a glock instead, when the time comes.

thanks again!

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Both are excellent guns, and it of course comes down to personal preference. The US Army has been using the Beretta for years now. But the Glock, run the fucker over with a truck, throw it off a cliff, it’s going to keep performing. Less moving parts = less shit that can go wrong.

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i hear you can fill them with sand/dirt whatever and they will still fire. (glock that is)

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Are you gonna be a Cop or a Soldier?

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[quote]Dew-Dawg wrote:

I have a Beretta 92 FS.[/quote]

Same here, I love the damn thing.

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[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
Are you gonna be a Cop or a Soldier?[/quote]

to be blunt, i have a couple blemmishes on my record, and for that reason i am using resources available to me to start as a cop. i would love to work for a federal agency, or DOD, but i have to be a cop first, to even get me in the door with those places.

at the same time, ive wanted to be a cop since i was like 5 years old, i never grew out of it, just in the past year or so ive come to terms with the fact that i dont need an MTV cribs house, and i need to do whats gonna make me happy.

thanks

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I have a Ruger P95-D, A glock 32, and a SIG 228. I like them all. For some reason the longer/shorter trigger pulls never really bothered me.

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[quote]dez6485 wrote:
ok gun enthusiasts!..

shot a Beretta 9mm for the first time today, and im wondering if someone can explain something to me.

when the mag is out, and the slide is back, what is the procedure to get the gun into double action mode?[/quote]

To get the gun in to double action once the magazine is inserted, let the slide go forward and you will have to flip the saftey/decocking lever down and then up. You are now in double action.

To get the weapon in single action all you have to do is insert the magazine and let the slide forward and you will be in single action.

I am a cop in the military and we are up with the Beretta M-9 every day. If the rumors that I have heard are true the military or at least the Air Force will be going to a 45 in the near future.

Best of luck.

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[quote]dez6485 wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
Are you gonna be a Cop or a Soldier?

to be blunt, i have a couple blemmishes on my record, and for that reason i am using resources available to me to start as a cop. i would love to work for a federal agency, or DOD, but i have to be a cop first, to even get me in the door with those places.

at the same time, ive wanted to be a cop since i was like 5 years old, i never grew out of it, just in the past year or so ive come to terms with the fact that i dont need an MTV cribs house, and i need to do whats gonna make me happy.

thanks[/quote]

Right on! We need good Coppers.
Keep us updated on the process.