I'm going to go with one of my favorite movie quotes, ever: "Fool, you can't even spell Forsachi."Originally Posted by HCM
I'm going to go with one of my favorite movie quotes, ever: "Fool, you can't even spell Forsachi."
The serial number?
Moderately Unfriendly Deeds Done Reasonably Priced
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Nope - but here’s a hint from the box…
My now optic'd 92D Centurion:
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Flat or trimmed takedown lever? What for?
"...we suffer more in imagination than in reality." Seneca, probably.
Beretta A300 ultima patrol.
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”
Maybe so someone doesn’t Jet Li your ass?
Yes, I know all the Hollywood trickery that went into that. I used to have a web page on it when it first came to video. But.. I also knew someone that could pull it off, no pun intended.
Exactly!
The story I heard was back when Lethal Weapon 4 came out in the late 90’s, it concerned the Department force instructors enough that the Department started buying Berettas with modified takedown levers to prevent the “Jet Li” move. I’m guessing it started in 2000 because my issued Beretta that was made in 1999 didn’t have it but this “M” produced in 2000 did.
Of course, I consider this dumb on multiple levels. First, in the movie the takedown lever is already rotated so all he had to do was pull the slide off the frame. Second, in order to do the Jet Li move, someone has to stand there and let you grab their gun. If you do that they could just about as easily take the whole gun... and shoot you with it.
Were I to have the choice I would much prefer you take the slide... that way I could shoot you with gun #2.
In 2006 the Department started initiated a maintenance program. They inspected and cleaned the pistol’s extractor area, I think maybe changed the locking block, and much to my disappointment, installed the modified takedown lever. It’s a pain in the butt. Once completed, a “6” was stamped on the frame. My issued Beretta 92FS was done in 2007 and I put a regular takedown lever back in. When I was able to buy that gun in 2013 I put the modified one back in just as a conversation piece.
This “M” will keep its “stupid” takedown lever as well.
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