Have had the itch for a Beretta 92 again.
Was issued an M9 from 87-98, owned a few of my own since 86.
A few QC issues here and there but all reliable.
The Turkish 92s have been showing up in our classes and working fine for a few years now.
Looked at a M92FS for $650 and a Regard for $350. The Beretta had a sticky mag catch and the slide would not lock open with the empty mag about half the time. Same as another I looked at last month; assumed that was a fluke. WTF Beretta? No more LAT (lot acceptance testing) for govt sales and this is what happens? I'm just unlucky?
The Regard was OK so it went home with me. Sometimes that's all it takes.
It has a modified locking block that Girsan says is tested too at least 15K. We'll see. I'm 67; I probably won't live long enough to shoot it enough to find out.
Mec-Gar M9 17 round mags work fine in it. So does Rem, Fed, Speer, Win, Magtech, and some Turkish ammo I picked up with the money I saved.
Has worked well enough for Turkish cops and soldiers (and some others), will probably work for me too.
I'll bet my life on it and sleep like a baby.