The Beretta 92 in Lethal Weapon was the first gun I ever remember noticing as a kid and is what was responsible for me becoming a firearms enthusiast. I have an SB just like yours.
for me it was The Killer (1989) and A Better Tomorrow (1986) both directed by John Woo. I didn't make that connection until I saw Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies on VHS rental, at age 13. As soon as I bought my 92FS, I painted the Beretta logos white on the grip panels, just like in the 1st LW movie.
@@al28854 I always wondered if the painted logos were done by the armorer/prop master or some kind of special edition grips from Beretta themselves. I believe they were silver but they look gold in the shooting range scene but that could just be the lighting.
It was my first handgun when I turned 21, got the INOX finish. Then I added the internal green laser. I even tried doing the Jet Li grab & slide removal move from LW3 (plausible)
@@duckman5290 If you pause that scene, you'll see the take down lever on the 92 is already down so bit of a movie cheat there. It's definitely plausible and with practice _maybe_ it could be pulled off in a real life, stress inducing situation. You'd need the shooter to have a slow trigger finger though and/or momentarily be distracted. If you get a grip on the slide and push it back just enough to get it out of battery so it couldn't be shot, that adds some viability to the maneuver. It's funny how some folks will say they won't carry a 92 for the reason that it could be disarmed that 'easily' as if every assailant on Earth has Jet Li's speed or they're so incompetent to let someone within arm's reach of their firearm.
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the movies that made me fall in-love with the Beretta 92 when i was a kid in the 80's. Then later in the Resident Evil video games. Needless to say, i had to get one when i became an adult.
the same for me, as soon as I got my 92SF I painted the Beretta logo on the grip panels WHITE as seen on the first movie, unlike the rest of the following sequels.
I heard the new service pistol the SIG P320 isn’t very well liked! I’ve actually seen videos of it discharging in holsters one of them was where somebody kicked it in a police station and set it off 😳
@@iLLSHiNEzThanks for your service! Uncle Sam dropped the ball in many ways but allot of issued arms and gear is often excellent as is quality control for food y’all ate! Godspeed 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪❤️
John Woo, the director of "Hard Boiled" and many many others said that the 92 is his favorite pistol... its 'handsome', it has 'character', it has 'personality'... its his 1st choice... also Face Off (1997) with Cage and Travolta...
Seriously. John Woo putting it in Chow Yun-Fat's hands is one of the most notable uses in film after Lethal Weapon. A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled being the most notable. He made dual 92s iconic, and is almost certainly the reason why Neo uses them in The Matrix.
If you see on a few Lethal Weapon ll 1989 production, PR images; the 92F has a sheet metal "ambi" slide release. This might be for left hander Bruce Willis. 🎭
my favorite handgun ever made. ever since i was a kid i wanted one, this gun is iconic, from appearing in countless action movies to videogames like Resident Evil , to being combat proven with US troops since its adoption in 1985, its earned its legendary status. now that im a 33 year old guy i finally have one. a Berretta 92X.
Thank you - there are tons of reasons to look after guns, but one of my main motivators is that I want to be a good custodian of history. Most of these are 40+ years old. They made it this far in excellent shape - I have a duty to ensure they stay that way and pass them on to the next generation at some point.
Absolutely correct, in the books Spenser carries a hi power, and every once in a while the script will refer to 13 rounds in the mag. They forgot to change it for the beretta. I liked that show.
And his earlier TV show, Vega$. It seems that Robert Urich knew his guns and loved the Beretta. That was the first time I ever saw one on TV and fell in love with it as a kid.
The Professional was such a cool movie. My dad worked at disney for 37 years. He maintained and worked on their firearms used in the jungle cruise and the golden horseshoe. He knew a guy at stembridge gun rentals, so he took me there in the mid 90s. They had conex boxes full of mp5s, augs etc. I cant even tell you how many berettas were there. The coolest things i got to hold ( so I was told by the employee) were the cutdown double barrel from Desperado and the m134 minigun from Predator. Keep up the good work sir, well done!
After seeing Lethal Weapon I bought a Taurus PT-92 back in the early 1990s as a cheaper alternative for the Beretta 92 FS. I had the gun for a year and sold it for the same price as I had bought it and got an original Beretta 92FS. I was in the Army National Guard after I got out of the Regular Army. I learned how to shoot better with guys from the Sheriffs Department introducing me to Defensive Pistol Shooting Association before it became IDPA. During Army National Guard Qualification for pistol I topped every qualification and defeated the Regular Army during state and interservice pistol qualification with the M9. Not a bad service handgun for a 9mm Parabellum. I really love the 1911 personally and did quite well with it too.
I owned 2 new, surplus Beretta 96D .40 models 1 in 1997, 1 in 2007. DA only Berettas were popular with a few state agency officers, US Border Patrol, INS. Border Marshal. Beretta had a 92DS a model with a manual safety but that was ended around 1995.
I also bought a Taurus PT-92 right after watching that movie, it was the helicopter scene that really motivated me on high cap wonder nines, and i still shoot and carry custom tuned Berretta's and 1911's today. This movie, Die Hard and Miami Vice killed the revolver for fighting handguns.
The old Tauruses when hard back in the day! I had the previous version .357 608 model with a 6.5” barrel, which was basically a poor man’s Python. I could hit the bullseye at 33 yards when shooting single action. Ever since the mid 2000s Taurus went to shit though.
It is no surprise the Beretta 92 is so common in cinema. It is easy to convert to blank firing blow back without any external changes, they are readily available, they had wide spread adoption meaning it can suit many roles, and last but not least it looks sexy. The lines of the slide and exposed barrel just look so Italian sports car.
@@Jesses001 Yep, this true. Canadian armorer Charles Taylor mentioned this to Ian McCollum for the “Forgotten Weapons” episode he was on. Converting a Beretta 92-series pistol to blank fire is as simple as threading the barrel for the blank adapter, and slightly filing down the locking lugs. It’s not like most semi-auto pistols (such as Glocks or SIGs) where armorers have to tinkle with the barrel lock-up endlessly to make them reliable.
@Jesses001 The popular TV series, Walker Texas Ranger- CBS 1990s, early 2000s often used Beretta 92FSs & Taurus guns. I often speculated this was a blanks, holsters, parts issue. 9mm blank rounds, magazines, gear would be quick, easy to keep track of on set, location.
@ Almost every “Beretta” in “Walker: Texas Ranger” was a Taurus PT92 or PT99, including the stainless gun with the Star of Texas grips that Walker himself carried in Seasons 3-7. I recall that there was one episode where Walker used an actual Beretta 92F that he captured from a bad guy (first episode of Season 8, IIRC), but that was just about it.
Enjoyed the video. I’ve still got my 92F made in Italy gun that I had to buy for myself when my Department (Los Angeles Police Department) switched to the Beretta in the mid eighties. New guys in the academy were issued them, but S&W revolver guys like me had to purchase our own. Upside was that when I finally retired, I got to keep both the wheel gun and the automatic. Thanks again.
Not gonna lie. Lethal Weapon sparked my love affair with the Beretta, I haven't been without one since 1989. I'm also a huge fan of Sig Sauer P226s as well, saw my first one in a Steven Seagal movie and made it a point to have one!
@raykobialka6666 the negotiator made the P226 a star. Hank Voight on Chicago PD used or owned 2. A 2 tone 226 and a blue. He switch to the p229 and now he rocks a H&K. He used a Glock for some reason in a episode.
Don't forget Chow Yun-fat dual wielding 92 F Berettas in all those classic John Woo movies from Hongkong. Also, the single/double- action trigger made this gun very popular among law enforcement, it's still used as a service pistol in various countries' police forces to this day. P. S. About the "smiley face'': there's a recent video where Mel Gibson is at Taran Butler's range & Taran actually shoots a smiley face on a target, so it's possible.
Great points. I dont think I've ever actually watched a John Woo movie all the way through. I must sit down this weekend and watch Hard Boiled! I'll look up the Taran Butler video too. He's a grand master though, so if anyone could do it, I guess it would be him!
@@hollywoodguns Hard Boiled is absolutely nuts, the last 25 minutes are just 1 long action sequence, where Chow Yun-fat & Tony Leung turns a hospital into a war zone. Highly recommend also: - The Killer ( the original NOT the remake, which is made by John Woo himself & is absolute rubbish) - A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 ( great double feature ) - Bullet in the Head And from John Woo´s Hollywood films: - Hard Target ( that´s the one with Van Damme & the rubber rattle snake-meme ) - Face/Off, Nic Cage vs John Tavolta do I have to say more? John Woo movies aren´t really "realistic" in terms of firearms but goddammit are they fun & stylish af.
@@doublep1980 He uses both Berettas and Taurus PT-92s in those movies. In “The Killer,” for example, they only had one Beretta 92F on-set, so any time he’s dual-wielding his pistols, it’s one Beretta and one Taurus.
I loved the Lethal weapon movie and am grateful that I owned an FS in the 1990s until the pistol ban in the UK. It was a wonderful gun to own and shoot.
After buying both a 92FS INOX and later, a base model 92FS, the fit and finish differences were glaring. Plastic triggers and roll pins in the newer models over steel in the INOX and previous versions. That $600 Beretta back in 82 was the Staccato of the times.
I bought my 92F shortly after Lethal Weapon came out. An original built in Italy. Still going strong after all these years. Of course it has been maintained correctly with replacement springs every 5000 rounds or so. I probably have 20,000 rounds through it if not a bit more. I used to work for a place that I had well over 60,000 rounds through one when the frame finally decided it start cracking chunks off. Beretta wanted that frame back for research as they never expected on to live beyond 40 to 50 thousand rounds.
At the time, the British Handgunner magazine also suggested that the award of a US Government contract to an Italian company also had a lot to do with Italy agreeing to support the USA in various ways. These supposedly included general support for the USA in international politics and specific agreements to host certain US resources on Italian soil
Love the beretta pistol. I had to own one myself. also wondered about all the different guns used in movies and / or TV series. Glad to see someone looking onto it
Was in one of the first infantry units issued the pistol. Carried it for two years. Got out and it was the first pistol I bought in 1991. I still have the pistol.
I got to fire one of these last year on my 50th Birthday Road Trip here in Australia. This thing was an old range gun and really showed it but, 100 rounds and not a single malfunction.
Cannot have these in the uk so when i went on holiday to franklin TN a few years back i was very happy i could rent one at a range and stayed all day,childhood dream.
Dont forget the 93 is also the pistol robocop used in that movie, albeit its "dressed up" to make it more futuristic but if you look close enough you can tell. I always wanted a 93 with the three round burst but I am happy with the M9 I got.
I own a Taurus 92 (wanna be Beretta) I purchased it from walmart of all places in 1990. After changing the wood grips to something nice it has been a good gun. I literally have put over 5,000 rounds trough it, it jammed once on the first clip 3rd round.
My Dad was a 30 year Police Officer. One of the guns he carried as a detective was the same exact gun you showed with the blue slide. Nice shooting gun.
@@jonmcclane7433 Same here, love those WC grips. I swapped out the trigger for a short reach, and the hammer to a skeletonized version. Little personal changes that make the pistol feel "mine".
Honorable videogame mention Max Payne. Max's signature weapons in the first game were pair of Berettas with 17rd mags each paying homage to John Woos Hard Boiled. It even uses the same or at least mimics the gunshot sound effect from Hard Boiled.
Late 80s Christmas movies: Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and Scrooged. Both LW1 and Scrooged were directed by Richard Donner... I carried a M9 for years, good solid firearm. My only complaint, a bit on the heavy side. Been using a Glock for iver 20 years. YES! LW is a Christmas movie!!!
Shot the Beretta some in the Corps in the 80's when they transitioned from the 1911. Later was issued a brand new one when I was a security contractor and police advisor in Afghanistan. For a while I had access to almost unlimited 9mm ball ammo and a range at our camp. I put thousands of rounds through that Beretta and never had a single malfunction using many kinds of ball ammo and different makes of magazines. It's also very accurate.
I’ve always believed the Beretta 92/M9 was and is the most beautiful handgun ever made. That’s likely why it’s been used in so many movies, TV shows, and video games
FYI: The two main guns of Lethal Weapon movies are the Beretta R-92F (9mm) and the S&W-19 (.357-magnum). The Beretta R-92FS is available for the American market. You can send your Beretta R-92FS to Wilson Combat for conversion to a R93-G. The G model is a decocker only pistol. The G conversion eliminates that useless safety on the slide. Makes a Beretta work like a Sig-226. Sig's are decocker only pistols. The S&W-19 revolvers are still made. Speed loaders are available for faster reloading a revolver. There are also steep strips to hold extra cartridges.
Hollywood loves the Beretta 92. I’ve seen in tv shows and movies. My 96 is an absolute champ. Feeds anything I put it in it and it’s extremely accurate. 25 yard kill zone hits are no problem with it. It has nice tight grouping. Best part about the 96 is you can swap out the magazine and the top half with the 92FS. You can also get a kit to convert it to .22. Both Lethal Weapon and Die Hard made me a fan of the Beretta when I first saw those movies in the 80’s. I even had a replica Beretta 92 squirt gun compete with a battery in it to simulate recoil. Fun times
I bought my 1st pistol the 92sb with walnut grips in 1988. Was new in the box, bought it from a coworker who never shot it. I still have it today. Yes, it is an absolutely gorgeous gun especially with the blue, steel and without the serrated front trigger guard.
Another great video . I had an old 92s heal mag release years ago . I sent it to beretta when I had it and they literally changed every spring and full detail cleaning for free and mailed it back in new box . I should have never traded it .
Back in 2010 I found a gorgeous 92FS on an auction site and got talking to the seller. It turned out he had a summer home near me and offered to sell in person to skip the shipping process. He had been an FFL in the 90s and had bought the gun for home defense. He brought it home, tossed it in a safe and never fired it. I ended up with a perfect, unfired since the factory tests, 92FS with the original case and contents for $500. It doesn't gleam like yours (has more of a matte finish) but I don't see myself ever getting rid of it.
Another good one. I agree, this is my Christmas movie along with Die Hard. That was interesting that John McClane and Martin Riggs used the same gun! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jack! On topic, The same mini gun used in predator was also used in Terminator 2 as well. Apparently this sort of multiple use of the same prop gun is actually quite common in Hollywood.
For years I just hated them. Then I bought a used one. Don't know why.But I soon found out it's just a great gun. Better than any of my 1911's. Which I still love.
I like that you don't rush things in your videos and that overall the vids don't feel too "busy". Also the check for clear at the start of each is a nice touch to help encourage good practice.
Checking clear was one of the first skills I learnt as a UK target shooter. I have not forgotten two specific events where it resulted in live rounds being ejected from seeming empty firearms.
I first fell in love with the beretta 92 as a kid. Yes as a result of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Years later after having idolized this weapon, I used it in the Army. Now it was rare that I ever had a sidearm, because I wasnt an officer, and while you would think that pistols would be a perfect weapon for truck drivers and tank crews and the like, the military has other thinking. Anyway. I did however use it often enough to get really, really familiar with it and truely learn to respect the particulars of this weapon. This was the early 200's when Polymer guns were all the rage, and really coming into their own due to the Glock and everybody and their dog trying to copy. But I actually preferred my Beretta. Solid metal alloy frame, to absorb recoil and get me back on target. Large frame means long distance between sights for better accuracy. And a high capacity means that i have more than enough ammo for a single altercation, even if theirs more than one assailant. Still carry this weapon today. Granted, concealed carry means I have to use a shoulder rig, but oh well.
My favourite 9mm simply because of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard .Before handguns were pretty much banned in the UK,i learnt how to shoot with a S&W Model 10 and a Beretta 92F in late 80s early 90s. The Beretta is a beautifully designed ,reliable weapon and works flawlessly.I now have a couple of AirPistol replicas of the 92 F in my collection as we arnt "allowed" to shoot real ones in the UK now sadly.
Have a Taurus PT99AF, which was made in Brazil, on the original Baretta dies when the Taurus company was launched and used those Dyes. The saftey is toward the grip
I bought mine after seeing the lady in the movie Shooter waste the bad guy in the scene on snow mountain. Stainless with pearl grips, I bought one just like it.
I bought one 3 years ago. Cost me about 800 bucks brand new. I shot it once at the range. It’s just a beautiful handgun and such iconic nostalgic piece. Always reminds me of Lethal Weapon first.
Beretta 92FS, Paul Harrell's handgun of choice. RIP Paul, a great TH-cam contributor. You mention Kate Beckinsale, her father Richard was the consummate underdog British comedy actor. I believe his last role was a straight leading man in a one-off TV drama Last Summer th-cam.com/video/F6A0D5J1mx4/w-d-xo.html Might be of interest to you as a snapshot of your childhood London. I often went to Eastern Europe before the Iron Curtain dropped or The Wall Fell. Once you got there, everything was dirt cheap. Developed a habit of watching films. International releases were in English, subtitled to the local language. 1988 me and my friend had to shut the *F* up when we realised we were laughing well before the locals got the joke and were not amusing them. 1999 or 2000 saw Mel Gibson in Payback in what looked like a school lecture theatre in České Budějovice. A properly violent film! Pointless ramblings, but everything including the gun, the lead actor and another actress using the gun were covered with odd bits of background.
@@blackscotydog It would be a sin not to mention him. I don't believe like some that he is due beatification. At the beginning with the "Disaster Contingency Specialists" stuff, he was a bit too close to the bearded tattooed expert clone that he later laughed at. Ah, but when he hit his stride he was good, had a lot of original ideas, and he wasn't trying to do infomercials or shill stuff. Come on 92FS how do you not mention Paul Harrell, it would be like a musician's review of a Höfner 501 bass and not mentioning a different Paul!
Thank you. I keep saying the same thing about Lethal Weapon being the ultimate Christmas action movie of the day. Die Hard had a better villain, but Busey was tougher to kill. And Gibson’s Beretta made you think this guy was green beret all the way.
@@hollywoodguns It's environmental regulations related to the disposal of lye for the bluing process, but more that that it's companies cost cutting and people lowering their standards.
I was 15 when I fell in love with the Beretta 92 seeing Lethal Weapon in 1987. Fast forward to 2022 when at 50, I was finally able to get one (made at the Gallatin factory, not Italy) The gun store I got it from upgraded it with an LTT trigger job prior to me buying it. Break/reset is sweet! Couldn't find any local, so got 2 mec-gar 18rd mags online and robbed the 18rd mag from the Girsan Regard MC I bought in 2021 since no local Beretta's. Ol' Beretta is my EDC!
Fyi.. ackk MD . Its the abbreviation for ACCOKEEK MARYLAND . Beretta had a large manufacturing facility about 50 minutes southeast of D.C. . MARYLAND then jumped on the anit gun lawfare wagon around the mid 2000's and BERETTA pulled everything out of the state because of weapons bans.
In 1987, for my high school graduation, I received a 92F as a gift. The retail price was $600, and they were very hard to get. Most gun shops only received a few since the military contract was a priority. I carried it during my first year on patrol in 1992, and I still have it.
I have 6 Berretta 92s. It's one of my favorite pistols. Also, the helicopter mag dump scene where he rapidly empties two mags then just shoves it into his pants always made my dad laugh. 😂😂😂
I wore a M9 9mm 92F for 30mo. 1990s. The thick grip & alloy frame were ⬇️ in my view. I prefer my Glock 22 gen 4 or gen 5 .40 over the older 92/96 series.
The tail rotor is a good target. 🚁 A FBI agent who became a HRT sniper wrote how they took USMC Scout Sniper were taught to aim at specific sections of aircraft, 🚁 ...
I bought a Beretta 92FS in 1993 in preparation for going through the police academy. I put 3000 rounds through it in the 3 months leading up to starting the academy. I wore the finish off of the back-strap and front-strap of the grip. Wore it down to a nice pewter appearance that I actually wish I could have replicated on the remainder of the frame. Almost a French Gray. Beretta had excellent customer service. About a year after the academy, while I was cleaning it, I lost a side spring off the side of the frame. It's the spring under the right side grip panel. Called Beretta that afternoon, told them I was law enforcement and carried it off duty. They next-day shipped it to me, along with some stickers and other small things. They were also extremely polite. I wish I hadn't had to sell it, but I didn't have a lot of money back then and if I wanted anything else, I had to sell something. Sold it and put the money toward a Sig P220, dual-tone.
My first pistol was a 92FS that I bought when I was 21, I still own it to this day. I also recently bought a Girsan Regard with 18 rd mags that is actually better quality than the original Beretta.
The Beretta 92FS that was in “Die Hard 2” makes a cameo in that film, in the hands of one of the bad guys. The armorer who worked on Die Hard 1, 2, and 4 (Mike Papac) pulled the gun out of inventory and put it in the film as an Easter Egg.
I bought an Italian police 92s, very well used based on the wear from the trigger bar. I reblued it, and had the frame cerakoted, walnut grips and it a peach. Shoots like a dream, very accurate. Heel mag release doesn't bother me. The safety/decocker honestly was so weird I operated it a bunch of times before even loading it. It's a bit of a safe queen, but my favorite purchase.
I served in the Air Force, they had some 20 round magazines made by Mecgar's predecessor that they never adopted, I was on a shooting team so instead of destroying them they gave a few to me in 1998, last week a finally got around to using them.
Hell yeah! Beretta lore! I absolutely love mine, I have the FS model. Also, Robocop used a Beretta, built from a Beretta 93R, it use the firing mechanism of the 92. 👌
As a collector, the most important change for the 92F and later versions is not having to custom fit many of the parts. The family collection has an early slide 92 and 92SB, that my Dad purchased when new.
The Riggs/McLain 92 is now at the NRA museum in Fairfax, VA.
Wow, that's cool to know, Thanks.
Riggs >
The Beretta 92 in Lethal Weapon was the first gun I ever remember noticing as a kid and is what was responsible for me becoming a firearms enthusiast. I have an SB just like yours.
for me it was The Killer (1989) and A Better Tomorrow (1986) both directed by John Woo. I didn't make that connection until I saw Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies on VHS rental, at age 13. As soon as I bought my 92FS, I painted the Beretta logos white on the grip panels, just like in the 1st LW movie.
@@al28854 I always wondered if the painted logos were done by the armorer/prop master or some kind of special edition grips from Beretta themselves. I believe they were silver but they look gold in the shooting range scene but that could just be the lighting.
Me too, when I was a kid I thought the Beretta 92 was a 45. wasnt til years later I discovered it was 9mm
It was my first handgun when I turned 21, got the INOX finish. Then I added the internal green laser. I even tried doing the Jet Li grab & slide removal move from LW3 (plausible)
@@duckman5290 If you pause that scene, you'll see the take down lever on the 92 is already down so bit of a movie cheat there.
It's definitely plausible and with practice _maybe_ it could be pulled off in a real life, stress inducing situation. You'd need the shooter to have a slow trigger finger though and/or momentarily be distracted. If you get a grip on the slide and push it back just enough to get it out of battery so it couldn't be shot, that adds some viability to the maneuver.
It's funny how some folks will say they won't carry a 92 for the reason that it could be disarmed that 'easily' as if every assailant on Earth has Jet Li's speed or they're so incompetent to let someone within arm's reach of their firearm.
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the movies that made me fall in-love with the Beretta 92 when i was a kid in the 80's. Then later in the Resident Evil video games. Needless to say, i had to get one when i became an adult.
I got one as an adult after playing Max Payne as a teenager 😊
@@joshuamartindale868.... Have you seen Lethal Weapon or Die Hard? Or even the movie of Max Payne? Or is it just that video game for you?
the same for me, as soon as I got my 92SF I painted the Beretta logo on the grip panels WHITE as seen on the first movie, unlike the rest of the following sequels.
I bought wood grips for mine after I noticed the set up they had in Resident Evil haha still need that inox barrel
The Samurai Edge.
I carried one of these in the Marines, it was a great service pistol.
I heard the new service pistol the SIG P320 isn’t very well liked! I’ve actually seen videos of it discharging in holsters one of them was where somebody kicked it in a police station and set it off 😳
SFMF
Training teething issues - not uncommon eons ago when peeps were discharging their newly issued glocks into the ground when holstering too.
You must have gotten a new one. All ours were shit.
@@iLLSHiNEzThanks for your service! Uncle Sam dropped the ball in many ways but allot of issued arms and gear is often excellent as is quality control for food y’all ate!
Godspeed 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪❤️
John Woo, the director of "Hard Boiled" and many many others said that the 92 is his favorite pistol... its 'handsome', it has 'character', it has 'personality'... its his 1st choice... also Face Off (1997) with Cage and Travolta...
cage had 1911s and travolta had sig p226 in that movie
Seriously. John Woo putting it in Chow Yun-Fat's hands is one of the most notable uses in film after Lethal Weapon. A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled being the most notable. He made dual 92s iconic, and is almost certainly the reason why Neo uses them in The Matrix.
@@al28854 Cage replaced the custom 1911s with a 92FS fir the showdown at the end.
I believe John Woo’s Broken Arrow features Travolta with a full auto Beretta 93R
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Interesting side note the Beretta prop gun Bruce Willis used in die hard. Was the same prop gun used by Mel Gibson in lethal weapon.
If you see on a few Lethal Weapon ll 1989 production, PR images; the 92F has a sheet metal "ambi" slide release. This might be for left hander Bruce Willis. 🎭
Optimized for left-handed use.
Yup.
He literally said that in the video
@@DavidLLambertmobileslide stop*
As an 80s/90s kid this is becoming my favorite Guntube channel.
my favorite handgun ever made. ever since i was a kid i wanted one, this gun is iconic, from appearing in countless action movies to videogames like Resident Evil , to being combat proven with US troops since its adoption in 1985, its earned its legendary status. now that im a 33 year old guy i finally have one. a Berretta 92X.
The Samurai Edge custom models in Resi are some of the best custom handguns ever digitally made. Kendo knew his pixels....
i love how clean you keep your guns, they're practically mirror finished and it looks sick
Thank you - there are tons of reasons to look after guns, but one of my main motivators is that I want to be a good custodian of history. Most of these are 40+ years old. They made it this far in excellent shape - I have a duty to ensure they stay that way and pass them on to the next generation at some point.
Before Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, the Beretta 92 was Robert Urich's handgun in Spenser For Hire.
Absolutely correct, in the books Spenser carries a hi power, and every once in a while the script will refer to 13 rounds in the mag. They forgot to change it for the beretta. I liked that show.
Before Lethal Weapon and Die Hard the first film to feature the Beretta 92F was the 1986 John Woo film A Better Tomorrow. 😊
@@joshuamartindale868 A Better Tomorrow was after Spenser For Hire.
Hawk “Spensaa”
And his earlier TV show, Vega$. It seems that Robert Urich knew his guns and loved the Beretta. That was the first time I ever saw one on TV and fell in love with it as a kid.
The Professional was such a cool movie. My dad worked at disney for 37 years. He maintained and worked on their firearms used in the jungle cruise and the golden horseshoe. He knew a guy at stembridge gun rentals, so he took me there in the mid 90s. They had conex boxes full of mp5s, augs etc. I cant even tell you how many berettas were there. The coolest things i got to hold ( so I was told by the employee) were the cutdown double barrel from Desperado and the m134 minigun from Predator. Keep up the good work sir, well done!
Thanks Mate! Also, next video i am finishing up now is on Desperado! (Not the shotgun though)
After seeing Lethal Weapon I bought a Taurus PT-92 back in the early 1990s as a cheaper alternative for the Beretta 92 FS. I had the gun for a year and sold it for the same price as I had bought it and got an original Beretta 92FS. I was in the Army National Guard after I got out of the Regular Army. I learned how to shoot better with guys from the Sheriffs Department introducing me to Defensive Pistol Shooting Association before it became IDPA. During Army National Guard Qualification for pistol I topped every qualification and defeated the Regular Army during state and interservice pistol qualification with the M9. Not a bad service handgun for a 9mm Parabellum. I really love the 1911 personally and did quite well with it too.
I owned 2 new, surplus Beretta 96D .40 models 1 in 1997, 1 in 2007. DA only Berettas were popular with a few state agency officers, US Border Patrol, INS. Border Marshal. Beretta had a 92DS a model with a manual safety but that was ended around 1995.
I also bought a Taurus PT-92 right after watching that movie, it was the helicopter scene that really motivated me on high cap wonder nines, and i still shoot and carry custom tuned Berretta's and 1911's today. This movie, Die Hard and Miami Vice killed the revolver for fighting handguns.
@@blackforest270 still own the pt-92 i bought 25 years ago because a Beretta was out of my budget.
The old Tauruses when hard back in the day! I had the previous version .357 608 model with a 6.5” barrel, which was basically a poor man’s Python. I could hit the bullseye at 33 yards when shooting single action. Ever since the mid 2000s Taurus went to shit though.
I love my Taurus.
Finally bought myself a 92fs a couple years ago after wanting one since seeing Lethal Weapon in the day it hit the theater.
It is no surprise the Beretta 92 is so common in cinema. It is easy to convert to blank firing blow back without any external changes, they are readily available, they had wide spread adoption meaning it can suit many roles, and last but not least it looks sexy. The lines of the slide and exposed barrel just look so Italian sports car.
@@Jesses001 Yep, this true. Canadian armorer Charles Taylor mentioned this to Ian McCollum for the “Forgotten Weapons” episode he was on. Converting a Beretta 92-series pistol to blank fire is as simple as threading the barrel for the blank adapter, and slightly filing down the locking lugs. It’s not like most semi-auto pistols (such as Glocks or SIGs) where armorers have to tinkle with the barrel lock-up endlessly to make them reliable.
@Jesses001 The popular TV series, Walker Texas Ranger- CBS 1990s, early 2000s often used Beretta 92FSs & Taurus guns. I often speculated this was a blanks, holsters, parts issue. 9mm blank rounds, magazines, gear would be quick, easy to keep track of on set, location.
@ Almost every “Beretta” in “Walker: Texas Ranger” was a Taurus PT92 or PT99, including the stainless gun with the Star of Texas grips that Walker himself carried in Seasons 3-7. I recall that there was one episode where Walker used an actual Beretta 92F that he captured from a bad guy (first episode of Season 8, IIRC), but that was just about it.
Enjoyed the video. I’ve still got my 92F made in Italy gun that I had to buy for myself when my Department (Los Angeles Police Department) switched to the Beretta in the mid eighties. New guys in the academy were issued them, but S&W revolver guys like me had to purchase our own. Upside was that when I finally retired, I got to keep both the wheel gun and the automatic. Thanks again.
Nice! Thanks for sharing the story Randall and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are the reasons why I wanted a Beretta 92 as a pup. My dream piece along with the P226 pre rail model.
Not gonna lie. Lethal Weapon sparked my love affair with the Beretta, I haven't been without one since 1989. I'm also a huge fan of Sig Sauer P226s as well, saw my first one in a Steven Seagal movie and made it a point to have one!
@raykobialka6666 the negotiator made the P226 a star. Hank Voight on Chicago PD used or owned 2. A 2 tone 226 and a blue. He switch to the p229 and now he rocks a H&K. He used a Glock for some reason in a episode.
Best Christmas gun ever.
Don't forget Chow Yun-fat dual wielding 92 F Berettas in all those classic John Woo movies from Hongkong.
Also, the single/double- action trigger made this gun very popular among law enforcement, it's still used as a service pistol in various countries' police forces to this day.
P. S. About the "smiley face'': there's a recent video where Mel Gibson is at Taran Butler's range & Taran actually shoots a smiley face on a target, so it's possible.
Great points. I dont think I've ever actually watched a John Woo movie all the way through. I must sit down this weekend and watch Hard Boiled! I'll look up the Taran Butler video too. He's a grand master though, so if anyone could do it, I guess it would be him!
@@hollywoodguns Hard Boiled is absolutely nuts, the last 25 minutes are just 1 long action sequence, where Chow Yun-fat & Tony Leung turns a hospital into a war zone. Highly recommend also:
- The Killer ( the original NOT the remake, which is made by John Woo himself & is absolute rubbish)
- A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 ( great double feature )
- Bullet in the Head
And from John Woo´s Hollywood films:
- Hard Target ( that´s the one with Van Damme & the rubber rattle snake-meme )
- Face/Off, Nic Cage vs John Tavolta do I have to say more?
John Woo movies aren´t really "realistic" in terms of firearms but goddammit are they fun & stylish af.
Thank you for all these recommendations - "Absolutely nuts" action movies are my thing! I will start watching them.
@@doublep1980 He uses both Berettas and Taurus PT-92s in those movies. In “The Killer,” for example, they only had one Beretta 92F on-set, so any time he’s dual-wielding his pistols, it’s one Beretta and one Taurus.
A better tommorow feature the first on screen appearence of the Beretta 92
Also this gun was very popularised by the first Resident Evil
Leathal Weapon is the best Christmas movie ever
THANK YOU!
Not Die Hard! 🏢
Sorry Die Hard every time. "Come on to coast. We'll get together. Have a few laughs." - John McClane
Neither Lethal weapon or Die hard are Christmas movies, they are simply set at Christmas time.
@deantrussler8507 You must be a real riot at parties.
You are wrong. They are Christmas movies and no facts or evidence can prove otherwise.
First handgun I bought based simply on the movie. Still got it decades later.
When people say pistol, Beretta 92 comes to my mind first.
Not a gun guy, but for me it's the 1911.
I loved the Lethal weapon movie and am grateful that I owned an FS in the 1990s until the pistol ban in the UK. It was a wonderful gun to own and shoot.
After buying both a 92FS INOX and later, a base model 92FS, the fit and finish differences were glaring. Plastic triggers and roll pins in the newer models over steel in the INOX and previous versions. That $600 Beretta back in 82 was the Staccato of the times.
what's a staccato?
@@jreg2007What STI guns are called now. Race gun 9mm 1911s with extra bells and whistles
I bought my 92F shortly after Lethal Weapon came out. An original built in Italy. Still going strong after all these years. Of course it has been maintained correctly with replacement springs every 5000 rounds or so. I probably have 20,000 rounds through it if not a bit more.
I used to work for a place that I had well over 60,000 rounds through one when the frame finally decided it start cracking chunks off. Beretta wanted that frame back for research as they never expected on to live beyond 40 to 50 thousand rounds.
That kind of life expectancy is why they won the M9 contract!
At the time, the British Handgunner magazine also suggested that the award of a US Government contract to an Italian company also had a lot to do with Italy agreeing to support the USA in various ways. These supposedly included general support for the USA in international politics and specific agreements to host certain US resources on Italian soil
@@derekp2674 Thats very interesting - Thanks for sharing Derek.
My 92FS is from 1991 and I've owned mine for 33 years bought brand new in 1992 and just like my wife 31 years married I still love her.
Nice comment!
Love the beretta pistol. I had to own one myself. also wondered about all the different guns used in movies and / or TV series. Glad to see someone looking onto it
Isn't the beretta hand gun the start pistol used in the original DOOM game?
Was in one of the first infantry units issued the pistol. Carried it for two years. Got out and it was the first pistol I bought in 1991. I still have the pistol.
I got to fire one of these last year on my 50th Birthday Road Trip here in Australia. This thing was an old range gun and really showed it but, 100 rounds and not a single malfunction.
Cannot have these in the uk so when i went on holiday to franklin TN a few years back i was very happy i could rent one at a range and stayed all day,childhood dream.
Dont forget the 93 is also the pistol robocop used in that movie, albeit its "dressed up" to make it more futuristic but if you look close enough you can tell. I always wanted a 93 with the three round burst but I am happy with the M9 I got.
I keep waiting for a video on the 93R. I have one of the two screen used Robo Pistols from the first movie.
got a model 76 in 22 cal love this gun had for 43 years......................
I own a Taurus 92 (wanna be Beretta) I purchased it from walmart of all places in 1990. After changing the wood grips to something nice it has been a good gun. I literally have put over 5,000 rounds trough it, it jammed once on the first clip 3rd round.
My Dad was a 30 year Police Officer. One of the guns he carried as a detective was the same exact gun you showed with the blue slide. Nice shooting gun.
I put some Wilson Combat thin grips on my Beretta FS, and it made the grip feel better. I got a 92S and an 85F Cheetah too. I love Beretta’s! 🇮🇹
@@jonmcclane7433 Same here, love those WC grips. I swapped out the trigger for a short reach, and the hammer to a skeletonized version. Little personal changes that make the pistol feel "mine".
Honorable videogame mention Max Payne. Max's signature weapons in the first game were pair of Berettas with 17rd mags each paying homage to John Woos Hard Boiled. It even uses the same or at least mimics the gunshot sound effect from Hard Boiled.
Late 80s Christmas movies: Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and Scrooged. Both LW1 and Scrooged were directed by Richard Donner...
I carried a M9 for years, good solid firearm. My only complaint, a bit on the heavy side.
Been using a Glock for iver 20 years.
YES! LW is a Christmas movie!!!
Vindicated - Thank you!
Shot the Beretta some in the Corps in the 80's when they transitioned from the 1911. Later was issued a brand new one when I was a security contractor and police advisor in Afghanistan. For a while I had access to almost unlimited 9mm ball ammo and a range at our camp. I put thousands of rounds through that Beretta and never had a single malfunction using many kinds of ball ammo and different makes of magazines. It's also very accurate.
Thanks for sharing your stories Marcos!
I’ve always believed the Beretta 92/M9 was and is the most beautiful handgun ever made. That’s likely why it’s been used in so many movies, TV shows, and video games
FYI: The two main guns of Lethal Weapon movies are the Beretta R-92F (9mm) and the S&W-19 (.357-magnum).
The Beretta R-92FS is available for the American market. You can send your Beretta R-92FS to Wilson Combat for conversion to a R93-G. The G model is a decocker only pistol. The G conversion eliminates that useless safety on the slide. Makes a Beretta work like a Sig-226. Sig's are decocker only pistols.
The S&W-19 revolvers are still made. Speed loaders are available for faster reloading a revolver. There are also steep strips to hold extra cartridges.
Hollywood loves the Beretta 92. I’ve seen in tv shows and movies. My 96 is an absolute champ. Feeds anything I put it in it and it’s extremely accurate. 25 yard kill zone hits are no problem with it. It has nice tight grouping. Best part about the 96 is you can swap out the magazine and the top half with the 92FS. You can also get a kit to convert it to .22.
Both Lethal Weapon and Die Hard made me a fan of the Beretta when I first saw those movies in the 80’s. I even had a replica Beretta 92 squirt gun compete with a battery in it to simulate recoil. Fun times
I have the beretta m1951 before the 92 came out. It's all blued. Gorgeous gun.
agree, they are lovely.
I carried one in the marines and I have 2 of my own. Great gun
Submariners love em too😁
Damn good gun
I love 92’s. A 96 was my first firearm purchase. Still shoots great!
Hard to beat a Beretta, but I think the HiPower is my favorite. I have a video on that in the works....
Lethal Weapon,_ is and always will be a Christmas/ classic movie. I saw it in the movie theater in 1987.
I remember the back of the box when it first came out on dvd. Said one officer with his off duty revolver while showing him holding the beretta :)
I was lucky enough and found a Beretta 92FS Police Special in the early 2000s. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
I bought my 1st pistol the 92sb with walnut grips in 1988. Was new in the box, bought it from a coworker who never shot it. I still have it today. Yes, it is an absolutely gorgeous gun especially with the blue, steel and without the serrated front trigger guard.
I had a 92A1 .40. Really liked that gun. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore.
I've got one too. Well a 92 FS. I must say it oozes sex appeal right from the start and that is just the start. Great video
I have not seen that film in years, going to have to dig it out now 👊
YES! Someone finally agrees with me that "Lethal Weapon" is a Christmas movie!!
The movie starts with 'Jingle Rock'.
@highplainsdrifter9197 no, it's not. It's merely set at Christmas time.
Lethal Weapon and Die Hard started my love for the 9mm Beretta
Another great video . I had an old 92s heal mag release years ago . I sent it to beretta when I had it and they literally changed every spring and full detail cleaning for free and mailed it back in new box . I should have never traded it .
This is why should only buy, never sell.
This movie (series) was simply iconic. The B92F was always fantastically staged. I loved the movies. Too bad they don't make movies like this anymore.
Back in 2010 I found a gorgeous 92FS on an auction site and got talking to the seller. It turned out he had a summer home near me and offered to sell in person to skip the shipping process. He had been an FFL in the 90s and had bought the gun for home defense. He brought it home, tossed it in a safe and never fired it. I ended up with a perfect, unfired since the factory tests, 92FS with the original case and contents for $500.
It doesn't gleam like yours (has more of a matte finish) but I don't see myself ever getting rid of it.
Great deal!
This is awesome! What a gorgeous gun finish. Please do Miami Vice if you can find the gun!
next video...... next week!
Another good one. I agree, this is my Christmas movie along with Die Hard. That was interesting that John McClane and Martin Riggs used the same gun! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jack! On topic, The same mini gun used in predator was also used in Terminator 2 as well. Apparently this sort of multiple use of the same prop gun is actually quite common in Hollywood.
That distinctive sound they used for its sound.😮
I bought my 92A1 just because Riggs had one! Love this weapon!
Same
For years I just hated them. Then I bought a used one. Don't know why.But I soon found out it's just a great gun. Better than any of my 1911's. Which I still love.
I like that you don't rush things in your videos and that overall the vids don't feel too "busy". Also the check for clear at the start of each is a nice touch to help encourage good practice.
Checking clear was one of the first skills I learnt as a UK target shooter. I have not forgotten two specific events where it resulted in live rounds being ejected from seeming empty firearms.
My first gun was my Baretta 92 because of movies with it.
Man you had me at :40-45 when you mentioned that Lethal Weapon....."Was a Christmas Movie".
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
LOL - Right on!
I first fell in love with the beretta 92 as a kid. Yes as a result of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Years later after having idolized this weapon, I used it in the Army. Now it was rare that I ever had a sidearm, because I wasnt an officer, and while you would think that pistols would be a perfect weapon for truck drivers and tank crews and the like, the military has other thinking. Anyway. I did however use it often enough to get really, really familiar with it and truely learn to respect the particulars of this weapon. This was the early 200's when Polymer guns were all the rage, and really coming into their own due to the Glock and everybody and their dog trying to copy. But I actually preferred my Beretta. Solid metal alloy frame, to absorb recoil and get me back on target. Large frame means long distance between sights for better accuracy. And a high capacity means that i have more than enough ammo for a single altercation, even if theirs more than one assailant. Still carry this weapon today. Granted, concealed carry means I have to use a shoulder rig, but oh well.
Cool stories - Thats what I love in the comments. Thanks for sharing!
My favourite 9mm simply because of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard .Before handguns were pretty much banned in the UK,i learnt how to shoot with a S&W Model 10 and a Beretta 92F in late 80s early 90s. The Beretta is a beautifully designed ,reliable weapon and works flawlessly.I now have a couple of AirPistol replicas of the 92 F in my collection as we arnt "allowed" to shoot real ones in the UK now sadly.
Have a Taurus PT99AF, which was made in Brazil, on the original Baretta dies when the Taurus company was launched and used those Dyes. The saftey is toward the grip
thats lovely the baretta was THE gun for 80s action movies
I have a 92 f that I bought in 1988. Still have it and love it, it’s an American made gun.
Beretta 92 has one of the absolute best sight pictures I’ve ever seen on a sidearm.
And a staple in John Woo films
I bought mine after seeing the lady in the movie Shooter waste the bad guy in the scene on snow mountain. Stainless with pearl grips, I bought one just like it.
Mel Gibson blinked every shot. He could not hit the side barn.
He’s actually an expert marksman in real life. 😂
Yup, made me laugh . Hollywood so called experts suck.
I bought one 3 years ago. Cost me about 800 bucks brand new. I shot it once at the range. It’s just a beautiful handgun and such iconic nostalgic piece. Always reminds me of Lethal Weapon first.
Beretta 92FS, Paul Harrell's handgun of choice. RIP Paul, a great TH-cam contributor.
You mention Kate Beckinsale, her father Richard was the consummate underdog British comedy actor. I believe his last role was a straight leading man in a one-off TV drama Last Summer th-cam.com/video/F6A0D5J1mx4/w-d-xo.html Might be of interest to you as a snapshot of your childhood London.
I often went to Eastern Europe before the Iron Curtain dropped or The Wall Fell. Once you got there, everything was dirt cheap. Developed a habit of watching films. International releases were in English, subtitled to the local language. 1988 me and my friend had to shut the *F* up when we realised we were laughing well before the locals got the joke and were not amusing them. 1999 or 2000 saw Mel Gibson in Payback in what looked like a school lecture theatre in České Budějovice. A properly violent film!
Pointless ramblings, but everything including the gun, the lead actor and another actress using the gun were covered with odd bits of background.
I knew someone would drop Paul`s name in ref to the 92 fs........Dam I miss that guy.
@@blackscotydog It would be a sin not to mention him. I don't believe like some that he is due beatification. At the beginning with the "Disaster Contingency Specialists" stuff, he was a bit too close to the bearded tattooed expert clone that he later laughed at. Ah, but when he hit his stride he was good, had a lot of original ideas, and he wasn't trying to do infomercials or shill stuff. Come on 92FS how do you not mention Paul Harrell, it would be like a musician's review of a Höfner 501 bass and not mentioning a different Paul!
Thank you. I keep saying the same thing about Lethal Weapon being the ultimate Christmas action movie of the day. Die Hard had a better villain, but Busey was tougher to kill. And Gibson’s Beretta made you think this guy was green beret all the way.
Lethal Weapon 3 & 4 were SICKENING p.c.
92FS has been one of my favorites for years.
Very cool - I love your channel idea and that blued 92 is gun porn - I need that now!
The finish on beretta has me mesmerized
We are cut from the same cloth. Why don't Beretta offer Blueing anymore.........? Did Italians lose their sense of style?
@@hollywoodguns It's environmental regulations related to the disposal of lye for the bluing process, but more that that it's companies cost cutting and people lowering their standards.
@@Stunkos Thanks - I didnt know the first point.
I am green with envy over that Beretta 92F. An absolutely gorgeous firearm.
Thanks mate - Slight correction - Its an SB (blued). The F was Bruniton, but essentially the exact same gun.
Yes best gun ever made to me
I was 15 when I fell in love with the Beretta 92 seeing Lethal Weapon in 1987.
Fast forward to 2022 when at 50, I was finally able to get one (made at the Gallatin factory, not Italy)
The gun store I got it from upgraded it with an LTT trigger job prior to me buying it.
Break/reset is sweet!
Couldn't find any local, so got 2 mec-gar 18rd mags online and robbed the 18rd mag from the Girsan Regard MC I bought in 2021 since no local Beretta's.
Ol' Beretta is my EDC!
Revy in Black Lagoon dual wields the inox version
Unfortunately, I never found supply of long slide 92. I bet there's a market for it.
I had a 92 in the 80's that's when we could in the UK excellent bit of kit. £300 brand new.
Fyi.. ackk MD . Its the abbreviation for ACCOKEEK MARYLAND . Beretta had a large manufacturing facility about 50 minutes southeast of D.C. . MARYLAND then jumped on the anit gun lawfare wagon around the mid 2000's and BERETTA pulled everything out of the state because of weapons bans.
In 1987, for my high school graduation, I received a 92F as a gift. The retail price was $600, and they were very hard to get. Most gun shops only received a few since the military contract was a priority. I carried it during my first year on patrol in 1992, and I still have it.
Nice, Thanks for sharing that info. Do you still carry/shoot it very often?
You forgot to mention that Christian Bale used the Beretta in Equilibrium.
I have 6 Berretta 92s. It's one of my favorite pistols. Also, the helicopter mag dump scene where he rapidly empties two mags then just shoves it into his pants always made my dad laugh. 😂😂😂
The Beretta 92 is a solid, accurate piece. But it's a bit of a boat anchor. Better for duty carry than EDC.
I wore a M9 9mm 92F for 30mo. 1990s. The thick grip & alloy frame were ⬇️ in my view. I prefer my Glock 22 gen 4 or gen 5 .40 over the older 92/96 series.
I swear to god, LW is absolutely timeless!!! I LOVE that film!!!!!! ❤❤
Helicopters are a lot easier to knock down than you'd expect. If he knew enough about the ranger helo, he could have knocked it down.
The tail rotor is a good target. 🚁 A FBI agent who became a HRT sniper wrote how they took USMC Scout Sniper were taught to aim at specific sections of aircraft, 🚁 ...
I bought a Beretta 92FS in 1993 in preparation for going through the police academy. I put 3000 rounds through it in the 3 months leading up to starting the academy. I wore the finish off of the back-strap and front-strap of the grip. Wore it down to a nice pewter appearance that I actually wish I could have replicated on the remainder of the frame. Almost a French Gray. Beretta had excellent customer service. About a year after the academy, while I was cleaning it, I lost a side spring off the side of the frame. It's the spring under the right side grip panel. Called Beretta that afternoon, told them I was law enforcement and carried it off duty. They next-day shipped it to me, along with some stickers and other small things. They were also extremely polite. I wish I hadn't had to sell it, but I didn't have a lot of money back then and if I wanted anything else, I had to sell something. Sold it and put the money toward a Sig P220, dual-tone.
Thanks for sharing your story mate.
My first pistol was a 92FS that I bought when I was 21, I still own it to this day. I also recently bought a Girsan Regard with 18 rd mags that is actually better quality than the original Beretta.
Ever since I got my own Beretta 92FS, I got a Die Hard t-shirt and sweatshirt, and I have it on my person every Christmas.
I have Christmas gift coming that you might enjoy then!
Didn't Bruce Willis carry a P220 in Live Free or Die Hard?
Dang, you are right. I didn’t realize that before. What a bummer - I thought he stayed true to the Ninety two!
@hollywoodguns He gets a PX4 later on, Beretta was probably trying to market their newer firearms.
The Beretta 92FS that was in “Die Hard 2” makes a cameo in that film, in the hands of one of the bad guys. The armorer who worked on Die Hard 1, 2, and 4 (Mike Papac) pulled the gun out of inventory and put it in the film as an Easter Egg.
Live free was the Px4 storm with rotating barrel .
@@inurfaceson9722 Only in 2nd half of film. First half, he used the P220R. We have a picture of the screen-used P220R on IMFDB.
I bought an Italian police 92s, very well used based on the wear from the trigger bar. I reblued it, and had the frame cerakoted, walnut grips and it a peach. Shoots like a dream, very accurate. Heel mag release doesn't bother me. The safety/decocker honestly was so weird I operated it a bunch of times before even loading it. It's a bit of a safe queen, but my favorite purchase.
I served in the Air Force, they had some 20 round magazines made by Mecgar's predecessor that they never adopted, I was on a shooting team so instead of destroying them they gave a few to me in 1998, last week a finally got around to using them.
Hell yeah! Beretta lore! I absolutely love mine, I have the FS model.
Also, Robocop used a Beretta, built from a Beretta 93R, it use the firing mechanism of the 92. 👌
I recognised it immediately by the loading "shlaknot" sound I never encountered on another gun again.
Yes! I've often thought that and wondered if it was just me......!
As a collector, the most important change for the 92F and later versions is not having to custom fit many of the parts. The family collection has an early slide 92 and 92SB, that my Dad purchased when new.