92 FS safety removal?

[erskatedoc]

I love my 92FS except for the safety. Its too easy to bump it when drawing from a holster, and the positioning is awkward compared to all my 1911's.

Can a GS remove it (or lock it off) and still have the gun function properly?

Thanks

[Oldnoob]

Tap, I'm interesting in this topic as well.

[PyroFox79]

I dont understand

[G-forceJunkie]

Find yourself a 92G model, the decocker/saftey is spring loaded so it won't stay down. That fixed the problem your having for me. Otherwise, you need to make sweeping the saftey up part of your draw, or go to a different make of pistol.

[Old4eyes]

Remember that the safety on a 92FS/M9 does two things, it decocks the gun and puts it into safe mode. It is the latter that is of some concern. Unlike a 1911, there is no cocked and locked capability. If the hammer is back there is no safety to keep the gun from being fired if the trigger is engaged. The use of the de-cocking the gun puts it into DA mode, and if you trust revolvers, then you could trust this mode. Which is the case of the 92G model, the lever only decocks. The non-fire position is momentary.

There are 3 options:

1. Get a 92G slide for your existing gun or try to buy a 92G (good luck).
2. Here is one guy's modification for decocker action only:

http://berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=71096&highlight=92fs+safety+conversion

3. Live with it. When you bring the weapon out of the holster train yourself to flip the safety up. When you go through a malfunction drill, flip the safety up. And when you are putting the gun away, flip it down.

Some police officers have noted that keeping the gun in safe mode while carrying it provides a little bit of extra security if the weapon is taken away from them in a struggle. The bad guy would have to know about taking the gun off of safe to fire and if he does not, it might prevent the good guy from being shot with his own weapon.

For most of us, the operation of the 92G model would be our choice.

The practice of checking the safety whenever the gun is brought to bear or being re-holstered is not that different from that of a 1911. The big problem is WHERE the safety is placed. If the safety had been on the frame rather than the slide, the problem might have been mitigated.

Beretta saw a little bit of the light with the PX4. While the safety is still on the slide it is recessed into the slide and is less likely to be inadvertently engage.