Glock 17 Vs Beretta 92 FS

[buffybuster]

Another reason to go with the Glock. The safety on the 92FS is backwards from a 1911 (up is off, down is on).

The 92F/S was designed to be carried with the safety OFF. Any policy that mandates the 92F/S be carried with the safety ON is made by people that have no knowledge of what they are doing.

So, let's not have anymore "the safety is backward, upside down, etc"

[jdogg2000]

Just get both! You will eventually anyway!

This Beretta was the first handgun I ever bought. I basically bought it because I always saw Berettas in movies, and I thought it looked so cool:



I would never sell my G19 though. I've never thought Glocks were ugly, and I appreciate its reliability and simplicity. The G19 I use for HD, the Beretta sits in my safe! I do agree with others that the Beretta safety I cannot get used to. The 1911 type safety makes more sense to me. If the Beretta was meant to be carried with the safety off, what's the use of the safety? You can't carry it cocked and locked, nor can you (or would you want to) carry it decocked and with the safety on.

[buffybuster]

I do agree with others that the Beretta safety I cannot get used to. The 1911 type safety makes more sense to me. If the Beretta was meant to be carried with the safety off, what's the use of the safety? You can't carry it cocked and locked, nor can you (or would you want to) carry it decocked and with the safety on.

The safety on the Beretta was designed to essentially only be used when you're clearing the weapon, to reduce the chance of a ND. You apply the safety as you pull back the slide. If you don't want this feature, as it is, get the "G" decock only.

Personally, I don't touch the decock safety.

[Sam]

I guess I've never bought a pistol just for range use. That said, the safety of the Beretta is much too high for me for easy presentations. I also like consistent triggers so the Beretta's DA/SA system is not acceptable either.

[The Cable Guy]

Honestly no I haven't. But I have used a GlockWorx Skeletonized Striker and it malfunctioned regularly. It dragged somewhere where it wouldn't reset the trigger. After that, I never looked at anything else from GlockWorx.

Ever try calling them to fix the issue?

I'm running a ton of Glockworx parts in my G19. It functions just as reliably as stock.

[watsonville]

i just picked up my 92fs and have no complaints with it shoots great put fifty rounds through it no hiccups the next 9 i plan adding to the safe will be a glock 17 so all i can say is

"APPLES AND ORANGES''

[plankowner]

buy whatever fits best in your hand because you cant go wrong with either of them ,they are both great guns.

[The Cable Guy]

i just picked up my 92fs and have no complaints with it shoots great put fifty rounds through it no hiccups the next 9 i plan adding to the safe will be a glock 17 so all i can say is

"APPLES AND ORANGES''

I disagree, both are semi-automatic handguns that serve the same purpose depending on the user's needs.

50 rounds is in no way even remotely close to something to gauge reliability. I have a buddy who shoots a Beretta at a local match. It seems like he was replacing parts after every match or class.

Plus, those trigger springs seem to be a common problem among the M9/M92 pistols.

[WW2Buff]

Both are excellent. The beretta works best for me. My G17 was sold a while back but could see a 19 in my future. Either way you'll be happy and lucky for you, they're both relatively inexpensive compared to others so maybe down the road you can you pick the other. Good luck. -Ben

[FNH5-7]

I have both and like both.

[Peter.Steele]

I own both.

Keep in mind that if you have a "small" hand, the grip on a 92 is pretty big (compare to the Glock).

See, this is interesting to me, because I have large palms and short-ish fingers ... and yet the 92FS fits my hand better than any Glock. Now, my 92FS has Hogue Alumagrips on it, but even with stock grips it's a much better fit in my hand for anything that isn't a 1911.

Beretta's, In my opinion are force fed pieces of crap to our unfortunate soldiers that have to carry them because of our Governments special interests. Get a Sig if you want a heavy 9mm with a DA/SA trigger pull and external safeties. Otherwise, The Glock 17 is a proven workhorse.

I felt the same way you did about the 92 when my issue weapon was an M9. Didn't like it a bit. It felt sloppy and weak, and wasn't reliable.

Part of the problem there was (a) we didn't have that many M9's in the armory, so you had the same guns getting used by ~300 people. Problem (b) was that the Navy doesn't really do that much in the way of training for armorers, so the guns weren't really well maintained.

I bought a 92FS last year mostly out of nostalgia, rather than because I really expected to like it. But ... it turns out that I love it. It's a much better pistol than I ever expected that it would be.

I disagree, both are semi-automatic handguns that serve the same purpose depending on the user's needs.

50 rounds is in no way even remotely close to something to gauge reliability. I have a buddy who shoots a Beretta at a local match. It seems like he was replacing parts after every match or class.

Plus, those trigger springs seem to be a common problem among the M9/M92 pistols.

I've got about a thousand rounds through my (Italian-made) 92FS now, without a single issue ... or a single cleaning. I lube it carefully, but other than that, I just shoot it.

Most of the reliability issues I've seen on Berettas were on fairly high round count guns in Navy issue, with armorers of questionable talent and training.

[Freeballer]

OP, since you are speaking of solely a range gun.... I would be considering a glock 34. A little more pricey but longer sight radius, little more weight (Than 17), little higher velocity from the longer barrel.

Or you can do what I did and get yourself a Glock 35 and put a 9mm conversion barrel in it... and have a .40 and a 9mm. I use my 9mm setup for handgun league and .40 for my house gun. I have had 0 issues with the conversion.

[Trendkill]

I disagree, both are semi-automatic handguns that serve the same purpose depending on the user's needs.

50 rounds is in no way even remotely close to something to gauge reliability. I have a buddy who shoots a Beretta at a local match. It seems like he was replacing parts after every match or class.

Plus, those trigger springs seem to be a common problem among the M9/M92 pistols.

Kaboooooom..!

[mreed]

honestly, i just got the 92fs as my first handgun, theres no doubt about it that its a nice quality handgun and so is the glock. the beretta just felt better to me over the glock. but i do want a glock 19 now so your cant go wrong with either...

[Raptor3000]

Got a Glock 17.