The Beretta 92 was adopted by the Brazilian army in 1977 and by Italian law enforcement and military units in 1978. The earliest models featured a frame mounted safety but the 92S launched in 1976 and all subsequent models featured a slide mounted safety. The 92 is chambered for the 9x19mm round, can be operated in SA and DA modes and has an exposed hammer. Launched in 1975, the 92 is a short recoil operated, locked breech pistol with an aluminium frame and a distinctive cut-away slide that has become a feature of Beretta pistols. The Beretta 92 design originated in the early 1970s and was intended as a replacement for the elderly Beretta M951. The Beretta 92 FS is a development of the original Model 92 and a result of the outcome of the complicated, confusing and controversial process by which the US military selected its new service sidearm in the 70s and 80s.Įarly Beretta 92 with frame-mounted safety Unlike many other current Umarex replicas, the Beretta 92FS is still manufactured in Germany and assembled, finished and tested in the Umarex plant at Arnsberg. I have owned two examples of this replica, and early, glossy black version and a later nickel finish model. But can a design that’s almost vintage by replica standards really be that good? Almost nineteen years after it was first launched, the 92 FS is still part of the Umarex range and is still popular with shooters and collectors.
All shared similar mechanical design, with a rotary pellet holder concealed within a cast zinc alloy body with a moveable front part of the slide which gives access to the loading area. The Beretta 92 FS was one of four (or five, if you count the RWS C225) CO2 powered, pellet shooting semi-auto replicas introduced by Umarex between 1996 – 2000.
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