This is not a review, but more of a revelation I discovered on my 92FS/M9 today. Whenever I do press checks on the 92FS, I ignore the cocking serrations in the front, and push the slide back from the front end. Yeah I know, the designers put the cocking serrations there for a reason. I don’t know if I’m a pansy or what, but I’ve alwasy felt like the safety/decocker is a little to sharp for my tastes. I never understood why, until today.

I was organizing my gear and found a brand new pair of Blackhawk! Aviator Fire Resistant Flight Ops Gloves w/ Nomex. Was bored, so I put them on to check out the dexterity on the bad boys. Grabbed the 92FS, pulled back the slide from the rear to do a press check for safety. Wait! What is this? No safety digging into my palm?? Then it hit me out of no where, duh! For those that don’t know, the Beretta 92FS/M9 was designed for the US military to replace the M1911 circa 1980s. Gloves are often worn by troops to protect their hands. Hence an aggressive safety to help the operator easily engage or disengage.

I’m still going to safety inspect the chamber the same way I always have. It’s always sunny in SoCal, so my hands are never cold. And I never shoot until my barrel gets hot enough to require gloves. But my mind is finally at peace now that I discovered point of the design behind the 92FS/M9 safety.