We carry the beretta at my current dept. but I wished we could carry the Sig.

There are definitely better weapons out there. But i honestly think the Berette 92fs is a good all around weapon. Quality is good and it's reasonably priced. It offers decent firepower and is undeniably reliable. It does have it's bad points (as with just about anything). 1. I really wish Beretta would offer this frame weapon in a .45 cal. 2. While not necessarily a huge deal, why has Beretta not kept up with the current market and started incorporating polymers into the designs of it's large frame weapons. 3. some of the exterior components ie...trigger, safety/ decocking lever and hammer, and mags are prone to rusting (which can be a problem for a duty weapon that sit's in a holster for extended periods of time) in humid envornments. Let's face it alot of duty weapons don't get removed from the holster/mag pouches ect...and cleaned near as often as they should. If Beretta would remedy some of these issues I'm sure it would make the weapon much more desirable.

I love my M9. It has never jammed or misfed in thousands of rounds and I can hit what im aiming at. Some don't, but I like a little hevier pistol. I would also like the Baretta 96 model for a bit more cal. But there is an ammo for the purpose, 9mm or not. All around good pistol as far as I can tell.

This one looks just like My Beretta 92D I have. I pay $325 for. Heavy Babie but I
carry her all the time.

I like the M9, It's what the military gives me, granted there are better duty handguns out there but I feel confident every time I have to pull my Beretta out of it's holster.

As a MP SGT, this is our main weapon while working the road. It is reliable. It is very easy to maintain as well as switch from left hand to right hand magazine release. This is a very good weapon to start with if you are training someone on gun firing.

It is good to go when needed.

i like this hang gun alot better than a 45 because long furgher distice and not much of a kick back when it is fired

Carried an M9 in my military career. It's long, which makes it tougher to control, the cartridge is undersized at 9mm, it has an external manual safety, and the trigger pull is far too much. Given the choice, get a Sig.

I don't care for it, suffice it to say.

I like the M9 over the M15 (.38 S&W), but would rather have a more powerful weapon. But it gets the job done and is easy to shot.

it's an easy to shoot with a high capsity mag, and acceracy good enough for anyone. It could easily be a officers best friend.

The Berretta serves its purpose, very easy to use from beginner up to the experienced shooter. I have used the Baretta for 10 years in the Marines, the one problem I was having and maybe I just have bad luck was in Iraq the springs would loose tension fast, I know it happens but this seem more than usual, so Ihad to keep restretching the spring to keep tension on the rounds.

Reliability, performance, and easy to handle...

I have owned one of these for over 15 years and love it

Pretty decent firearm. Shoots smooth and has a good size mag. The only downfall is that when a round is chambered, the trigger can be sensitive. At least on mine.

We have to carry these at our dept, and I own one as well and use it at my parttime gig, just so I don't have to change duty gear around when I go from job to job. Plus it helps cause I can do alot of off duty tactical shooting practice. I do prefer to carry my Kimber though, can't beat that .45 cal.

I am in love with the way my hand fits this pistol. It could be a little more accurate.

it could be just me, but it seems like one of the longest trigger pulls i've ever shot with, but before i had the department issue beretta i had frequently used a makorov 9mm and a glock, both also lighter than this gun. i do shoot very accurate with this though, so i can't complain too much

I love my Beretta, I never have had any problems with it.

Ive fired all kinds of handguns and I have to say that allthough this weapon is a major P.O.S when its dirty it fires more accurately then most of the more expensive firearms that ive used. But this is the weapon I use on duty. I like it, and im deadly with it on my hip.

I have put tens of thousands of rounds through these pistols, and in 13 years of shooting them in competition i have only had one (1) misfeed, and that was my fault, I limp wristed it for one shot during a competiton and i had a stovepipe. other than that, NEVER A SINGLE PROBLEM and for those of you who said it could be more accurate, you just need more practice. these are very accurate, and they always put the round where I tell it to. Practice, Practice, Practice!

This Pistol is not only reliable it also feels good in the hand and the recoil is a non-factor.
Really enjoy shooting this handgun and I have "never" had a misfire or malfunction.

the m9 is a very dependble handgun but for the price i preffer a glock

Decent handgun- used 92fs as duty weapon for 2 years with few problems. The biggest problem is the de cocking lever (safety) that can easily get in the way or be activated- and you are pulling the trigger and nothing is happening.....not a good feeling.

Use for duty weapon with no discrepancies. Fits my hand perfectly

most ageinces use this firearm becuase alot of agencies use it so if ur on a battlefeild and u run out of ammo u can just get some from your partner but 9mm just dosent sseem to have the stoping power miltary or police firearms should due to over penetration becuase an officer shot a dog square in the chest with a 9mm one time and the dog kept on coming ismply becuase of over penetration of the bullet moving around 1200 fps and dosent have the dmging power of the 45.cal handguns moving at around 800 fps leaving more time for damaging and im sure some people might agree with me if your an officer an you have to put someone down and you shoot somoen with a 9mm and they still keep coming. personly i would rather carry a gun with a round that can knock a man over

I've been using an M9 for many years now, and it is an easy gun to qualify with and maintain. The DA trigger creep seems to take forever, and it takes a bit of time to learn a technique for clicking off "safe" without moving your shooting hand. The military adopted this pistol, in my view, as a compromise between stopping power and high mag capacity ("yeah, the .45 is a better one-shot put-down round, but you get twice as many 9mm rounds in a mag!"), plus the 9mm is what NATO uses, so that must mean we need to use it too (don't recall ever transferring any ammo to a NATO ally, but that's just me). It was brought out when 9mm was a really popular round, in the mid 80s. And while people who swore on the .45 said it wouldn't last very long, here we are, in 2008, still carrying the M9. I think its due to be replaced in the next 5-10 years. The special ops community has already changed back to the .45, in numerous configurations (H&K USP, SIG, souped-up Springfields, etc.). As far as a review, I'd say that while the ease of maintenance, reliability, high capacity, low-recoil, and easy qualification are good things, the drawbacks of the 9mm round, long DA trigger pull, safety mounted on the slide vice the frame all detract from the M9's desirability as a service weapon. Many would argue that 15 rounds is great when you need them, but I'd rather have 7-10 rounds of something that will put some perp on his butt with one shot. The miilitary intended the pistol as the standard weapon for use by senior NCO's and officers, basically as a self-defense, close-quarters battle weapon. We always said that if you had to pull out your M9, you were already screwed, the bad guys were inside the wire. Recently, the Marine Corps decided to issue all SNCO's and officers M4 carbines, in addition to the M9's. Read into that what you will. When I was in Afghanistan, flying in helicopters, all the aircrew carried an M16, a few carried an M4, a couple carried a shotgun, and I carried an M240G 7.62mm machine-gun to supplement the M9. We figured if we went down and had to E&E (escape & evade), we weren't going to stake our lives on a 9mm pistol. That's just a personal opinion, but actions speak louder than words. Not that there's anything wrong with with the 9mm in general...it, like every other round, has its uses. I just believe that when someone (police officer, soldier, etc.) has to rely on a piece of survival gear, it should unequivically work as intended the first time he or she uses it.

I have fired many different pistols over the years and I have owned many different pistols. As far as reliability I would take the M9 over aything I have fired. I know it is not the most accurate but I never worry about it not functioning. The sights could use a little sprucing up but when you look at where most shootouts occur, sight picture and sight alignment kind of fall to the wayside.

I have been carrying the Beretta for the better part of my military carrer. A definite big step up from the .38 I was first issued. Very realiable and comfortable fit but I would rather have my Colt 1911 in my hand when I am in a forward area and I need stopping power.

I have to say, the only thing I EVER liked about this weapon was its sights. The Beretta's blade sights are some of the nicest stock sights I have ever used. However, unless I was target or competition shooting I would never stake anything on this weapon. Plus, it doesn't fit my hands like a 1911 does.

I'm a Contract security guard for the military we have to carry these daily. This gun is nothing but scrap metal to me. I hate the trigger pull and the safety/decocking lever which hits my thumb when I shoot. I carry a Glock 22 when I work patrol and I love it. I am considering switching to a Glock 21SF same size as the 22 or the 19 but shoots .45 ..

I carry this weapon daily as a SF patrolman in the Air Force. This gun is junk, jams all the time and the range... I hope if I ever have to engage, I hope it works, if not it'll turn into athrowing devise.

I used the 92F in the Marine Corps and I actually liked the weapon. I thought it was a very good weapon. I actually had desert sand get into the weapon and after a good cleaning it worked normally and did not jam like I thought it would. I also found it very easy to use and clean.

I Hated this pistol, heavy, poor accuracy. But for years of use the weapon has stayed in the fight for years. All my years with the Marine corps I always have had this as my Side arm.

used this in the af.....heavy, inaccurate buts its simple wouldnt still be the standard if it wasnt good though

My Beretta and I have a special relationship, I suppose. This is a highly reliable weapon which puts the rounds where they are supposed to go. I remind those among us who feel that the 9mm parabellum round is ineffective that any round well placed is more effective than any round that goes astray (this is not even touching on the unintended consequences of stray rounds.) I suppose I have big hands, because my Beretta just feels natural there. I love the weight, the capacity, even that heavy double-action trigger pull. The only thing I could wish for is a single motion decock and unsave for tactical movement. That being said, this is really no weapon for concealed carry. This is a big hunk of metal.

I would not own one if it was given to me with a $750.00 check. They did not fix the defect they just compensated for it. Over time the slide has been known to come off and strike the wielder in the face. Can you imagine a slide hitting you in the face at the speed of a bullet? So what they did is they added a piece to the lower part which causes the slide to be deflected in an upward direction when it flies off the back, instead of fixing it so it doesn't fly off at all.

junk........ junk..... this gun sucks.... we have to get ride of it...... it doesnt stop rusting even the brand new ones..... i think they make them with rust...... seriously though they are junk.... jams at the range and if it goes wrong their were u have the chance before you fire it to clean it and lub it up and it still fails.... just imagine what it will do when u need it..... ill take a glock or a sig but we need to ditch this gun...... its as bad as when s&w came out with their semi auto.....

This is one of the worst ideas the military came up with, the only good thing I can say about it is that it is accurate, but almost all 9mm are accurate, but it jams all the time on the range wish they would go back to the old 1911.

This one is the military version of the 92FS. I used this in the Marines. Durable weapon very accurate but too heavy and no real stopping power since its only a 9mm.

Durable, easy weapon to use.

This is the standard issue for all Marine MP's very light, great hand grips, duel safety, always fires on target . . . stove top or jam once in a blue moon, other than that I would recommend this for someone who is learning to shoot pistol

The M9's a very good handgun and is pretty much used military wide. The main problem I have with it is it's lack of stopping power, especialy when overseas where only ball ammo is allowed. Stopping power is traded for penetration and more rounds per clip...I guess the military figures the more rounds you send downrange the more likely you are to hit something.

I feel a .40 is a better choice, and stainless a plus. That said, I have had a 92F for decades now. I prefer a double action only, but when I carried this weapon exclusively, I had no trouble using the hammer drop and safety. I was used to the double/single action and its accuracy in follow up shots. The longer barrel made for much better accuracy for an on duty weapon. Capacity with its double stack mags was unbeatable. I would love to carry this weapon in 40 cal on duty. I still prefer the feel of its grip to any other I have owned.

I would prefer a Glock 40 but HEY this is what the Army issues most MP's

not my prefered weapon of choice but it can get the job done like the rest!

makes a good hammer, sorry to say I had to pack one in combat

Qualified expert 39 out of 40 (& I Suspect they may have miscounted by one LOL) with the Army M9... Gotta love it!

This pistol is decent and easy to shoot. I would like something with a little more bang but I can shoot what I am aiming at.

I really like this weapon. A lot of people say that they hate it, but, it was developed for the military. If, in the military mind you, you have to draw your side arm, someone screwed up. This is, of course outside the MP patrol role.

I use the M9 in the Nat'l Guard. It's definately NOT my first nor my LAST choice either. The military needs to look at replacing this weapon for something better. The 9mm is ineffective with ball ammo as a man-stopper much like the old .38 revolvers used in the Moro uprisings in the Phillipeans. The magazine capacity is a little lacking compared to some newer weapons in this caliber like Glock 17, Springfield XD-9 or S&W M&P pistols. This is NOT the worst pistol out there but certainly NOT the best either.

I absolutely despise this piece. Requires copius maintainance (as in mid-mission) because sand or dirt makes it useless. I love how the Beretta people drop the line about it "meeting the demanding requirments of the USMC." I have never heard of any Marine (or any American servicemember for that matter) getting a documented combat kill with this weapon.