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2/20/2026 6:47:14 AM EDT
Beretta is back to running pretty good rebates. This plus PSA sale prices on a bunch of Beretta handguns means M9s for $499, APXs for $299, APX Carrys for $165, even the 92 Performance Defensive for $750.

Your wallet has been warned.
2/20/2026 9:47:30 AM EDT
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Kinda surprised the 92 is still popular with so many better options out there.

Reliable and durable for sure but I just never liked the feel and MOAs.

Anyway, I guess YLWYL.

Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco. Nothing!
2/20/2026 11:53:53 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Kinda surprised the 92 is still popular with so many better options out there.

Reliable and durable for sure but I just never liked the feel and MOAs.

Anyway, I guess YLWYL.

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The 92 is a plenty viable system if you don't have baby hands.
Remy wont let me down like Mia did.
2/20/2026 12:01:48 PM EDT
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I snagged an M9 for $500.  Pretty happy about that.  
"Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly." -Heinlein.
2/20/2026 12:05:09 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By BIGSHOOTER414:


The 92 is a plenty viable system if you don't have baby hands.
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Or if you're not shooting a clapped out pile of shit handed to you by the Army
2/20/2026 12:19:47 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Kinda surprised the 92 is still popular with so many better options out there.

Reliable and durable for sure but I just never liked the feel and MOAs.

Anyway, I guess YLWYL.

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Must be clapped out. My issued-for competition M9 was a laser beam. Most I have shot are.
2/20/2026 4:45:49 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By stiglitz_actual:


Or if you're not shooting a clapped out pile of shit handed to you by the Army
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The truth.
“Firearm springs sometimes are made to be air soluble.” CSM Woods
2/20/2026 9:56:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Kinda surprised the 92 is still popular with so many better options out there.

Reliable and durable for sure but I just never liked the feel and MOAs.

Anyway, I guess YLWYL.

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Just ordered a Langdon Tactical 92 Elite Centurion today.

I iz a boomer fudd.
2/21/2026 10:40:25 AM EDT
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PSA Got me, M-9 inbound.
"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." -Ghandi
2/21/2026 10:44:58 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By stiglitz_actual:
Or if you're not shooting a clapped out pile of shit handed to you by the Army
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Even the clapped out ones run on OEM mags.  Put checkmates in them and even brand new guns start choking.
2/21/2026 11:14:31 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By November5:
Even the clapped out ones run on OEM mags.  Put checkmates in them and even brand new guns start choking.
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Not in my experience. The early Checkmate M9 mags had problems, due to the mil contracting to have both the outside and inside parkerized, even after being told it would make the mags unreasonable.

Late manufacture, post 2010 Checkmates (every one I've seen surplus) are absolutely fine. I've got about twenty, and have never had a problem with any of them.
2/21/2026 11:40:30 AM EDT
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Any idea how many magazines are included?
"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." -Ghandi
2/21/2026 12:39:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By glklvr:


Not in my experience. The early Checkmate M9 mags had problems, due to the mil contracting to have both the outside and inside parkerized, even after being told it would make the mags unreasonable.

Late manufacture, post 2010 Checkmates (every one I've seen surplus) are absolutely fine. I've got about twenty, and have never had a problem with any of them.
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Originally Posted By glklvr:
Originally Posted By November5:
Even the clapped out ones run on OEM mags.  Put checkmates in them and even brand new guns start choking.


Not in my experience. The early Checkmate M9 mags had problems, due to the mil contracting to have both the outside and inside parkerized, even after being told it would make the mags unreasonable.

Late manufacture, post 2010 Checkmates (every one I've seen surplus) are absolutely fine. I've got about twenty, and have never had a problem with any of them.
Even with a better finish than parkerizing, checkmates springs tend to be garbage.  I had so many checkmate mags that wouldn't feed at all because the springs had taken a set just from being left loaded, which isn't supposed to happen.  Even Shield's S15 mags (made by checkmate) had that issue and they're much more recent.
2/22/2026 7:03:49 PM EDT
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I ordered 2 of the APX carry pistols.  I don’t expect much but they’ll be fine tackle box guns for $165.
2/22/2026 9:25:24 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By glklvr:


Not in my experience. The early Checkmate M9 mags had problems, due to the mil contracting to have both the outside and inside parkerized, even after being told it would make the mags unreasonable.

Late manufacture, post 2010 Checkmates (every one I've seen surplus) are absolutely fine. I've got about twenty, and have never had a problem with any of them.
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Yeah I never actually experienced issues with the Checkmate mags, but I do like the PB ones with the silver PVD finish that replaced them more.
2/22/2026 9:50:49 PM EDT
[#15]
I missed out on the 20x Inox . Even KGC sold out quickly on that one… good deals….wallet hurts ..
2/23/2026 9:56:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By glklvr:


Not in my experience. The early Checkmate M9 mags had problems, due to the mil contracting to have both the outside and inside parkerized, even after being told it would make the mags unreasonable.

Late manufacture, post 2010 Checkmates (every one I've seen surplus) are absolutely fine. I've got about twenty, and have never had a problem with any of them.
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You can even take some fine steel wool and oil and fix those early checkmate mags.
2/24/2026 11:53:32 AM EDT
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Yeah, darn it, they got me. A 92xPCO for $799 after MIR was too much to resist. Almost went for the OD green
but really wanted the silver finish. Such gorgeous pistols!
"It just gets that much more exciting when it has a carry handle on it. Or tiger stripes. If you have both, then you have the John Wayne in the Green Berets size of a big win."
3/5/2026 2:39:50 PM EDT
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Mine arrived today, came with two magazines

"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." -Ghandi

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