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Manufacturer
	Fabbrica D' Armi Pietro Beretta SpA More Info

About the Gun

Compact alloy-frame DA/SA 92 with a shortened open-top slide, shortened double-stack grip, and an integral Picatinny rail on the dust cover. Stainless Inox slide and barrel on a matching anodized frame, M9A1-pattern checkered frontstrap and backstrap, slide-mounted safety/decock lever, 3-dot sights, and black plastic grips.

Production

Production ran from 2013 through 2019.

Market value

MSRP at production was around $800. Current used market value for examples in good to very good condition ranges $600–$850.

Cartridge Specifications
Cartridge:	9 mm Luger
Alias:	9 mm Parabellum
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Analysis

This was the first Compact L Beretta built on the M9A1-pattern frame. Dealers began ordering J90C9F20 and J90C9F22 in late 2012; U.S. catalogs treated 2013 as the start of regular supply. Frames are marked Type M9A1 and carry a two-slot rail, front- and backstrap checkering, a beveled magazine well, and a reversible magazine release. Slides are marked 92FS Compact. Shooting Illustrated listed the gun at $775 in 2014, and Beretta called the Inox rail compact one of its stronger compact sellers before the Bruniton rail gun followed. The 92X Compact took the compact slot in 2019. Used pistols trade a step above the black rail Compact of the same years; boxed examples with both magazines sit at the top of the value range.