Selected Handgun Detail

Manufacturer
	Fabbrica D' Armi Pietro Beretta SpA More Info

About the Gun

Compact alloy-frame DA/SA 92 with a shortened open-top slide and a slim single-stack grip. Slide-mounted safety/decocker, 3-dot sights, and checkered black plastic grips. Bruniton slide on an anodized frame.

Production

Production ran from 1990 through 1993 and again from 1998 through 2003.

Market value

MSRP at production was around $700. Current used market value for examples in good to very good condition ranges $550–$800.

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

Beretta used the Compact L slide and barrel on a narrower frame that takes an eight-round single-column magazine. The slimmer grip is the Type M change; magazines do not interchange with the double-stack Compact L. Limited 92F Compact M imports ran from 1990 through 1993. Beretta then built the 92FS Type M in the United States from 1998 through 2003 as catalog code J92F333, listed at $691 in 2003. That second window ended with the rest of the rail-less Compact L block. Type M pistols turn up less often than Compact L guns and usually bring more when boxed with both eight-round magazines.