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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: billt on December 27, 2018, 05:19:05 AM
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I've been trying to grab a factory stock Beretta Model 92 Brigadier for a while now. The problem is they are never in stock.... Anywhere. Either in the Bruniton or Inox finish. This Wilson Combat 92-G is the cream of the crop, albeit pricey. Davidson's got 5 of them in on Christmas Eve, so I immediately ordered one. I just got shipping confirmation this morning, (it's coming from Davidson's in Prescott), and I'll be picking it up from my FFL tomorrow. Beretta / Wilson does a nice job on these pistols, with the slide fitting, trigger, sights, hammer, frame checkering, springs, extended steel magazine release, and pretty much everything else. Like all Brigadier's it has the much thicker slide.
When you break it down, the price isn't too bad if you add up the cost of all the custom Wilson Combat parts they put in it. There was a guy on You Tube who sent his stock Beretta 92 in, to have all the upgrades and action tune done. He said it ran him around $750.00. Throw in the cost of the gun on top of that, and it's right around what I paid for the whole gun new in the box. Plus the gun ships with 3, 15 round magazines, that are supposed to be "sand resistant". I have no idea how a magazine can, "resist sand". Most likely sales hype. I've got several 17 and 20 round Mec-Gars on hand for my other Beretta 92, so I'm good in the magazine dept.
I'll most likely wait until after the 1st to get to the range and crank it up. That way everyone will be back to work, and the range won't be so crowded. I've read nothing but good reviews on this pistol. And I'm feeling pretty safe and confident buying any gun with the Wilson Combat name on it. They don't make junk. My gun is identical to the one in this video, except it has the cherry wood grips instead of the olive colored G10's. I'll try to get some pics up when I get it. Anyway, at my age I'm finding the best Christmas presents are the one's you buy for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1GX33_-P5A&t=420s
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You have a sickness, Bill! One that most of would want, BTW!)
I liked my Model 92 from b4 the military adopted the platform. I'm sure they're better today!
Now, does Bill Wilson create these or does Beretta build the pistol from Wilson's spec requirements?
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You have a sickness, Bill! One that most of would want, BTW!) I liked my Model 92 from b4 the military adopted the platform. I'm sure they're better today! Now, does Bill Wilson create these or does Beretta build the pistol from Wilson's spec requirements?
From what I've been able to determine Beretta builds them to Wilson's specs using Wilson's parts. Wilson then receives the finished guns, inspects them, and from there they go out to the distributors. Wilson has the final call if the guns go out, or back to Beretta if they feel everything isn't up to their specifications.
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Get down with the sickness. It's okay as long as you can afford to treat it. :) If you never oil the coated mags sand will be less likely to stick to them than if they were plain mags with a light coat of oil. Does that make them sand resistant? I usually do very lightly oil my blued steel mags.
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That's a nice pistola, Bill.
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That's a nice pistola, Bill.
Yes it is. I forgot to mention that.
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I picked it up yesterday. It's a beautiful gun. The slide to frame fit is the best I've ever encountered on an auto pistol. Beautifully smooth with zero play. 3 Magazines are included, with a nice embossed Wilson Combat Carrying Case, and a bottle of "Wilson Lube". (Thin as water, and looks like ATF cut with Kerosene). After New Years I'll head to the range and light it up. The sights on this thing are beautiful. A nice Trijicon front blade that is very bright. (At least in my pitch black closet).
I must say the coating on the magazines is slicker than snot. Much slicker than the bright polished blue on the Mec-Gar's. I'll dig up some 20 rounder's I've got to bring to the range. Wilson / Beretta really did a nice job on this gun. I can't find a single thing on this pistol I don't like. It feels and points, and is every bit as ergonomically comfortable as any of my CZ's. And the weight is perfect with the slightly heavier Brigadier slide. The checkering on both the front and rear strap is aggressive, but doesn't come off looking or feeling like a potato grater. All the controls operate effortlessly, and none are tight. And the grips look and feel good. No sharp edges exist anywhere on the gun, or any of the controls. They did a nice job dehorning it without going crazy. Like they do with so many of the "meltdown" models.
Overall thus far I'm impressed. If this thing runs as good as it feels and looks, I'll be a happy camper.
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I like the way it looks with those grips better than with the color of grips in the video. Subdued but not too plain.
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Yowza that's pretty!
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I like the way it looks with those grips better than with the color of grips in the video. Subdued but not too plain.
I like the reddish hue better as well, instead of the mustard yellow.
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I like the reddish hue better as well, instead of the mustard yellow.
According to some test I'm almost completely colorblind and I'm red/green colorblind, but I saw a tint of green. I didn't see mustard yellow anywhere.
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To be honest, when you consider the cost of the gun, I would have preferred some type of nicely finished exotic hardwood. But this is a combat / service pistol, so I can understand why they went with G-10 grips. They're all the rage now anyway. And people have to have the, "flavor of the month".
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I got the Wilson Combat / Beretta out to the range early this morning. I brought 350 rounds but only fired 250. It was really cold and damp out, and my fingers were freezing from loading the 3 magazines I brought with me. The gun shot beautifully. Not a single malfunction. The trigger is nice, but typical Beretta with a lot of take up in single action. But it broke nice and crisp, at what I would guess to be right around 5 pounds or so. The sights are crystal clear, and print at point of hold.
All my shooting was from 50 feet. Normally I like shooting from 25 yards. But we got a lot of rain the other day, and the range was really muddy beyond the 50 foot target stands, so that is where I shot from. . All 3 of the Beretta supplied magazines loaded and fed flawlessly. My ammo was all Remington 115 Gr. FMJ Law Enforcement Training Ammo. I started shooting as soon as it was light enough to see the target. And this ammo provided quite a bit of muzzle flash. The cases all piled up in a neat 3 foot circle just a few feet to the right, and back about the same amount.
The gun shoots well, and is very accurate. Even with cheap ammo. Overall I'm very pleased with it's performance. One would expect as much from a $1,300.00 pistol. But these days you never know until you shoot it. This thing will get shot a lot. Between the excellent sights, good trigger and ergonomics, and butter smooth slide and action, it's pretty hard to put it down.
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It sounds like a great gun.
If you get tired of the cold, wet climate come to Michigan. :) It got up to at least 50 yesterday. But it cooled off and we still have a long way to go. I may have to get my snow shovel out at some point in the next couple of months. For now it's still in the basement where I left it last year.