Changing Grips On A Beretta 92 ?

[billt]

Mel bought me this Beretta Model 92 a little over a year ago, and it's a nice shooter. It's big for a 9 MM, but I have really large hands so the gun feels really good. I just picked up a couple of 20 round magazines for it which makes it's size a little more applicable.

I saw some nice Hogue fancy wood grips at Cabela's, but I didn't get them because sometimes I've learned changing out grips isn't as easy of a task as it looks on some weapons. For example 1911's can be a total PITA because of the threaded inserts, (I can't spell what they are called), that can easily back out, get stripped out, and a lot of other problems. Has anyone changed out grips on a large framed Beretta? The fact it is an Aluminum frame also has my concern. Fine threads are very easily damaged, and or stripped out in Aluminum, especially if any type of thread locking compound was used in assembly at the factory.

Anyway, I thought I would check if anyone has done it, and what, if any problems you ran into before I dive in. Thanks in advance,  Bill T.

[BAC]

I put CT laser grips on mine without any problem at all.

[Ichiban]

When I had one, I put Hogue rubber grips on it.  Piece of cake.

[billt]

I'll go for the Hogue's. I like the way they look on the pistol. I've seen them on others. Bill T.

[Timothy]

Not a problem even when I was a kid of 25....

On the 1911, they're called Grip Bushings Bill...what's hard to spell?

 

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[blackwolfe]

Could you mean:

ferrule
or:

escutcheon

[billt]

Could you mean: escutcheon

That's it.   Bill T.

[Timothy]

Could you mean:

ferrule
or:

escutcheon

That's it.   Bill T.

an escutcheon IS the grip panel after it's screwed onto the grip.....

"1.  a shield or shield like surface on which a coat of arms is depicted.

2.  an ornamental or protective plate around a keyhole, door handle, drawer pull, light switch, etc.

3.  Nautical . a panel on the stern of a vessel bearing its name and port of registry."

it's a bushing, nothing more and they are a pain in the butt, especially with an aluminum frame...

[billt]

Not a problem even when I was a kid of 25....

it's a bushing, nothing more and they are a pain in the butt, especially with an aluminum frame...

You're confusing me. Is it a cake walk, or a pain in the ass?   Bill T.

[Timothy]

You're confusing me. Is it a cake walk, or a pain in the ass?   Bill T.

Beretta is a cake walk and I agree that the 1911 is a pain in the butt....