Note that one end of the recoil spring is larger in diameter, the large end goes toward the front of the slide.
When replacing the hammer strut and spring, the strut is accessible through an opening in the backstrap of the grip frame, and can be gripped with pliers and pushed down for insertion of a keeper pin while the hammer is installed.
When the slide is run forward during reassembly, it will automatically push the takedown-latch back into locked position.
The safety-lever shaft has a bevel to aid reassembly, but the plunger must be partially depressed before it can meet the bevel. This can be done by inserting a small screwdriver through the shaft hole on the right side of the frame. Wear eye protection, and be careful the screwdriver doesn’t slip, or you may spend a long time looking for that tiny plunger.
Beretta Model 92S
Similar/Identical Pattern Guns
The same basic assembly/disassembly steps for the Beretta Model 92S also apply to the following guns:
Beretta Model 92
Beretta Model 92F
Taurus Model PT99
Beretta Model 92SB
Taurus Model PT92
Taurus Model PT99AF
Beretta Model 92SBC
Taurus Model PT92AF
Not long after the introduction of their new Model 92 pistol, Beretta offered an alternative safety system, and guns with the new safety systems have an “S” added to the model designation. The Model 92 has the safety at the upper rear of the frame, acting on the sear, while the Model 92S has a slide-mounted safety-lever, acting on the firing pin. Except for the safety, the two versions are mechanically the same and the instructions can be applied to either one.
The new U.S. military pistol, commercially called the Model 92F, has the magazine release button at the rear terminus of the trigger guard. The instructions for that part are the same as shown in the sequence on the Beretta 380-caliber Model 84. The Taurus PT92 and PT99 are essentially the same as the original Beretta Model 92. A separate series of instructions has been added to cover the frame-mounted sear-block on those guns.
| Data: | Beretta Model 92S |
| Origin: | Italy |
| Manufacturer: | Armi Beretta, S.p.A., |
| Gardone (Brescia) | |
| Cartridge: | 9mm Luger |
| (Parabellum) | |
| Magazine capacity: | 15 rounds |
| Overall length: |
8 |
| Height: |
5 |
| Barrel length: | 5 inches |
| Weight: | 34 ounces |
Field Strip:
1. The takedown-lever release button is located on the right side of the frame, just above the front leg of the trigger guard. With the magazine removed, push the release button and turn the takedown-lever down.
2. Run the slide assembly forward off the frame.
3. Lift the rear of the recoil spring guide from its step on the locking block and remove the spring and guide toward the rear.
4. Push the button at the rear of the barrel underlug to move the locking block from its recesses in the slide.
5. Move the barrel slightly forward to clear the extractor and remove the barrel from the slide, down and toward the rear. Gun is now field-stripped.
Beretta 92S field-stripped
Detail Strip:
6. Drifting out the roll in the rear underlug of the barrel will release the locking block plunger for removal toward the rear. The locking block can then be moved out toward either side.
7. Use a small screwdriver to depress the small locking plunger at the right end of the safety-shaft. Move the safety-lever upward, slightly beyond its normal off-safe position, to trap the locking pin in the depressed position.
8. Use a small tool to depress the head of the firing pin impeller, and turn the safety-lever a little farther upward, then push the safety out toward the left. CAUTION:The small lock pin on the right side will be released as the safety clears it. Restrain the pin and its spring, and remove them upward from their recess in the slide.
9. Remove the safety toward the left side of the slide.
10. With a small screwdriver, pry out the pin at the lower rear of the trigger and remove it toward the left. This will release the magazine safety and its spring to be removed to the rear, into the magazine well.
11. If the hammer pivot has not been removed, pry the slide hold-open spring out and down, and detach it from the hold-open block toward the rear. The spring retains the block, and the block can now be slid straight up and out of the frame.