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I picked this up a while ago. I know that Beretta made some M9 marked 92's for the civilian market quite a while ago but I came across this at a local gun shop and thought that it was pretty cool. I believe that it probably came from one of the local government contractors like Blackwater because of the marked grips and heavy duty wear on the finish but that's just a guess. I remember in the early 90's Beretta put out a package of the military version 92, and it came in a box with a bianchi pistol belt, the bianchi made holster, and single stack mag pouch marked US. I carried a 92 for a couple years at work before we went to Glocks. Mine was made of half military parts from our armorer who got the pieces gifted to us from the local guard unit he was in, whose CO was a trooper, lol. I owned one of these sets a while back, and yes that set they put out had the M9, holster, belt, pouch and TM in a large box with a O/D green sleeve.

In fact, the 92 has a lineage that goes back directly to 1951 and the introduction of Beretta’s Model 951. While Beretta had an extensive line of popular and effective small-caliber pistols, there was nothing in its line that would fit the role of a large, duty-style combat pistol.

These pistols DID have the PM military proof etched into the slide. The current 'military-look' M9s Beretta makes now that you can buy don't have this. Interesting info gentlemen.does anyone have a source for the dates of manufacture of the M9? I have one that has a M9 157XXX serial number. Sorry for the X's.I really dislike that, however in today's world, who knows. I doubt that any early commercial M9 is worth anymore than any other, but I thought I would try to find out.

By the way, I stopped at the Beretta booth at this years SHOT show and talked to one of the reps who confirmed that the commercial version is exactly like the military except for the M9 prefix to the serial number.and of course the sand in the action.and the yellow ear plug in the muzzle Edited by fredh46, 08 August 2011 - 04:52 PM.

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You Serial Numbers

Quote: The serial number is not the way you date these firearms. On any Beretta, the year code is contained in a simple two letter mark on the frame near the trigger guard.Starting with AA-1975, AB-76, AC-77, AD-78, AE-79, AF-80, AH-81, AI-82,AL-83,AM-84,AN-85,AO-86,AS-87,AT-88,AU-89,AZ-90,BA-91,BB-92,BC-93,BD-94,BF-95,BH-96,BI-97,BL-98,BM-99,BN-2000,BP-01,BS-02,BT-03,BU-04,BZ-05,CA-06,CB-07. If your gun is older than 1975, these will be represented by Roman Numerals located on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area starting with XI-1955,XII-56,XIII-57, and so on through XXX-1974. Some times the numerals will be stamped for example; XX8 for 1972 instead of XXVIII to shorten the numbering sequence. Quote: Beretta firearms produced in Italy carry a proof mark for the year of production. The chart below is used to identify the year by this mark.

For recent pistols this mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, for older pistols, the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area. Shotguns have this mark stamped on the barrel near the chamber. You may need to remove the barrel to read the mark. In some cases the actual date was stamped instead of these marks, this is normally seen on older pistols. We have also seen markings where roman and numerical figures are combined, for example XX 8 instead of the listed XXVIII for year 1972.

Quote: Beretta firearms produced in Italy carry a proof mark for the year of production. The chart below is used to identify the year by this mark.

For recent pistols this mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, for older pistols, the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area. Shotguns have this mark stamped on the barrel near the chamber. You may need to remove the barrel to read the mark. On some older firearms, produced between 1925 to1954, the actual date was stamped instead of a code mark. In this case the date can be located near the test proof marks on the frame. The exception to this occured during the regime of Benito Mussolini. The Italian Proof House used a roman numeral system marking the year of his reign which began with 'I' in 1922.

The first Beretta firearm using this dating system was the Model 1934 pistol (introduced in 1935), thus the year was indicated as XIII (usually marked on the slide) and refering to the 13th year of Mussolini's regime. This practice ended in 1945 with XXIII at the close of World War Two and the chart below takes up from that point. It should be noted that some wartime production firearms were void of any marking to indicate the production date. We have also seen markings where roman and numerical figures are combined, for example XX7 for 1971, XX8 for 1972 and XX9 for 1973.