![]() ![]() Next, I swapped to the 92X Performance Defensive model and ran the same drill three times with times of 3.94, 3.65 and 4.44. Nothing impressive-4.24, 4.01 and 3.98-but I had all eight hits on each run. I ran the iron sights on the 92X Performance model first with similar times to what I had the last time I shot this drill with this gun. This was also a chance to break-in the new 92X Performance Defensive model, since it was new from the box.Īfter about 100 or so rounds, I set the 10- and 12-inch plates at 15 yards for distance spread about 20 yards wide, and had a start in the center of the array with wrist below belt. I made sure both guns were sighted in and adjusted the Vortex Razor. ![]() I headed to the range to try to duplicate some of the drills that Aron Bright and I ran while testing the 92X Performance model in 2020. The Performance with empty 15-round magazine was 48.5 ounces and the Defensive was exactly 45 ounces with the Vortex Razor RDS mounted. I purchased extra 17-round magazines, but wasn’t able to get aftermarket basepads in time for the shooting part of the review.īefore I took both the 92X Performance and the 92X Performance Defensive handguns to the range, I weighed them on a digital scale. The Beretta 92X Performance Defensive ships with two 15-round magazines, plus an additional set of thicker wraparound-style grips, the adjustable sight tool, mag loader and the usual manuals and lock in a hard-sided case. Mounting plate options for the 92X Performance Defensive model cover all of the popular red-dot footprints. There are five available plate options that can be purchased from Beretta. The Brigadier slide has internal weight reduction and is factory-ready with a red-dot cut. The slide on the 92X Performance Defensive model has the same sawtooth front and rear slide serrations for maximizing your grip when manipulating the slide. Shooting them at speed, you can’t tell the difference. Compared to the 92X Performance, the reset is shorter on the 92X Performance Defensive, but the 92X Performance doesn’t have that little bit of creep before the break like the Defensive does. The reset is short for a DA/SA pistol with a solid wall and a little creep before a clean break. On my Wheeler Engineering digital gauge, I averaged 5.2 pounds, 8 ounces for the double-action pull and for the single-action it was 2.4 pounds, 9 ounces. ![]() Paired with the lightweight skeletonized hammer and competition hammer spring, Beretta has a good out-of-the-box double-action, single-action trigger system. The Defensive model includes the Xtreme-S Trigger System that is fully adjustable. (This is one feature to be aware of on the 92X Performance model, that the wide safeties do not fit the Production division box and you need to change it out or modify it.) However, the ambidextrous thumb safeties are reduced in size-think more of a tactical size versus the target style on the 92X Performance. The “Match” takedown lever with its extended edge gives a precise reference point for the weak-hand thumb, and the oversized magazine release button is also included on this variant. Other features that are the same are the extended controls like the “stealth lever” slide stop designed to not interfere with the weak-hand grip. The 92X Performance Defensive model sports what Beretta calls "aggressively textured 92X-style thin grips." Other weight-savings come from thin grips and a polymer guide rod in place of the steel guide rod found in the 92X Performance model. The frame on the 92X Performance Defensive does not have the integral Picatinny rail that is included on other 92X models. The 92X Performance Defensive uses a Brigadier slide, and the steel frame has been lightened compared to the 92X Performance. This model was designed specifically to meet IDPA rules, where the Carry Optics division maximum weight is 45 ounces. The company also released the 92X Performance Defensive (MSRP: $1,649). These were red-dot-optic-ready guns direct from the factory. In 2021, Beretta was continuing to update the 92 lineup with the introduction of the M9A4 and the 92XRDO models. (Read Aron Bright's review of the heavyweight Production division-ready Beretta 92X Performance model.) The design has had many variants in the lineup over the last 45 years. The front and the backstrap of the 92X Performance Defensive model have the same checkering, and the frame has the same extended beaver tail found on the 92X Performance handgun. ![]()
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