J.B. Wood - Gun Digest Beretta 92S Assembly/Disassembly Instructions

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.

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.

Lift the rear of the recoil spring guide from its step on the locking block and remove the spring and guide toward the rear.

Run the slide assembly forward off the frame.

Push the button at the rear of the barrel underlug to move the locking block from its recesses in the slide.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Remove the safety toward the left side of the slide.

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.

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.

Lift the slide latch to clear the frame at the rear, and move it toward the left.

After the slide latch is moved slightly outward, use a small tool to lift the rear arm of the latch spring from its recess in the latch and remove the latch toward the left side.

The trigger bar and its spring are shown in assembled position on the right side of the frame.

Depress the upper arm of the spring from its groove in the underside of the bar, and move it out toward the right. Remove the spring from its recess upward.

Remove the trigger bar toward the right side.