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Heavy dust accumulation from too much holster carry with too little cleaning will not impair the function of this Beretta 92.

Thus, we see that the key design elements that would distinguish the Model 92 were in place on various handguns well before World War II. However, they were not yet ready to be lashed together into that particular pistol. One more bridge had yet to be built: Beretta’s first 9mm Parabellum service pistol.

One valid criticism of the Beretta 92 is that it is large for its caliber.

The Beretta Precedent

By 1950, Beretta had manufactured some two million pistols, but not yet a 9mm Parabellum. In this, the company was decades behind the rest of the European small arms industry. It was time to catch up.

The catch up gun was the sturdy Model of 1951. Over the following decades it would go through various refinements and permutations, and be given various names. Model 1951. Model 51. Model 951. Brigadier. Model 104. In all cases, it was essentially the same rugged pistol. Its single-stack magazine held eight 9mm Luger rounds. The hammer was the common burr or rowel type, but more oval than circular, and in this it differed from earlier Berettas and most other European autoloaders.