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For bull’s-eye practice, I would load each magazine with six and would have two targets up. I would take my time and put one slow-fire practice shot into the first target prior to each string, then set the timer and fire the next five in whatever Slow-, Timed-, or Rapid-Fire sequence I had chosen. The conversion unit tested was reasonably consistent, putting the first hand chambered shot high, and usually left, of point-of-aim in roughly the same spot.

I loaded six Blazers and gave that a try. Sure enough, the first bullet flew to 12 o’clock, landing about 3 inches away from where the rest of the group followed. But those next five automatically cycled shots landed in a group that measured 1.44 inches, with the best three in 1 inch even.

Verdict

I like the Beretta 92 conversion unit. I like it a lot. It is more reliable and less maintenance-intensive than any other .22 caliber handgun conversion unit I’ve ever worked with. The fact that it duplicates the manual safety and decocker function of the service-caliber F-series guns is, to my way of thinking, a big plus. Even if you chose to carry your Beretta off-safe, if your gun is the F-series you need drawing, firing, and malfunction-clearing techniques, which verify that it’s off-safe. Working with a slick-slide practice gun that can’t accidentally be put on safe, it’s easy to get sloppy about those important subtleties of technique. This conversion unit’s design will keep us sharp with those things.