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Experience Primary Instructor, F2v (armed and unarmed self-defense); NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Distinguished Expert, Handgun; International Defensive Pistol Association certified Safety Officer; IDPA classified Expert, Stock Service Pistol Division; Multiple graduate, Practical Firearms Training, Tactical Carbine and Advanced Defensive Handgun; Insights Training Center, Defensive Folding Knife; Integrated Defensive Fighting Systems, Unarmed Defense and Fixed Blade Knife; Range qualified with local police department, handgun and shotgun; Kukkiwon Ildan Black Belt, ETS certified Self-Defense Instructor
Organizations National Rifle Association, International Defensive Pistol Association, Virginia Citizens' Defense League; Integrated Defensive Fighting Systems; Personal Defense Group
Publications Tactical Journal
Education/Credentials Bachelor's and Master's degrees; Graduate Practical Firearms Training, Handgun levels 1, 2, and 3, and Tactical Carbine; Kukiwan certified Ildan black belt.
Awards and Honors Multiple trophies from various tactical pistol competitions.
Question I have beretta 92 FS; is it possible to convert it to 92 G (no safety), just by changing parts inside the slide, or you have to replace the whole slide ?
Answer John,
I'm not a Beretta armorer. Per a colleague:
It seems like this question gets asked on the Beretta Forum once every 6-9 months. If I remember correctly, the general concensus is to simply acquire a complete G-slide to replace the FS. Here's a link to a topic on the Beretta Forum that supports the simpler answer.
Some of the newer Beretta models, such as the PX-4, do allow for coversion from FS to G to D by simply replacing parts, but the 92-series never came with this capability.
