Some things you learn in a Beretta armorers course...
The first is always interesting. Beretta is one of the oldest companies in the world still owned by the same family; founded in 1526
Beretta 92 series:
All parts are still forged/machined. No investment, MIM casting or stampings anywhere in the pistol.
Barrels are cold hammer forged, then chrome lined. All pistols meet a standard of 8" 10-shot groups at 50m before they leave the factory, most are much more accurate than that.
Each 92 is put in a machine and cycled 350 times to achieve break in.
The pistol as tested by the US Military has a 21,000 round mean time between failures.
The open top design facilitates topping off, making it easy to drop a round directly into the barrel and drop the slide. Contrary to most pistols, that is part of the design, and you will NOT damage an extractor dropping on a round in the chamber.
the trigger has bends on both ends, so if it breaks in the field, all you have to do is pop it out, put it in "backwards", and go; it becomes its own emergency replacement spring.
