The police forces in the entire nation of Italy, several years ago, switched to a different handgun, so since then, the US has been the recipient of crate load after crate load of their police sidearms, the Beretta 92S, which is the model just before the 92FS, which is what the US military adopted (and recently dropped) under the designation M9.

They are going for pretty cheap, due to huge volume. I paid $300.00, plus $20 for "hand select" (which means, they say, that they look at ten out of a random crate, and send the one that's cosmetically the nicest), and they sent me this one.

Seems to be in nice condition for a police trade-in gun. I feared worse. Barrel looks like a replacement, since it's in very nice shape and bears a different serial number from the frame. Recoil spring seems a bit light, so it might need replacing. Over all, assuming there are no hidden issues, I'm pretty happy.

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