The Beretta 92FS, along with its predecessors and copies, are probably the most common handguns in the world today. Since the Beretta 92FS is one of the most common pistols, many collectors are interested in them, due to the variety of manufacturers and variants of the basic model that have been created over the years. There are many gun connoisseurs who will seek out a variety of Beretta handgun models, simply for ownership bragging rights.

As I mentioned, the Beretta 92FS is probably the most commonly used and collected of allBeretta handguns.

Beretta handguns is the oldest gun company in the world—it began manufacturing Beretta handguns back in 1526. Today, it is a leading maker of handguns and is highly respected for the quality because when you use a Beretta handgun, you can count on its reliability. The Beretta 92FS is one of Beretta’s leading products. The Beretta 92FS or slightly different versions or copies of it are currently in service with the armed forces of Brazil, Chile, Egypt, France, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Spain and the United States. Beretta handguns, and specifically the Beretta 92FS, is also extremely common among police, being used by the French Gendarmerie, Italian police, and a huge number of US police agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department (popularized by the film “Lethal Weapon. France makes a licensed copy of the Beretta 92FS, called the PA MAS G1 (Pistolet Automatique d’ MAS), that is manufactured by MAS in St. Etienne.  France has so far manufactured 103,000 of these guns for the Gendarmarie, French Air Force and some elite units.