Starting competition can be a bit unnerving, and you probably ought not make it any harder than it needs to be. For that reason, I'd start with the Beretta. 9mm in a big gun will shoot gently, you'll have a full-size sight radius, and I know you can shoot the 92fs in SSP for IDPA, and expect it should be okay for Production in USPSA.
If you shoot a ported gun in USPSA (can't shoot ported guns at all in IDPA), it will put you in 'open' division, where you'll shoot against race guns--.38 supers with tuned compensators, c-more red-dot optics and 140mm magazines holding 28 rounds. If you had a non-comped barrel for it, you could shoot it in CDP for IDPA and Limited in USPSA.
The Glock would be a good gun to shoot for practical practice, and you could do that in either game--though a compact gun is a disadvantage in either. Not a bad idea, but perhaps not the funnest or most reassuring experience to begin with.
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