The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - How many commercial versions of M9 are there?

dsk · December 7, 2011, 02:41 PM

I have on two occasions seen real military M9's for sale on Gunbroker with a standard military serial number. I was also once presented with one for sale by somebody. In all cases it's important to have some sort of paperwork or provenance assuring that the pistol in question was legally sold by the government. They almost never are, so if you see one be suspicious.

As for the commercial M9s, there are usually ways to tell aside from the serial number that they're commercial production and not military. The first M9 Special Editions had military drawing numbers on some of the small parts, but also a commercial "C" as well. From what I've noticed the current M9 commercials don't have any drawing numbers on the parts and are simply commercial 92FS pistols with military rollmarks, straight dust cover, and bar-dot sights.

December 7, 2011, 02:41 PM	#7
dsk Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2001 Posts: 1,603	I have on two occasions seen real military M9's for sale on Gunbroker with a standard military serial number. I was also once presented with one for sale by somebody. In all cases it's important to have some sort of paperwork or provenance assuring that the pistol in question was legally sold by the government. They almost never are, so if you see one be suspicious. As for the commercial M9s, there are usually ways to tell aside from the serial number that they're commercial production and not military. The first M9 Special Editions had military drawing numbers on some of the small parts, but also a commercial "C" as well. From what I've noticed the current M9 commercials don't have any drawing numbers on the parts and are simply commercial 92FS pistols with military rollmarks, straight dust cover, and bar-dot sights.