Clips for a 92

No Name XII · January 19, 2005, 01:25 AM

What would be the best clips that I could get for a Beretta 92. Would the Beretta brand ones be the best, or is there something better that I could get for a non extraordinarily high price? Since we can now buy the high capacity clips, I was thinking about getting my dad some decent ones for his birthday. I don't really know what to look for, he has just told me that the cheapies that he has now jam easily. I don't know exactly which version it is, so I guess I need to know if the same ones will work for the current guns and the older ones too.

Maximus · January 19, 2005, 01:29 AM

Factory Mags for the Beretta 92FS works best!!! If you want a cheaper route, get MecGar - very reliable, or MDS (they make factory mags for Beretta), except w/o the Beretta logo.

No Name XII · January 19, 2005, 01:34 AM

I was planning on the beretta, just wanted to make sure that those were up to snuff...although I don't know why they wouldn't be. So does every 92 take the same one?

Maximus · January 19, 2005, 02:12 AM

Do you know if he's got the 92F or 92FS? Is shouldn't matter, the mag release should be located mid grip at the end of the trigger guard. If that's the case, all newer 92FS mags will fit.

IanS · January 19, 2005, 03:05 AM

They're called "mags" or "magazines" not "clips". I'm not trying to be being anal or anything. Its just that there are proper terms for everything. Just like there's a difference between a "cartridge" and a "bullet" or a "speed loader" and a "moon clip".

And I second MecGar magazines. They are equal to factory mags and much cheaper as well. I buy MecGar for my SIG pistols and bought MecGars when I owned Beretta 92FS's as well. They all work great.

WillBrayjr · January 19, 2005, 09:40 AM

Thats right! Both Beretta and Sigarms are supplied with Mec-gar mags from the factory.

No Name XII · January 19, 2005, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the help. Sorry about calling them the wrong thing. Stupid like that. I actually read an article some guy wrote about people misusing the words clip and magazine, but he didn't do a very good job, and it only served to confuse me.

XavierBreath · January 19, 2005, 11:34 AM

You do need 92FS magazines. Beretta made a 92 Series gun with a shorter grip (I think it's called a Compact). Beretta also made the 92S which has the mag release in the heel of the grip. Chances are you will not even come across NIB Compact magazines, the gun is kind of uncommon. The 92S magazines can be modified to work in a 92FS, many folks like myself did so during the AWB. It's unlikely you will find any NIB 92S magazines either. To much time and modification needs have passed. Beretta 96 magazines are for .40S&W. I agree, buy Beretta magazines.

So, if the magazine is for a Beretta 92FS, and made by Beretta, your dad will be a happy camper.

Also, check and make sure your dad doesn't own the Taurus lookalike. I don't think it can use Beretta magazine, but I'm not sure on that.

FatBoy · January 19, 2005, 12:22 PM

I believe the Beretta mags are now made by MDS(Meccanica del Sarca)

MDS is owned by Beretta http://www.sarca.it/frameabout.htm

FB

Handy · January 19, 2005, 01:03 PM

Alot of bad info in this thread:

92SB, 92F, 92FS, 92G and all versions of the Centurion (which have a shorter barrel but the same grip frame) all have the same mag well/frame and take the same mag. The blocked ten round mags are identical for use in any of those guns.

The Compact or 92C (not for Centurion) has a shorter grip for a 13 round mag. The longer mags of the standard 92s will stick out of these guns, but still work. The Compact mag will obviously not work in the full size frames.

The earliest versions of the this gun, the 92 and 92S have a heel release mag. However, most later factory Beretta 92 mags have both the thumb and heel release cuts to work in both guns.

Taurus 92 mags have a different thumb release, so they aren't compatible with newer Berettas, but Taurus and Beretta heel release mags are compatible.

Beretta 92 mags can be modified to work in Cougars (8000 series), but they also have their own location for the thumb release hole.

MecGar does not make Beretta factory mags. MDS does.

WillBrayjr · January 19, 2005, 04:53 PM

Mec-gar used to, I believe. Well atleast I'm updated now!!!

PsychoSword · January 22, 2005, 02:01 AM

I understand Mec-Gar made some for Beretta back in the late 80's.

SSgt Aston · January 23, 2005, 03:05 AM

Actually Clip and Magazine are pretty much interchangeable.

I went ahead and looked it up, from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Main Entry: 2clip
Function: noun
1 : any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook
2 : a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm

Main Entry: mag·a·zine
Pronunciation: 'ma-g&-"zEn, "ma-g&-'
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Provençal, from Arabic makhAzin, plural of makhzan storehouse
1 : a place where goods or supplies are stored : WAREHOUSE
2 : a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship3 : the contents of a magazine: as a : an accumulation of munitions of war b : a stock of provisions or goods
4 a : a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) often illustrated b : a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c : a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics
5 : a supply chamber: as a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b : a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector

PsychoSword · January 23, 2005, 04:05 AM

I call them clips just to annoy the terminology police bedwetters.

This post is not directed at IanS, just so that nobody gets the wrong idea.

IanS · January 23, 2005, 04:17 AM

The dictionary definition almost convinced me that the term is interchangeable

But I prefer to go by common useage. People generally differentiate between the two and the respondents to this thread proves that. And in general language is best when its exact.

Terminology police bedwetters.

Most of the "discussions" about firearms we have in these types of forums almost always seems to come down to semantics.

PsychoSword · January 23, 2005, 04:51 AM

I like calling them "clips" because it sounds cooler.

Magazines? What magazines? Do you mean like American Rifleman???

seb5 · January 23, 2005, 07:30 PM

Calling a magazine a clip does not sound cooler. Not unless you're around some bangers.

No insult intended.

Magazines are commonly loaded with clips.

dakotashooter2 · January 23, 2005, 08:05 PM

While the terms are used interchangably by many, the functions are distinctly different. Clips are actually used to load magazines whether fixed or detachable. ALL repeating firearms have magazines, many are not detachable..... eg. the tube of a lever action rifle is a magazine or the cylinder of a revolver could fit under the definition of a magazine. Many of the older, and some more current, military rifles, bolt, semi auto and auto have fixed magazines and are loaded with clips. All repeating firearms require a magazine to function but none NEED clips to be loaded.

shortydoowop138 · January 23, 2005, 08:06 PM

I have 2 LEO/military magazines for Beretta from when i was with the MP's..I don't know if they'll work with what you have but they're yours if you want'em..hit me up off list and I'll research the shipping data..

January 19, 2005, 01:25 AM	#1
No Name XII Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2005 Location: C/U, IL Posts: 116	Clips for a 92 What would be the best clips that I could get for a Beretta 92. Would the Beretta brand ones be the best, or is there something better that I could get for a non extraordinarily high price? Since we can now buy the high capacity clips, I was thinking about getting my dad some decent ones for his birthday. I don't really know what to look for, he has just told me that the cheapies that he has now jam easily. I don't know exactly which version it is, so I guess I need to know if the same ones will work for the current guns and the older ones too.

January 19, 2005, 01:29 AM	#2
Maximus Member Join Date: January 10, 2005 Location: Land of Isolation Posts: 19	Factory are best!!! Factory Mags for the Beretta 92FS works best!!! If you want a cheaper route, get MecGar - very reliable, or MDS (they make factory mags for Beretta), except w/o the Beretta logo. __________________ Berettas RULE!!!

January 19, 2005, 02:12 AM	#4
Maximus Member Join Date: January 10, 2005 Location: Land of Isolation Posts: 19	Where is the mag release?? Do you know if he's got the 92F or 92FS? Is shouldn't matter, the mag release should be located mid grip at the end of the trigger guard. If that's the case, all newer 92FS mags will fit. __________________ Berettas RULE!!!

January 19, 2005, 11:34 AM	#8
XavierBreath Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2002 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 2,800	You do need 92FS magazines. Beretta made a 92 Series gun with a shorter grip (I think it's called a Compact). Beretta also made the 92S which has the mag release in the heel of the grip. Chances are you will not even come across NIB Compact magazines, the gun is kind of uncommon. The 92S magazines can be modified to work in a 92FS, many folks like myself did so during the AWB. It's unlikely you will find any NIB 92S magazines either. To much time and modification needs have passed. Beretta 96 magazines are for .40S&W. I agree, buy Beretta magazines. So, if the magazine is for a Beretta 92FS, and made by Beretta, your dad will be a happy camper. Also, check and make sure your dad doesn't own the Taurus lookalike. I don't think it can use Beretta magazine, but I'm not sure on that. __________________ Xavier's Blog Last edited by XavierBreath; January 19, 2005 at 02:54 PM. Reason: changed centurion to Compact for Handy

January 19, 2005, 12:22 PM	#9
FatBoy Member Join Date: September 7, 1999 Posts: 52	Thats right! Both Beretta and Sigarms are supplied with Mec-gar mags from the factory I believe the Beretta mags are now made by MDS(Meccanica del Sarca) MDS is owned by Beretta http://www.sarca.it/frameabout.htm FB __________________ GOA, NRA If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice... (RUSH) ...liberals always feel your pain unless of course they caused it.(D Miller)

January 19, 2005, 01:34 AM	#3
No Name XII Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2005 Location: C/U, IL Posts: 116	I was planning on the beretta, just wanted to make sure that those were up to snuff...although I don't know why they wouldn't be. So does every 92 take the same one?

January 19, 2005, 03:05 AM	#5
IanS Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2000 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,632	They're called "mags" or "magazines" not "clips". I'm not trying to be being anal or anything. Its just that there are proper terms for everything. Just like there's a difference between a "cartridge" and a "bullet" or a "speed loader" and a "moon clip". And I second MecGar magazines. They are equal to factory mags and much cheaper as well. I buy MecGar for my SIG pistols and bought MecGars when I owned Beretta 92FS's as well. They all work great.

January 19, 2005, 09:40 AM	#6
WillBrayjr Junior member Join Date: September 26, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 1,881	Thats right! Both Beretta and Sigarms are supplied with Mec-gar mags from the factory.

January 19, 2005, 10:13 AM	#7
No Name XII Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2005 Location: C/U, IL Posts: 116	Thanks for the help. Sorry about calling them the wrong thing. Stupid like that. I actually read an article some guy wrote about people misusing the words clip and magazine, but he didn't do a very good job, and it only served to confuse me.

January 19, 2005, 01:03 PM	#10
Handy Junior member Join Date: August 31, 2001 Posts: 8,785	Alot of bad info in this thread: 92SB, 92F, 92FS, 92G and all versions of the Centurion (which have a shorter barrel but the same grip frame) all have the same mag well/frame and take the same mag. The blocked ten round mags are identical for use in any of those guns. The Compact or 92C (not for Centurion) has a shorter grip for a 13 round mag. The longer mags of the standard 92s will stick out of these guns, but still work. The Compact mag will obviously not work in the full size frames. The earliest versions of the this gun, the 92 and 92S have a heel release mag. However, most later factory Beretta 92 mags have both the thumb and heel release cuts to work in both guns. Taurus 92 mags have a different thumb release, so they aren't compatible with newer Berettas, but Taurus and Beretta heel release mags are compatible. Beretta 92 mags can be modified to work in Cougars (8000 series), but they also have their own location for the thumb release hole. MecGar does not make Beretta factory mags. MDS does.

January 19, 2005, 04:53 PM	#11
WillBrayjr Junior member Join Date: September 26, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 1,881	Mec-gar used to, I believe. Well atleast I'm updated now!!!

January 22, 2005, 02:01 AM	#12
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	I understand Mec-Gar made some for Beretta back in the late 80's.

January 23, 2005, 03:05 AM	#13
SSgt Aston Member Join Date: October 30, 2004 Location: Iraq Posts: 53	Actually Clip and Magazine are pretty much interchangeable. I went ahead and looked it up, from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Main Entry: 2clip Function: noun 1 : any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook 2 : a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm Main Entry: mag·a·zine Pronunciation: 'ma-g&-"zEn, "ma-g&-' Function: noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Provençal, from Arabic makhAzin, plural of makhzan storehouse 1 : a place where goods or supplies are stored : WAREHOUSE 2 : a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship3 : the contents of a magazine: as a : an accumulation of munitions of war b : a stock of provisions or goods 4 a : a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) often illustrated b : a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c : a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics 5 : a supply chamber: as a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b : a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector __________________ Don't take life too seriously, you'll never make it out alive.

January 23, 2005, 04:05 AM	#14
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	I call them clips just to annoy the terminology police bedwetters. This post is not directed at IanS, just so that nobody gets the wrong idea.

January 23, 2005, 04:17 AM	#15
IanS Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2000 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,632	The dictionary definition almost convinced me that the term is interchangeable But I prefer to go by common useage. People generally differentiate between the two and the respondents to this thread proves that. And in general language is best when its exact. Terminology police bedwetters. Most of the "discussions" about firearms we have in these types of forums almost always seems to come down to semantics.

January 23, 2005, 04:51 AM	#16
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	I like calling them "clips" because it sounds cooler. Magazines? What magazines? Do you mean like American Rifleman???

January 23, 2005, 07:30 PM	#17
seb5 Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2004 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 477	Calling a magazine a clip does not sound cooler. Not unless you're around some bangers. No insult intended. Magazines are commonly loaded with clips. __________________ Home is where you dig it

January 23, 2005, 08:05 PM	#18
dakotashooter2 Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2005 Posts: 498	While the terms are used interchangably by many, the functions are distinctly different. Clips are actually used to load magazines whether fixed or detachable. ALL repeating firearms have magazines, many are not detachable..... eg. the tube of a lever action rifle is a magazine or the cylinder of a revolver could fit under the definition of a magazine. Many of the older, and some more current, military rifles, bolt, semi auto and auto have fixed magazines and are loaded with clips. All repeating firearms require a magazine to function but none NEED clips to be loaded.

January 23, 2005, 08:06 PM	#19
shortydoowop138 Member Join Date: January 7, 2005 Posts: 18	I have 2 LEO/military magazines for Beretta from when i was with the MP's..I don't know if they'll work with what you have but they're yours if you want'em..hit me up off list and I'll research the shipping data..