Summary: The description, specs, pricing, photo, user ratings and user comments for the Beretta M9A1 pistols.
Manufacturer’s Description
Beretta‘s M9A1 is a semiauto pistol built on an aluminum alloy frame and chambered in 9mm. It’s a descendant of Beretta’s 92FS pistol, called the M9 by the U.S. military.
The M9A1 from the left.
Like those pistols, the M9A1 operates on a short recoil, delayed blowback system. These double-action/single-action pistols come with high-capacity steel magazines designed to drop-free when the magazine button is depressed, even when empty. Beretta says the M9A1 mags are sand resistant due to a PVD coating designed to reduce friction and a tube designed to reduce the possibility of sand accumulation within the round column.
Other new features include:
A Mil-Std 1913 picatinny rail;
a beveled magazine well; and
front- and back-strap checkering.
And like other 92-series pistols, the M9A1 features:
Chrome-lined barrels with a deeply recessed combat muzzle crown to protect the rifling;