You can fix that with a Dremel and a file.
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Beretta Miscalculation
While compiling the Sig Sauer "kits" available on Gun Broker, I happened onto a Beretta 92A1 kit on auction.
Since I've had my 96 for about 20 years, I thought, why not try and pick up this kit, and have a complete top end in 9mm, plus have the removable front sight, for easier conversion to tritium sights. Having done a preliminary "check", I was under the impression, that conversions on Berettas could be just like Sig P226s, either a 9mm Barrel slipped into the .40 Slide, or the whole Slide assembly!
Well, needless to say, the Slide assembly arrived, but when trying to slip it onto the frame rails, it would not slide past the Hammer... or actually the Dust Cover! The A1 and later frames with the built in accessory rails, are made to accept a "deeper" chin, on the Slide, so later Slides have too deep a chin, that contacts the Dust Cover on earlier frames, without accessory rails...
M92A1
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M96...
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So "lesson learned", so I either find an A1 or newer frame in .40 S&W to create a "Swap Top". or sell the A1 Slide and Guide Rod assembly, and pick up a M9 or 92FS Slide, as the Barrel, Locking Insert, and other parts can work as "Spares".
Since I've had my 96 for about 20 years, I thought, why not try and pick up this kit, and have a complete top end in 9mm, plus have the removable front sight, for easier conversion to tritium sights. Having done a preliminary "check", I was under the impression, that conversions on Berettas could be just like Sig P226s, either a 9mm Barrel slipped into the .40 Slide, or the whole Slide assembly!
Well, needless to say, the Slide assembly arrived, but when trying to slip it onto the frame rails, it would not slide past the Hammer... or actually the Dust Cover! The A1 and later frames with the built in accessory rails, are made to accept a "deeper" chin, on the Slide, so later Slides have too deep a chin, that contacts the Dust Cover on earlier frames, without accessory rails...
M92A1
M96...
So "lesson learned", so I either find an A1 or newer frame in .40 S&W to create a "Swap Top". or sell the A1 Slide and Guide Rod assembly, and pick up a M9 or 92FS Slide, as the Barrel, Locking Insert, and other parts can work as "Spares".
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