Beretta 92FS with a Burris Fastfire 3

[chrbla2000]

My eyes aren't what they used to be and I like fiddling with my guns. Mostly I don't make changes that can't be reversed on my firearms, but since the 92FS is plentiful, I didn't see any harm in having the slide drilled and tapped.

I started off by ordering a sight mount from this guy:
Sight Mount Home

Then I took the slide to a local gunsmith, Mark at Consolidated Firearms Services in Hudson MA:
Gunsmith in Metrowest, Hudson MA - Consolidated Firearm Services

Mark turned around the slide to me in 1 day and did fantastic work, if you're in Metro west and need a gunsmith, look him up. Mark even agreed to meet me for both the drop off and pick up outside his normal business hours.

Amazon has the Burris Fastfire 3 cheaper than anyone else:
https://www.amazon.com/Burris-300234-Fastfire-Picatinny-Mount/dp/B007I9D8QE

And the final product, which I think came out great!:




-chris

 

[ToddDubya]

That looks good. How hard is it to rack the slide now? I know Berettas have limited real estate to begin with plus that slide mounted safety.

ETA: If you're missing a pocket knife it's caught in your trigger guard

 

[chrbla2000]

That looks good. How hard is it to rack the slide now? I know Berettas have limited real estate to begin with plus that slide mounted safety.

ETA: If you're missing a pocket knife it's caught in your trigger guard

No trouble racking the slide, from the front, the webbing of my hand rests against the front of the mount, from the rear, I just grab the grooves.

Thanks, yeah, been looking for that knife

-chris

 

[powerman]

What does the smith need to do? just remove rear site and install this? Machining?

 

[chrbla2000]

What does the smith need to do? just remove rear site and install this? Machining?

Easier if I paste from the Site-Mount page:

"Here is my standard answer. Sight Mount comes with a dovetail block that fits snugly into the existing rear sights dovetailed slot on the top of the slide after the old sight is removed. 2 #6x48 screws with external star lock washers and locktite secure Sight Mount to this block, a centered countersunk hole sits approx. 1.5 inches in front of these and it is intended that at that point a .150 inch deep hole is drilled and tapped for a #6x48 screw, this is the third mounting point with no washer and only locktite."

Hope that helps!

-chris

 

[Come and take]

Love the Burris. I have 8 MOA on my carbine. Light as feather and very reliable .