Smooth Operator: New Beretta 92XI GTS Twin Sear Design with Type G Decocker
Beretta pulled a curious one-of-a-kind rabbit out of its Model 92 platform at SHOT Show that combines a lot of interesting mechanics to deliver an interesting new design to consumers.
First, a little background.
The most encountered Model 92/96 is a double-action/single-action design with a frame-mounted "F/FS" style safety decocker lever. A more pro-style option is the "G" style, which is a decock-only lever. Recently, Beretta introduced a single-action-only variant of the Model 92, the XI series (or, 9211) which doesn't need a decocker but does need a frame-mounted manual safety lever to allow for "cocked and locked" carry.
Now, considering all the above, what if Beretta took the SAO 92XI platform but combined a push-up Type G style ambidextrous frame-mounted decocker lever with an internal twin sear (the "TS" in GTS) design that allows the user to decock the hammer to a half-cocked position safely each time? Yes, adding a de facto double-action back to a single-action pistol (that was originally designed to be DA/SA).
This gives you the new 92 GTS.
Note the push-up Type G Decocker on the new Beretta 92 GTS. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Note the slightly different internals.
But why, though?
Combined with the company's X-treme S trigger group seen in the 92XI Performance and DLC coated components, the GTS gives the user a best-of-both-worlds kind of experience when it comes to a smoother action. Paired with the slim Vertec series grip and enhanced ergonomics, along with a feature set that includes an optics plate an M1913 accessory rail, and it is a Beretta 92 that feels very 2024. Further, it makes for a more carry-friendly installment in the 92XI series, something you can't say about other models in that family, such as the Squalo.
Beretta plans a two-tone "launch edition" model of the 92 GTS, complete with beautiful walnut grip panels and an Inox grip frame, for $1,199.
Meanwhile, the standard all-black model with synthetic grips will MSRP for $899.