The Beretta 92FS is a double-action-to-single-action 9mm built for duty and range use. Beretta still lists it, and the top of its slide is cut away so the barrel is exposed, which is how a spent case gets thrown clear instead of standing up in an ejection port.

The safety lever doubles as a decocker and works from either side, with an automatic firing pin block behind it, so the hammer can be dropped on a loaded chamber without touching the trigger. The barrel is 4.9 inches, in an 8.5-inch pistol 5.4 inches tall and 1.5 inches wide, with a light alloy frame under a steel slide. The magazine holds 15 rounds, and a spare, a cleaning rod and a case come with it. Nothing is cut for an optic and there is no accessory rail, so a light needs a clamp on the trigger guard.

If you're cross-shopping, the Beretta 92GTS Full Size is the current version of the same gun, with a slimmer frame profile, a slide ready for a red dot and a decocker with no safety position, on a shorter 4.7-inch barrel. The CZ 75 B has an MSRP of $899 and is the all-steel take on the same double-action layout, holding a sixteenth round at 35.2 oz behind a 4.6-inch barrel.