{"id":101272,"date":"2021-04-23T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/?p=101272"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:06:08","slug":"top-five-beretta-m9-and-92fs-magazines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/top-five-beretta-m9-and-92fs-magazines\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Beretta M9 and 92FS Magazines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we jump into a discussion of Beretta magazines<\/a>, I’ll admit I’m a bit of a Beretta fan. Ironically, my love of the brand began with a Taurus\u2014a PT92\u2014that was used as a prop in the 1996 Baz Luhrman Romeo and Juliet film. Such a kickass take on the classic–the gas station gunfight alone was worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n

The second gun I ever bought was a decommissioned 92FS from a police department. And over the years, I’ve owned several. The fanciest was a stainless 92 that I had rebuilt by Wilson Combat into a 92G \u2014 the greatest of all 92 variants. That remains one of my favorite guns of all time, but I gave it away to a friend who felt even more love for it than I did.<\/p>\n

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As far as handling goes, the Beretta 92FS is easy to control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I regularly carried a 92 for years\u2014right up until I bought a Sig P226<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 92FS, or in this case a gun that’s stamped M9, is still a rock star. And it remains in my range rotation.<\/p>\n

Feeding the 92FS<\/h2>\n

When I bought this gun, it came with a couple of weedy magazines. The 92FS is not a small gun, and the grip is absurdly large by contemporary standards (thanks to the screw-on grip plates). 13 round magazines in this gun feel oddly insulting to the M9’s legacy. Yet they exist. And I think there might be some lingering mag capacity laws out there that make the 10 round<\/a>, and 13 round<\/a>, and even 15 round magazines worth knowing about.<\/p>\n

But I like the 20s. More on that in a moment.<\/p>\n

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I may have more time behind the trigger of an M9 than I do any other handgun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shooting the 92FS<\/h2>\n

Beretta builds a solid pistol. The reason I liked the Wilson upgrade\u2014and the P226, too\u2014is that the traditional safety lever functions as a decocker. As I’m not one for external, manual, slide, or frame-mounted safeties, this makes shooting both of these guns that much faster for me.<\/p>\n

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It shoots flat. This shot is of my 13-year-old shooting it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the 92FS flies. The balance of the frame’s weight with the skeletonized slide works well for me. I can hold it down very flat, even with +P 9mm. This is a gun that I can run fast, and a gun that I can run accurately.<\/p>\n

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This is the same gun in my hands. That brass is hardly ejected and I’m 100% back on target.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The balance of the M9 continues to impress me. I’ve been carrying the P226 for a while now, but sometimes I think I should put the old Beretta back in the daily rotation as my go-to full-sized pistol.<\/p>\n

\"Beretta<\/a>
This is about all the muzzle rise I get, even one-handed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But what about the M9 magazines?<\/h2>\n

As soon as I picked up this gun, I knew I’d need some new mags. The 15-round mag isn’t bad\u2014but there’s so much more room in there. They even have to stamp the steel in on the sides to keep the capacity limited.<\/p>\n

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The equivalent of a dowel in a shotgun’s tubular magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 20-round mags are the sweet spot for me. The increase in capacity doesn’t change the balance, and I’ve yet to have a mag malfunction on me.<\/p>\n

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This is a 20 Round mag from Mec-Gar. These are my favorites, and the ones I carry in the M9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For me, the winner is the 20 round mag from Mec Gar<\/a>. I really like the bumper, and I’ve used these in this gun for more than three years now with no hiccups. Mec-Gar makes solid mags (and often mags the mags that are sold with guns as “factory” mags).<\/p>\n

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The heavy bumper on the end of the Mec-Gar Plus 2 adds a touch more length to the M9’s grip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you want a solid flush-fit mag, Beretta makes good 18 Round mags<\/a>. 18 seems to be the nice middle ground between the 13s and 15s but is still not 20.<\/p>\n

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15 rounds, 20, and 30. I love the increase in capacity with these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beretta also makes 20 round mags<\/a>. These are not as compact as the Mec-Gar but are still good mags. The middle mag in the image above is a 20-round mag. It protrudes from the grip by more than an inch, so has a collar that extends down over the baseplate. This is a bit of insurance\u2014the last thing you want is for the rounds to exit the wrong in of the magazine.<\/p>\n

Bigger M9 magazines?<\/h2>\n
\"The<\/a>
The 30-round Beretta factory mag is a serious upgrade to the M9’s capacity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The really long dudes are Beretta 30 round mags<\/a>. These are extendo-long. 30 rounds add a bit of weight to the bottom of a 92, but not so much that the gun isn’t manageable.<\/p>\n

The 30-round M9 magazines are great for the range. Carrying them is awkward, of course, but this isn’t really a magazine built for EDC or even duty. But if you hate reloading on the range, this is the mag for you.<\/p>\n

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As you stack these mags with cartridges, the springs can get stiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the fine print on the GMW pages note\u2014these mags will fit more than the M9. Any of the Berettas\u2014the 92FS, 92D, 92F, 92G, 92 Brigadier, 92 Elite\/EliteIA\/Elite II, 90-Two in 9mm, 92 Billenium, 92 Combat Combo, 92 Stock, 92 Vertec, 92 Type L (Inox, Carry), even the CX-4 Storm (with 92FS adapter). The same design has been in use now for many years, and will likely pull forward into new designs. It works well\u2014why monkey with it?<\/p>\n

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Some followers help close up the body of the mag. Others leave a small gap where range garbage can get it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can’t really go wrong.<\/h2>\n

All of the M9 magazines that I’ve seen are steel. There are stainless bodies, but they’re very rare. Much more common is the powder-coated steel, or the blued bodies.<\/p>\n

\"Sig<\/a>
Sig P226 mags have the mag-catch much higher on the magazine body\u2014but they’re still easy to confuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And don’t get confused with the multitude of other mags that are built off of similar designs. I have numerous unmarked mags for my Sig P226 that look almost identical. Many are even made by the same companies. The only visible difference is the mag-catch location, and I often have to check both in guns, just to remember which is which.<\/p>\n

Beretta 92 Compact Magazine Addendum ~ish<\/h3>\n

If you’re in California or some other place that restricts magazine capacity, this one might be of interest to you. This is a blued-steel 10-round capacity magazine for the Beretta 92 Compact. Does a 10-round restriction suck? Yes, yes it does. So just carry another magazine and practice your reloads until we can get the laws changed.<\/p>\n

Find it in the warehouse right here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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This blued steel 10-round Beretta 92C mag is California compliant. It features witness holes and an injection molded polymer follower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t
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