Beretta 90 Two Italian Version Manual
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61 SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DATA Configuration Type F, G, D Caliber 9mmx19 9mmx21 IMI .40 S&W Magazine capacity 10, 15, 17 15 10, 11, 12 (rounds)* Rifling Pitch 250 mm 250 mm 400 mm Rifling R.H., 6 grooves Operation Semiautomatic, shor t recoil of barrel Locking system Locked-breech, falling block Sights Front and rear sights on the slide. Removable. Frame Light alloy Slide Steel, phosphatized and Bruniton coated Barrel Steel, sandblasted and blued Internally chromium-plated Configuration Type F Type G Type D Action Single/double Single/double Double only Hammer External External Spurless Safeties Manual with Lever with Without hammer hammer manual decocking decocking safety. function. function only. Automatic Automatic Automatic firing pin firing pin firing pin block. block. block. Overall length (mm/in) 216/8.5 216/8.5 216/8.5 Barrel length (mm/in) 125/4.9 125/4.9 125/4.9 Overall width (mm/in) 38/1.5 38/1.5 38/1.5 Width at 36.5/1.4 36.5/1.4 Without safety lever (mm/in) safety lever Grip width 33.5/1.32 33.5/1.32 33.5/1.32 (standard) (mm/in) Grip width 32/1.26 32/1.26 32/1.26 (small) (mm/in) Overall height 140/5.5 140/5.5 140/5.5 (mm/in) Sight radius (mm/in) 163/6.4 163/6.4 163/6.4 Weight with empty 920/32.5 920/32.5 905/31.9 magazine (g/oz approx.) * Consult local authorities for magazine capacity restrictions that may apply in your locale.
62 OPERATION The Beretta 90-two pistol is a semiautomatic firearm using a shor t recoil locked-breech system with falling block. When the pistol is fired, the recoil energy pushes the slide-barrel assembly backward. After a shor t run of barrel-slide assembly, the locking block falls and releases the slide letting it recoil while the barrel stops against the frame. The slide, during its rear ward movement, extracts and ejects the fired car tridge case, cocks the hammer and activates the recoil spring. Pushed by the recoil spring, the slide then moves for ward feeding the next car tridge from the magazine into the chamber and causing barrel-slide locking. The slide is designed to stay open after the last car tridge has been fired and the spent shell casing has been ejected. LOAD CHECK At various points in this manual you will be instructed to “visually check to be cer tain your 90-two pistol is unloaded.” This should become second nature to you, as you should: •Never assume that a firearm is unloaded. •Never point or push a firearm toward yourself or another person. •Always visually check to see that the chamber is unloaded. •Remove the magazine and block the slide in the open position before handing the pistol to another person. •Never take or pull this pistol from another person unless the magazine has been removed, the slide blocked in the open position and the chamber has been visually checked to confirm it is unloaded. To visually check to be cer tain your pistol is unloaded carefully follow the steps below. WARNING: Keep your finger OFF THE TRIGGER and the barrel pointed in a SAFE direction. NOTICE:The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on pages 2 and 53. !
63 •Remove the magazine by pushing the magazine release button (Fig. 9). •Retract the slide. Visually inspect the car tridge chamber to ensure that it is empty. The chamber is empty when no car tridge is visible when looking into the open chamber (Fig. 10). Releasing the slide when a magazine is not in the pistol will automatically close the slide. Always keep your finger away from the ejection por t. To keep the slide in the open position, without the magazine in the pistol, fully retract the slide and press the slide catch upward with your thumb (Fig. 1/D) and release the slide. The slide will be blocked in the open position. The slide will remain open when an empty magazine is inser ted or when the slide catch is pressed upwards. If the pistol is unloaded, proceed to the following step, other wise refer to the procedure: “UNLOADING”. •Gently move the slide to the closed position. If the slide is blocked in the open position by the slide catch or by an empty magazine inser ted in the pistol, press the slide catch downward to close the slide. WARNING:Always keep your finger away from the ejection por t. WARNING: In 90-Two Type F and Type G modelsthe hammer remains in the cocked position. When you are cer tain that the firearm is unloaded, decock the hammer by pushing the manual safety/hammer decocking lever for type F version(the safety remains engaged) and the hammer decocking lever fortype G version(the lever returns to the firing position) down all the way. On D configuration, the hammer automatically returns to the decocked position by following the slide for ward. ! !
64 BARREL OBSTRUCTIONS CHECK Check the barrel to be sure there are no obstructions in the chamber and bore. This is extremely impor tant because if another car tridge is fired into an obstructed barrel, a catastrophic failure can result. •Follow the field stripping operations in the following paragraph and disassemble the pistol. •After disassembly, look down the barrel from the muzzle (or front end) so that you can see completely through the barrel to make sure no obstruction exists. •If an obstruction in the barrel is detected, a qualified gunsmith must remove the obstruction and inspect the pistol before it can be fired. •Reassemble the pistol by following the procedures given in the appropriate section of this manual. FIELD STRIPPING WARNING:Make sure the pistol is unloaded. See chapter “LOAD CHECK”. If not, unload it following the “UNLOADING” procedure. Engage the manual safety-decocking lever (model type F) by lowering the lever downwards. Notice:It is advisable to per form field stripping and assembly operations over a table to catch components should they drop. NOTICE:The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on page 59 and 85. •Press the magazine release button to remove the magazine (Fig. 9). •With the index finger press the disassembly latch release button which protrudes from the right side of the pistol (Fig. 11). While pressing the button, rotate the disassembly latch on the left side of the frame with the thumb clockwise approx. 90° downward (Fig. 12). !
65 •Pull the slide-barrel assembly with locking block, recoil spring and spring guide for wards (Fig. 13). •Slightly press recoil spring and spring guide (Fig. 14). •Lift spring guide and recoil spring and extract its front par t from the hole of the slide (Fig. 15). •Depress the locking block plunger (Fig 16). •Remove the barrel with locking block from the slide (Fig. 17). To remove the accessory rail cover: Located for ward and under the barrel, the rail (Fig. 1-2/G) is machined integral to the frame and allows the mounting of light and laser accessories. To access this rail, it is necessar y to remove the rail cover. To do this, raise the retention clip (Fig. 18 – see arrow) under the rail cover using a finger nail, or similar non-marring tool, while sliding the rail cover for ward (Fig. 19). CAUTION:It is recommended that the rail cover be used whenever accessories are not attached to the pistol. This will protect the rail from accidental impacts. CAUTION:No fur ther disassembly (Fig. 20) is recommended unless done by a competent gunsmith. REASSEMBLY NOTICE: The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on pages 2, 53 and 85. Reassemble the pistol following the Field Stripping procedure in reverse order. It is advisable to pay attention to the following points: •When the barrel and locking block assembly are correctly inser ted into the slide, they should rest securely inside the slide without movement. (The extractor must lie in its groove in the barrel). •The locking block lugs should rest firmly in their seats in the slide (the locking block plunger should protrude from the barrel) (Fig. 21).
66 •The recoil spring guide head (flat par t) should lodge in the center of its groove in the locking block (Fig. 14). •When the slide and barrel assembly are placed back on the frame (Fig. 22), the slide/barrel assembly should be aligned with the frame or pushed beyond the rear of it to allow the disassembly latch to rotate and return to its original position (with the disassembly latch lever parallel to the slide). Please make sure that the disassembly latch lever is parallel to the slide. If not, by retracting the slide as indicated, manually rotate the disassembly latch to allow it to return to its original position. •Retract the slide to check the correct assembly operation. •Decock the hammer. -by operating the manual safety/hammer decocking lever (model Type F) -by operating the hammer decocking lever (model Type G) -in model Type D, the hammer is already decocked. AMMUNITION AMMUNITION (CARTRIDGE) NOTICE:Beretta specifically disclaims responsibility for any damage or injur y occurring with, or as the result of, the use of faulty, non-standard, “remanufactured,” hand-loaded or reloaded ammunition, or car tridges other than those for which the firearm was originally chambered. Serious damage or injur y, even death, could result from the use of incorrect ammunition, from firing against bore obstructions and from propellant overloads. Use of improper ammunition, such as listed previously will void the manufacturer’s warranty. Use only high-quality, commercially- manufactured ammunition made in accordance with CIP (Europe and elsewhere) or SAAMI ®(USA) standards. Be cer tain that the ammunition is the appropriate caliber and load for the firearm and is in clean, dr y, good condition. Use of reloaded ammunition will void the manufacturer’s warranty. The pistol caliber is marked on the barrel. WARNING: Carefully inspect each car tridge before it is loaded in the magazine. Be cer tain the car tridge cases are not split, deformed, and that the car tridges do not possess any other dents or defects. This warning even applies to factor y ammunition. !
67 Do not fire old ammunition. Primers, powder, car tridge cases, and bullets can deteriorate with time and cause damage to the firearm, or injur y to the shooter or others. WARNING:The extended use of +P or +P+ ammunition may decrease component par t ser vice life expectancy. DO NOT use sub-machine gun ammunition because the chamber pressure may reach or exceed proof load pressure. Lead bullets have a tendency to cause bore leading, which may dramatically increase the discharge pressure. Be sure to remove all chamber and bore lead accumulation after each use. DO NOT shoot car tridges with jacketed bullets through a barrel previously fired with lead bullets before the bore is thoroughly deleaded. DRY FIRING/”DUMMY” ROUNDS Dr y firing is defined as firing a firearm with no ammunition in the chamber. Long term dr y firing your Beretta 90-two pistol may result in damage to the firing pin. “Snap caps” (iner t chamber inser ts that allow a firearm to be dr y-fired without damaging the action) are available at most gun stores for those who wish to practice firing without live ammunition. CAUTION:If you want to practice shooting your pistol without using live ammunition (called “dr y firing”), inser t an appropriate “snap cap” into the chamber to cushion the fall of the firing pin and reduce the chance of firing pin breakage. “Snap cap” car tridges with spring loaded “primers” are ideal. The “Snap cap” car tridges with empty primer pockets are suitable for loading/unloading practice but DO NOT PROTECT the firing pin during dr y firing. LOADING WARNING:Whenever a live round is in the chamber, this pistol can fire, even if the magazine is empty or has been removed. WARNING:Before loading the firearm, become familiar with the following loading procedures without the use of ammunition. Never handle a loaded firearm until you are fully familiar with the loading procedures. Always point the firearm in a safe direction. ! ! !
68 WARNING:Always keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. Make sure the pistol is unloaded. See paragraph “LOAD CHECK” . WARNING: LOAD THE CHAMBER ONLY WHEN READY TO FIRE. NOTICE:The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on pages 2, 54 and 85. LOADING THE MAGAZINE WARNING:Be sure that you have the correct car tridges for your pistol. •To load the magazine, remove it from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button. (Fig. 9). •Hold the magazine in one hand. With the other hand, place a car tridge on the magazine follower in front of the lips at the top of the magazine. Press the car tridge down onto the follower and slide the car tridge completely under the lips until it is lodged fully inside the magazine body (Fig. 23). •Repeat process until magazine is fully loaded. The holes on the back of the magazine allow for visual counting of car tridges. CAUTION: Do not tr y to force more than the maximum number of rounds indicated for your par ticular pistol into the magazine. An overloaded magazine may not function properly. LOADING THE PISTOL AND THE FIRING CHAMBER WARNING:Beretta assumes no responsibility for any injur y or proper ty damage resulting from improper or careless handling, intentional or accidental discharge of the firearm. WARNING: Be sure that the obstruction check has been completed prior to loading. WARNING: Point the firearm in a safe direction. Do not touch the trigger until you are ready to shoot and are sure of your target and backstop. ! ! ! ! ! !
69 The firing chamber is the por tion of the barrel into which the car tridge is fed. The firing chamber may be loaded in one of three ways: 1. LOADING FROM MAGAZINE WARNING:Always engage the manual safety/hammer decocking lever (model Type F) by completely pushing the safety lever down all the way in order to cover the red warning dot (Fig. 6). The red dot is visible when the manual safety is disengaged and the firearm is ready to fire (Fig. 5). •Completely push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip to insure catch engagement. •Pull back the slide and release it. The slide will automatically pick up a car tridge from the top of the magazine and feed it into the chamber (Fig. 24). 2. DIRECT CHAMBER LOADING WARNING:Always engage the manual safety/hammer decocking lever (model Type F) by completely pushing the safety lever down all the way in order to cover the red warning dot (Fig. 6). The red dot is visible when the manual safety is disengaged and the firearm is ready to fire (Fig. 5). •Retract the slide. The slide remains open when an empty magazine is inser ted or if the slide catch is pushed upwards. •Inser t the round in the chamber through the ejection por t (Fig. 24). •Press the slide catch to close the slide (Fig. 25). WARNING: The model 90-two Type Fpistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER DECOCKED AND SAFETY ENGAGED (Fig. 6). Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. The manual safety is merely a mechanical device and is in no way a substitute for the Basic Safety Rules of firearm handling. The model 90-two Type Gpistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER COCKED. Decock the hammer by rotating the decocking lever downward. This version does not have a manual safety. The lever returns to the firing position. ! !
70 Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. The model 90-two Type Dpistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER DECOCKED. This version does not have a manual safety. WARNING:Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. CAUTION:All Beretta 90-two pistols are equipped with an automatic safety, which prevents firing pin protrusion beyond the breech face. This safety is overcome only by trigger pull (Fig. 26). 3. AS LONG AS THERE IS AMMUNITION IN THE MAGAZINE, A PISTOL WHICH IS LOADED AND FIRED, WILL AUTOMATICALLY PICK UP THE NEXT ROUND AND FEED IT INTO THE FIRING CHAMBER. To replace a round which has been chambered from the magazine; (remember that you are handling a loaded firearm with a live round in the chamber): •Check that the manual safety/hammer decocking lever is engaged (model Type F) (Fig. 6). •Remove the magazine from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button. •Inser t one more car tridge into the magazine. •Completely push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip to insure catch engagement. WARNING:THE FIREARM YOU ARE HANDLING IS LOADED WITH A LIVE ROUND IN THE CHAMBER. Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. UNLOADING WARNING:Always unload the firearm whenever you do not intend to shoot. WARNING: Be cer tain the pistol is pointed in a SAFE direction. Keep your finger away from the trigger. ! ! ! !