Hay fellas. I registered for the soul purpose of replying to this thread. I've sort of moved on from the gun hobby to some extent so probably won't stick around. I just recently ended up in a series of conversations about 10mm guns and after mentioning to a few people that I have a 10mm Beretta and discussing how it was done, what I believe to be this thread was brought to my attention. Something about someone using a normal 96 to do such conversion so I just popped in to give some warning hoping that I'm not too late.
The gun you are talking about is a Beretta 96FS Brigadier Inox. You can see a still old but more recent video of it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LL8aAd5Tk&list=UUgcZE5dwMHxNjv8nuowp0nQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=125
It took about 4 years of research SPECIFICALLY on the Brigadier revealing that a 10mm conversion should work just fine. The regular Beretta 96 slide was not part of that research but there are indications that it might not be strong enough. If you're going to try this conversion, please use nothing short of a Brigadier.
Also be forewarned that this is a very difficult conversion as the magazine well has to be enlarged to fit an EAA Witness 10mm magazine which there is just barely room for without compromising the structural integrity of the gun and when you're done some of the innards need to be refitted and moved around in order to continue to work as designed. Even after all that is done, cryo treatment is a good idea (I had mine therma cycled by metal science) and at least in my case there were a few bugs to work out (the video you folks put up was shot in the middle of that.
Also, please DO NOT use .40S&W or .45 Magazines. My conversion was done using Tanfoglio 10mm EAA Witness magazine tubes and floor plates and modified HK USP .45 followers and that mix has worked and at least for me, has withstood the test of time. Regular .40S&W magazines do not hold 10mm ammo correctly and double column .45ACP magazines require thinning of the frame beyond it's safe limits.
I think my conversion is 6 or 7 years old now and I've lost count of how many rounds I put through it and it still works fine. But it's a very difficult conversion that took me more then 50 hours of work and cost around $1500 when all was said and done. You better know what you're doing and only use the toughest Beretta 96 platform you can get.
If you are confident and willing to use good strong parts, contact me by youtube if you're unsure about anything and I'll share what I know when I have time. Just be careful. There's extremely little room for error or compromise in doing this conversion. That said, I personally think it was worth it. The gun and 10mm cartridge seam like they were made for one and other, at least IMO.
The gun you are talking about is a Beretta 96FS Brigadier Inox. You can see a still old but more recent video of it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LL8aAd5Tk&list=UUgcZE5dwMHxNjv8nuowp0nQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=125
It took about 4 years of research SPECIFICALLY on the Brigadier revealing that a 10mm conversion should work just fine. The regular Beretta 96 slide was not part of that research but there are indications that it might not be strong enough. If you're going to try this conversion, please use nothing short of a Brigadier.
Also be forewarned that this is a very difficult conversion as the magazine well has to be enlarged to fit an EAA Witness 10mm magazine which there is just barely room for without compromising the structural integrity of the gun and when you're done some of the innards need to be refitted and moved around in order to continue to work as designed. Even after all that is done, cryo treatment is a good idea (I had mine therma cycled by metal science) and at least in my case there were a few bugs to work out (the video you folks put up was shot in the middle of that.
Also, please DO NOT use .40S&W or .45 Magazines. My conversion was done using Tanfoglio 10mm EAA Witness magazine tubes and floor plates and modified HK USP .45 followers and that mix has worked and at least for me, has withstood the test of time. Regular .40S&W magazines do not hold 10mm ammo correctly and double column .45ACP magazines require thinning of the frame beyond it's safe limits.
I think my conversion is 6 or 7 years old now and I've lost count of how many rounds I put through it and it still works fine. But it's a very difficult conversion that took me more then 50 hours of work and cost around $1500 when all was said and done. You better know what you're doing and only use the toughest Beretta 96 platform you can get.
If you are confident and willing to use good strong parts, contact me by youtube if you're unsure about anything and I'll share what I know when I have time. Just be careful. There's extremely little room for error or compromise in doing this conversion. That said, I personally think it was worth it. The gun and 10mm cartridge seam like they were made for one and other, at least IMO.