The Beretta M9 Pistol: 11

I liked it.

Well written & illustrated. Easy to read.

Leroy Thompson was the second gun writer I ever became a fan of—right behind Massad Ayoob—back in 1988 when I was a mere 13 years old. His 1986 book “The Rescuers: The World’s Top Antiterrorist Units” first introduced me to the virtues of the Beretta 92F aka the M9 service pistol, which soon thereafter became my sentimental personal favorite pistol once I learned how to shoot. Fast forward to the present day, and I just finished reading Leroy’s excellent 2011 book “The Beretta M9 Pistol.” This book gives a well-balanced assessment of this controversial handgun’s strengths and weaknesses alike as well as a superbly detailed historical background on how the Beretta was selected as the U.S. Armed Forces pistol in the first place. Bravo Zulu, Mr. Thompson!

Considering how small of a book it is, it is well done and has useful information. I've always been a fan of Leroy Thompson, so you know when he puts something to paper it's worth reading. Unfortunately there are not very many good books out there on the Beretta 92 series pistols, so this is one of the best ones even though it's a pretty brief book.

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