40 S&W (Brigadier 96G, as I recall) had a very poor reputation on the USBP, which fed it the hot 155 gr. In either case, it does not speak well for the durability of the design.Īs I recall, my friend bought a stainless-steel Brigadier for his off-duty practice.
If, in fact, the cracks were due to asymmetircal pressure from metal shavings, it was more likely due to shavings from brass cases.
#Beretta m9 vs 92 cracked
One friend who did have a cracked locking block on a department gun, did shoot his own reloads off duty but (a) always kept them at the minimum charge that would realiably cycle the pistol and give good accuracy and (b) only used plated or jacketed bullets. The argument was that lead shavings were causing asymmetrical pressure on the locking blocks. Department armorers tried to suggest that this was only happening to the deputies who liked to shoot on their own time, with the department guns, and who used cast-bullet ammo. I can't provide exact numbers or percentages but cracked locking blocks were not unusual on LASD Beretta 92FS's, back in the 90's. Get the Weaponcraft Journal on Amazon: Print or Kindle! I would not be surprised to find one go 20K. Just as a guess, I think you can probably count on getting 10,000 rounds without any serious breakage (some of the little springs may need replacing and the firing pin may break if you dry fire it without a dummy in the chamber). I dont seen too many broken slides either these days - not sure if that is related to the better locking block or better machining of the locking block recess. We seldom see a broken locking block on the new type block any more. Since then the locking blocks have been improved. At that point approximately 1/4 of them were broken (to the point they had to be sent to the repair depot - though some could conceiveably been repaired at the armory level). 100 were somewhat older than the others our data dis not segregate them other than to note that 100 pistols had 6,000 rounds though them at the time an 500 had 3,000 rounds. He had 600 M9s in his armory and kept a log of rounds. I only have one really solid data point, that was an armorer who works for me from time to time. I personally wouldn't worry too much - Beretta makes very good, albeit bulky, but good stuff, IMHO. If used, see if they have a shop warrantee, like if it breaks in a week, you can take it back, then have a good gunsmith check it out. One year of rental is like 10 years normal useage, and this poor pistol was there for years. I would appreciate any helpful info.Įdited by - michaelscottfan on Janu03:17:54 AMĪll I can tell you is the one we had on the rental range back in the day broke twice, but rental use is HARD use. I intend to keep it a long time and would like to know what to expect.Īlso, are the 18 round Mecgar magazines as reliable as the factory 15 rounders? The local gun shop in my area has been selling them at very attractive prices - $529 w/o night sights. Does anyone have any firsthand knowledge on the durability of a 92FS? Not conjecture or rumor, but direct experience in high round 92FS's and their life expectancy. I have read and heard all sorts of horror stories about the 92FS - broken locking lugs, cracked slides, etc.
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