I am interested in anyone's experience with broken locking blocks or other catastrophic failures with the various versions of Beretta's 92/M9 Series. Problems with departmental issue weapons, personaly owned pistols, or military issue are of interest. My unit is especially dissatisfied with the advertised "round count service life" of the M9 vs. our real life experience (aprox. 25-30% failure of all issued pistols after less than 5 years use). It is especially disconcerting to have these weapons fail when deployed downrange (i.e., Bosnia, Kosovo, Africa, etc.). Any feedback would be appreciated. I am already aware of the earlier tendancy for the receiver to launch off of the slide rails and into the operator's face. Wasn't it decent of the manufacturers to fix that problem? My associates and I are looking for factual justification to get rid of our M9s and go to something better (M11 SIG for instance...)
Thanks in advance...
[This message has been edited by Chindo18Z (edited July 27, 1999).]
Thanks in advance...
[This message has been edited by Chindo18Z (edited July 27, 1999).]