Just got my PHD Kasmir pass gunsmith enginneering yesterday. Beretta 92 F/S content.

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So I was cleaning the Beretta 92 yesterday when the little locking block got loose and got stuck in a award position. Trying to work it loose I decided to tap it a bit on the brick wall I was sitting on. It came out, I put it back it and then....upon reassembly the slide would not go back on. After checking a few things I found out it was the rear grooves of the barrel that slide into the frame that were slightly deformed. I know tapping it against the brick was a bad idea I was a bit stressed with it though.

So I lined the barrel only up with the frame and started tapping it into the frame grooves. I did this a couple times with a hard rubber handle that went to something (I think a boat I dunno). Then I got a file, and my diamond sharpener, and reworked the grooves on the barrel by hand on the back porch. In a few minutes I was able to get the gun to reassembled. A couple hours later I took the pistol out in the woods on family owned land and ran 45 rounds through it. Aimed, rapid, and doubles just to see if it would run fine. Went off without a hitch, and hopefully I got it straightened out. But I felt like them dudes in the Kashmir pass who bang things together until they work. LOL!! :p

Later today I am going to try and run another 100-200 rounds through it. But when all else fails...a rubber thing-a-majigy, a file, and a diamond sharpener with some 3rd world determination can get things done. LOL!
 
That's why I like working on AK's. The usual solution to AK problems is getting a bigger mallet or hammer.


By the way - try some different grits of sandpaper. Easier to find than those fancy files.
 
LOL!! Why I also like AK's myself. Wasn't no fancy in this old file. It helped but I think the diamond sharpened did the trick.
 
From now on that will be known as "brick wall" gunsmithing, not to be confused with shade tree auto work.

Jim
 
Even though it slides in and fires. I got to thinking about something. I hope I didn't mess up the tolerances to the point were the steel barrel wears the aluminum receiver out.
 
The barrel steel is a good bit harder than the aluminum frame so ideally you don't want to force the barrel into place if it's not fitting pretty easily. It's not hard to damage the frame.

Hopefully the deformed area on the barrel rails was very small and therefore the area you filed on was also very small. Even if you got that area too small, as long as you didn't file the entire rail length and didn't tear up too much of the groove length in the frame by hammering the barrel onto the frame, it should be ok.
 
Yeah when I tapped it in, I didn't use a lot of force. It looks fine on the frame rails. The barrel slides in real nice and easy, I don't notice it moving any different than before it got dinged up.
 
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