<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DUDE:
OVERALL EXPERIENCE.[/quote]
Chindo18Z
Senior Member posted December 02, 1999 04:58 PM
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Dude: This is a post copy from a previous thread on this topic (92FS/M9 performance). I really don´t have the oxygen in my lungs or the willpower to get into another "my gun is best" immediate argument drill... In any event, I am no longer a fan of the Beretta 92FS/M9 series. All my negative experience has been with military issue weapons; perhaps the commercial production is more durable. I see a lot of positive testamonials from a lot of Beretta fans here at TFL. I think the design is flawed for heavy use. If you don´t plan on shooting more than a coupla thousand rounds through it, I wouldn´t worry...its a fine pistol. Mine failed me again (on the range/broken locking block) in Dec 99, under the eyes of the US Army Special Operations Command CG (along with 3 other pistols). When asked, I told him point blank that the gun is a piece of s**t. Some of the posts here sound like paid Beretta advertising...Anyway, for what its worth...here is my previous post:
I had the opportunity to be around during JSSAP trials...and fire the original test weapons (Berettas, that is). I have 23 years of comparitive carry experience using M1911A1 and M9 (as both a primary and secondary weapon). Overall opinion of the M9/92F series is that it would be a perfectly great pistol except for one little problem...durability. Not reliability. DURABILITY. It breaks. While you are firing it. When you need it. It is accurate, easy to handle, reliably cycles, feeds most ammo, and is safe to carry and handle. It breaks. Not always. But frequently enough to be an everyday occurance where I work. An event that no one is suprised about anymore. We have replaced every M9 we own after 5 years of usage. We have new ones. They also break. I am talking 90 weapons. We have carried them in Bosnia, Kosovo, etc.. We have shot people with them. But they still BREAK! When I hear about contract specs...I have to laugh. Our locking blocks last about 4000-5000 rounds. I fired 2000 rds in the last month. My new locking block broke. The contract specs were for NATO Ball! Its not that hot! I've fired it for years in CZ-75/85s, Hi-Powers, Walthers, SIGs, and Glocks...nemo problemo. NATO ball is not some super hot fireball...its stiff enough to cycle reliably but has a lot less recoil than GI .45 ACP. Glad I've got an M4...