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Originally posted by CD228:
...The GAO report on the 92 slide failures can be found on-line. I don't have a copy at my desk, but IIRC they tracked the failed guns down by serial number and there was only one 92SB that failed (it wasn't an M9). The report associated a high round count with that pistol.

In 2014, I personally witnessed a 92F fail at a KMTC range in Afghanistan. The rear of the slide hit the shooter right below his eye, cutting the skin and giving him a black eye. The shooter was a Columbian army officer, who was "helping" coalition forces. It is unclear who issued him the pistol--he did not speak much English--but the armorers said they didn't issue it to him and suspected it was US military aid to Columbia since it had not been retrofitted to 92FS. I have some pics of it on a hard drive somewhere.