Beretta 92S

July 13, 2024, 10:10 PM

CD228

Beretta 92S

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Originally posted by DaBull:
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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.

Intresting. That falls outside the parameters of the GAO investigations which where concluded in the 1980s, IIRC they were completed prior to the M10 pistol tests.

However, that described injury is consistent with the investigation reports. However, those injuries occurred in pistols that hadn't had the enlarge hammer pin head retrofitted. I'd wager the slide split at the locking lug recesses. I wouldn't be surprised if the recoil spring and locking blocks were beyond replacement intervals.