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357 SIG barrel for Beretta 96?My brother has a 96 in 40 S&W. He also has a Beretta Cougar 8357 in 357 SIG. He loves the 357 caliber and I want get him a 357 barrel for his 96 for a birthday present. This would keep him from having to buy two types of ammo also.
I found this
Bar-Sto Semi-Drop-In Barrel at Midwayusa.com.
Does anyone have any other good suggestions on where I can find good barrel?
Does Beretta make a 357 SIG barrel for the 96? I didn't see that as a caliber offered at Berettausa.com.
Thanx in advance for the help!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, the barrel arrived today. I unwrapped it, inspected it, switched the locking block assembly, and test for function. Everything seemed OK.
Then, I went to the range with 150 rounds of Ultra-Max 125 grain FMJ, and one box of Speer Gold Dot 125 grain JHP.
I had several FTF's with the Ultramax, that worried me.
Then the FTF's got worse with the Speer.
I took it home, and increased the feedramp at little with my handy dremel, and them polished the begeezus out it with a polishing wheel followed up with some 600 grit paper and my finger. The feedramp is way smoother and more angled than the OEM 40 barrel, but it keeps FTF?
What gives? I even noticed that on some of the rounds that do feed properly, the bullets have been set back several hundrenths of an inch, and that ain't good for chamber pressure.
I'm afraid to "dremel" the feedramp anymore because I don't want to end up with a GLOCK like chamber that allows the 6 o'clock position of the case web to be unsupported.
I using a Wolff 18 lb recoil spring and a Wolff extra power magazine springs with genuine Beretta mags. Can someone please recomment what next?