Posted: 2/4/2007 11:22:58 AM EDT
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No, mine hasn't broken. Yet. However, while cleaning my 92FS today my locking block slid out away from the barrel. I have tried for years to do this in order to clean it better but had never been able to accomplish it. So, my questions are as follows: 1) Since it now slides out, is this a sign of it wearing a bit too much & is ready for a new one? 2) Is this a precursor of bad things to come? 3) Do they always slide out & I was simply unable to make it do so? Adding: I use this as my ISPC gun, so I probably have about 2,000-3,000 rds thru it. I bought it used, but it probably hadn't been shot much prior to my owning it. |
80K ? ........... 
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Yes, 80K rounds plus on my last two M9's before being sold off (current is around the 45K mark). When the units hit around 60K round mark, I pull them down, rebuild anything that needs it for the last time, then sell them off to friends on the cheap side. One of the units has been taken over the 100K mark, and the lasts unit sold almost to the 100K mark. The difference from me to the next owners is that pistol gets 60K of ammo of +P by me, and then finishes out it’s life with standard ammo afterwards. As for the reason that they last me this long, the units are serviced when needed, springs/parts are changed out at constant intervals long before things go bad, and even sprung up correctly from the start. Trust me, it's not the round count that will destroy the pistols in a short manner, it's the pistol run with worn parts/weak springs that does them in long before there natural retirement. |
. Just takes a bit of toying with. So I would atleast say that I hope that it is normal.
While I agree on the springs, what else would need "rebuilding"?????????? |
200k on three pistols?  Dude, do you even have time for a potty break?  All kidding aside, my Beretta 96's locking block moved freely from day one. M9's I've seen moved without issue. |
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They should all come out even when new, they can be finicky at times though and some times they come right out and the next time you fight it for a few minutes . Generally they tend to get easier with wear. We had a few of our brand new M9's not make 4k rounds of M882 before the blocks cracked, these M9's had the old non radiused blocks. Beretta switched to the radiused block quite awhile ago with the Civ FS, my personal 92FS has one and it has had alot of M882 thru it with no problems. The replacement blocks in the supply system are the new radiused style. |
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