Posted: 9/13/2014 2:01:13 PM EDT
Looks kinda funny to only wear right there? Normal for a 92A1 With about 1000-1500 round though it?
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Looks kinda funny to only wear right there? Normal for a 92A1 With about 1000-1500 round though it? http://<a href=https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/15040281039_ec6725503d_c.jpg</a>Untitled by 1911xmd, on Flickr" /> Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? |
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Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? Quoted:
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Looks kinda funny to only wear right there? Normal for a 92A1 With about 1000-1500 round though it? http://<a href=https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/15040281039_ec6725503d_c.jpg</a>Untitled by 1911xmd, on Flickr" /> Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? yep I circled it. |
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Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? Quoted:
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Looks kinda funny to only wear right there? Normal for a 92A1 With about 1000-1500 round though it? http://<a href=https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/15040281039_ec6725503d_c.jpg</a>Untitled by 1911xmd, on Flickr" /> Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? Nope. The inside of the slide looks almost new. A little wear near the tail though. |
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Nope. The inside of the slide looks almost new. A little wear near the tail though. Quoted:
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Looks kinda funny to only wear right there? Normal for a 92A1 With about 1000-1500 round though it? http://<a href=https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/15040281039_ec6725503d_c.jpg</a>Untitled by 1911xmd, on Flickr" /> Are you talking about the lighter strip below the rails? Just from that pic, I don't see anything that would cause great alarm, it might just be from a very slightly raised area on the slide or slightly raised on the rail. It would only wear there because the whole length of the slide doesn't always contact the full length of the rails. If it isn't binding up, the steel slide probably already wore down the aluminum rails to where it mates up just fine. is there any corresponding wear through the finish on the slide where it contacts the rail? Nope. The inside of the slide looks almost new. A little wear near the tail though. Well, that was my best guess. Maybe someone else can chime in. |
| Just curiosity, are you sure that it wasn't there in the first place? I mean that doesn't look like wear..that looks unfinished or polished or something. It has an almost perfect line and there is zero finish on it. The rails on every pistol I own have a streaky wear pattern from the movement of the slide. |
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Just curiosity, are you sure that it wasn't there in the first place? I mean that doesn't look like wear..that looks unfinished or polished or something. It has an almost perfect line and there is zero finish on it. The rails on every pistol I own have a streaky wear pattern from the movement of the slide. I am not sure. Well should I be worried about it working in the future and can it cause problems? |
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Dude it's an aluminum alloy frame
This is normal. Wear-in, not wear-out. 
We had a guy come through here about a month or two ago asking the same thing in here, the beretta sub forum and at least half a dozen other web communities like TOS, beretta forums, etc, etc he was not taking "it's normal" for an answer from anyone no matter how many times he asked. Your concern is understood,but in alloy framed guns with this type of epoxy finish, this is normal "wear-in". And it occurs on the first magazines shot through it. Shoot it in confidence, |
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Is it functioning perfectly? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe there was a high spot there that's smoothed out. This, exactly! I had a 92 too... The only time I worry about wear is if the worn spot has pinging, deformations, or what I call curling edges on rails. I see none of this here.Your fine OP... |
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Just looked at my 8 year old 92fs with about 10k round through it plus a babillion hand cycle/dry fires and I have zero wear there Just finished cleaning my 92FS that I had shot at the range today, has about 1500 rounds, no wear on those rails in that area either. OP just curious, what do you lube with? |
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Just looked at my 8 year old 92fs with about 10k round through it plus a babillion hand cycle/dry fires and I have zero wear there Just finished cleaning my 92FS that I had shot at the range today, has about 1500 rounds, no wear on those rails in that area either. OP just curious, what do you lube with? I use mpro7 for all my guns and ARs |
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Just looked at my 8 year old 92fs with about 10k round through it plus a babillion hand cycle/dry fires and I have zero wear there Just finished cleaning my 92FS that I had shot at the range today, has about 1500 rounds, no wear on those rails in that area either. OP just curious, what do you lube with? I use mpro7 for all my guns and ARs No first hand experience with that stuff but its rep is its a good lube. |
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While I'm no expert, I have owned and shot a handful of Beretta 92/96's over the years, some with rather high round-counts. I'd say 98% of them have the same amount of wear, in the same general area of that side of the frame as the OP's weapon.
The right-hand, rear-frame rail will also show as much wear, if not more, earlier and quicker on 98% of all Beretta's. From my experience, you'll see it quickly no matter how much or what brand of lube/grease you use, usually within approx. 500rds on a new gun. It reaches a certain point and stops. Hope that makes sense. Good luck. |
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While I'm no expert, I have owned and shot a handful of Beretta 92/96's over the years, some with rather high round-counts. I'd say 98% of them have the same amount of wear, in the same general area of that side of the frame as the OP's weapon. The right-hand, rear-frame rail will also show as much wear, if not more, earlier and quicker on 98% of all Beretta's. From my experience, you'll see it quickly no matter how much or what brand of lube/grease you use, usually within approx. 500rds on a new gun. It reaches a certain point and stops. Hope that makes sense. Good luck. Others have said the same before. I just hope my gun is done wearing "in"because all the rails look kinda like this. |
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The anodizing on these frames is terrible. It is definitely not type III as it comes off almost instantly when scratched.
I havent even shot my new 92A1 and simply from hand cycling, and taking the gun down a few times, i have wear beginning to show in those spots. I expect it to wear to a point and then stop but i do with the anodizing was a little bit better done. |
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The anodizing on these frames is terrible. It is definitely not type III as it comes off almost instantly when scratched. I havent even shot my new 92A1 and simply from hand cycling, and taking the gun down a few times, i have wear beginning to show in those spots. I expect it to wear to a point and then stop but i do with the anodizing was a little bit better done. It's not annodizing It's paint Beretta's commercial finishes are garbage. Even CZ's cheap "polycoat" is better. They really need to step up the game there. Fine for the M9 clone but the 92 and 92a1 deserve a better commercial finish. |
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It's not annodizing It's paint Beretta's commercial finishes are garbage. Even CZ's cheap "polycoat" is better. They really need to step up the game there. Fine for the M9 clone but the 92 and 92a1 deserve a better commercial finish. Quoted:
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The anodizing on these frames is terrible. It is definitely not type III as it comes off almost instantly when scratched. I havent even shot my new 92A1 and simply from hand cycling, and taking the gun down a few times, i have wear beginning to show in those spots. I expect it to wear to a point and then stop but i do with the anodizing was a little bit better done. It's not annodizing It's paint Beretta's commercial finishes are garbage. Even CZ's cheap "polycoat" is better. They really need to step up the game there. Fine for the M9 clone but the 92 and 92a1 deserve a better commercial finish. Pretty sure the frame is anodized, but it is inferior to the anodizing on Sig alloy frames. An officer I used to work with bought a 92FS a few years ago and the frame was plum in color. It looked more like a bad anodizing than paint. Beretta does need to look into more modern finishes. It would be nice if they would use a good anodization process on the frames and convert to a Melonite type finish on the slide and barrel. |