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Outriderdark · 01-30-2006, 10:23 PM

Buddy of mine has a 92F (mine is an FS). We did some reading tonight in reference to a post I made a few months back asking about the difference between the 92F and FS.
Seems the Navy had a total of three slide failures with the M9 (92F) where the slide broke and it came rearward hitting the SEALS in the face. There is some argument over whether they were using high pressure loads that the M9wasn't designed for or if the slides were inherently weak. Beretta solved the issue by integrating a slide stop pin that wouldn't let the slide come backwards in the event it broke...thus the FS was born.

That being said, has anyone ever heard of a Beretta 92F (not the later FS) having a slide failure (besides the ones I've mentioned)?
I know people who have thousands of rounds through their 92's and I've never heard of a slide failure. Should I tell my friend not to worry about it? He's over here thinking he needs to dump his well used, beloved, and very reliable 92F cause he's gonna end up with a face full of steel.
What should I tell him?

01-30-2006, 10:23 PM	#1
Outriderdark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,125	Beretta 92F slide failure Buddy of mine has a 92F (mine is an FS). We did some reading tonight in reference to a post I made a few months back asking about the difference between the 92F and FS. Seems the Navy had a total of three slide failures with the M9 (92F) where the slide broke and it came rearward hitting the SEALS in the face. There is some argument over whether they were using high pressure loads that the M9wasn't designed for or if the slides were inherently weak. Beretta solved the issue by integrating a slide stop pin that wouldn't let the slide come backwards in the event it broke...thus the FS was born. That being said, has anyone ever heard of a Beretta 92F (not the later FS) having a slide failure (besides the ones I've mentioned)? I know people who have thousands of rounds through their 92's and I've never heard of a slide failure. Should I tell my friend not to worry about it? He's over here thinking he needs to dump his well used, beloved, and very reliable 92F cause he's gonna end up with a face full of steel. What should I tell him? __________________ "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows?"-Archie Bunker