Beretta 92 cracked slides?

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Of course we've all heard about beretta 92 slides cracking and flying off their frames during 1980s military trials. What can anyone tell me about 92fs durability today from first hand experience? Has anybody replaced parts and what is your round count roughly? I know beretta altered the heat treating and metallurgy in their slides and redesigned their locking block to reduce the frequency of breakages. I've got roughly 3000 rounds through my 92fs inox (2011 manufacture). By the way i've never heard of inox beretta slides cracking; why is that? Is the inox necessarily less prone to breakage the than non inox beretta? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
 
There fine no worries and even if they did crack they will not fly back at you "beretta frame mod"

Beretta told me the military guys were using non Nato +P+ ammo when they cracked the slide.
 
google broken Beretta slides and see how many you come up with. None issue. now frames on the other hand...........
 
If the Beretta 92 had issue's with the slide or frame, I don't think it would be the sidearm choice for the U.S military. They would have switched to another manufacture by now.
 
The issue was with the locking block in the frame, not the slides.

Cracked locking blocks are easily replaced, and cheap, but the later models have not suffered like the early ones.

The 92A1 was what I chose because there are several upgrades including the locking block issue being addressed with a buffer built into the frame.

Regardless I wouldn't hesitate to buy either. Even if you ran into issues they are not difficult to repair.

All that said I haven't heard of a single failure here since I have been a member, and the 92fs is a popular gun!
 
I believe the 92FS was the upgrade to the 92F to prevent the slide from hitting the person in the face if it fails.

The slide on Beretta 92FS guns is steel, and the frame is aluminum alloy, anodized.
I figure the slide would be more durable than the frame.
 
The 92fs has the upgraded locking block as well. The buffer in the 92A1 is there to lessen the amount of stress on the frame therefore increasing the service life of the pistol.
 
mlehtovaara said:
The issue was with the locking block in the frame, not the slides.

Cracked locking blocks are easily replaced, and cheap, but the later models have not suffered like the early ones.
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The Locking Block is the weak link, by design. The Locking Block takes the stress and damage, this saves the frame and slide. As mentioned, they are easy to replace and cheap.
 
There is a picture thread on AR15.com on what to look for. Slide cracking does happen, but only at very high round count. Locking lugs will go long before the slide.

Berettas assertion that the SEALs injured by slides breaking were the result of use of +P+ ammo was never backed by proof, and ended up being part of the reason the SEALs adopted the P226 even after the FS model was developed, from what I've read.
 
blackrifleman said:
Of course we've all heard about beretta 92 slides cracking and flying off their frames during 1980s military trials. What can anyone tell me about 92fs durability today from first hand experience? Has anybody replaced parts and what is your round count roughly? I know beretta altered the heat treating and metallurgy in their slides and redesigned their locking block to reduce the frequency of breakages. I've got roughly 3000 rounds through my 92fs inox (2011 manufacture). By the way i've never heard of inox beretta slides cracking; why is that? Is the inox necessarily less prone to breakage the than non inox beretta? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
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It is not the slide cracked and result silde fly off, it was a design fault but only several case reported. Many people has their 92fs with many ten of thousand rounds fired and has no problem.

Trigun
 
Side cant fly back on the FS model and all the other models since 1989. All slides can brake at very high round counts, it's not more of an issue with Beretta than other guns.
 
having been around berettas for a bit, I can say this:

92 series:
non issue - 35000 rd plus life span. replace your springs every 5000 rds and keep it lubed and you're GTG.

96 series:
issues - 10000 rd frame life, replace locking block at about 8000 rds. replace springs every 5000. expect a slide failure at about 14000-16000 rds (I have seen about 6 crack at the front sight to the recoil spring hood) that is IF you dont have a frame failure before then. Frame failure can be the span from the the firing pin block lever hole to the front of the mag well on the right side. I have also seen the frame rail at the front of the mag well (cannot remember which side) crack off also.

Boltgun
 
I have a stainless 92 that I bought from a friend that never used it. She bought it from another friend I also know, who bought it from someone close by us, who bought it new. Got that? The gun hardly was used until I got it. Round count? What's that?

I was shooting one day and noticed the point of inmpact change to 5 o'clock. I adjusted my aim and continued through the remainder of the five mags and packed up. When I unpacked at home, I immediately noticed the crack completely through the left side of the slide at the thinnest smallest part. Right where the locking shoulders are. I contacted the Canadian distributor, who said send it...He sent it to Beretta who in turn sent me a new stainless slide free of charge including postage. The slide is marked on the left side with a alpha-numeric code. R-00085C, which no doubt means replacement, #85 to Canada. If they check that it would probably show my name and the original problem. A cracked slide. So, it happens. You guys just don't know about it.
 
browningautorifle said:
I have a stainless 92 that I bought from a friend that never used it. She bought it from another friend I also know, who bought it from someone close by us, who bought it new. Got that? The gun hardly was used until I got it. Round count? What's that?

I was shooting one day and noticed the point of inmpact change to 5 o'clock. I adjusted my aim and continued through the remainder of the five mags and packed up. When I unpacked at home, I immediately noticed the crack completely through the left side of the slide at the thinnest smallest part. Right where the locking shoulders are. I contacted the Canadian distributor, who said send it...He sent it to Beretta who in turn sent me a new stainless slide free of charge including postage. The slide is marked on the left side with a alpha-numeric code. R-00085C, which no doubt means replacement, #85 to Canada. If they check that it would probably show my name and the original problem. A cracked slide. So, it happens. You guys just don't know about it.
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Would you happen to know the year of manufacture of your 92? By stainless, I'm assuming that it is the INOX model...forgive me if it's not.

I have heard of older INOX models having problems with the slide. From what I've heard/read is that the heat treatment given to the slide was a bit much, and actually weakened it, making it more brittle. After X-amount of rounds, they were known to crack exactly where yours did. At least you were lucky enough to have it replaced...
 
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