Beretta 92 break in, advice/comment please

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Hey all, i have a few questions about my Beretta 92 and what I have read to be a "break in" period for handguns. Now, this is my first pistol so I am not sure about this, but if a breaking in does occur, what is it that gets broken in exactly? How many rounds does it take and how can you feel or detect a "broken-in" gun. It shoots straighter?

I just put the first 150 rounds through my Beretta 92 this afternoon. I was using two types of ammo:

Blazer FMJ
Winchester Winclean FMJ

The Winchester performed like s**t. In the 50 rounds I had of the stuff, I had 4 jams where the bullet was stuck entering the barrel at an angle (from the mag) and jammed, one failure to extract spent casing, and one kind of a half-load or something where the hammer was not properly cocked after the previous round. I could also easily see the bullet leave the muzzle and travel into the backstop over a distance of 10m, leading me to believe these are underpowered and low velocity loads. They do have a strangely shaped bullet tip, not rounded like the Blazer I was also shooting.

The Blazer had no stoppages in 100 rounds.

Now I've got to clean the gun, I have the proper tools but any advice would be appreciated on the topic of cleaning, break-in, ammo, winclean, or beretta 92 in general.

Thanks very much in advance for any assistance or advice.
 
I did, but there was really nothing much in there. The manual didn't really say it needed a thorough cleaning, and although I have read that some guns come packed with "grease" and thick stuff that can clog up the gun, there was nothing like that in this gun.
 
Everytime you use it, clean it. As for ammo, I reload, but my Beretta liked American Eagle 124 gr FMJ factory loads. The more you practice the better and more accurate you and the gun will become.
 
When the gun is "broken in" it basically beans all the moving parts start to wear in slightly and become a little smoother allowing for smoother operation. I guess its kind of like breaking in a set of leather gloves. When they are new they are stiff, but after some use they become more pliable and soft.

A couple hundred rounds and your 92 should eat anything you feed it.
 
1st time I hear about breaking in a Beretta 92 series. I have 3 of them and I just took them out of the box, cleaned them and fired them. Any issues??? none what so ever. Even with the 22LR conversion kit.
 
Berettas do not require a break in period. That is done at the factory. If some ammo sucked it could just be #### ammo or you riding the slide and slowing it down.
 
Slavex said:
Berettas do not require a break in period. That is done at the factory. If some ammo sucked it could just be s**t ammo or you riding the slide and slowing it down.
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I been to the factory, they only test fire afew rounds through it. All guns run better once the moving parts wear off the finish.
 
Mine didn't have any brake in period...Beretta is not that kind of gun. First 500 rounds I bought was actually Win WinClean and I had no problems what so ever!! Thousands rounds of reloads later I still never had a jam! Ok to tell the truth a few years ago I did had some issues with a box of underlaoded ammo I made - the slide wouldn't cycle all the way making the gun jam every 3-4 shots. Kinda made me appreciate the pistol even more - clearing those jams was incredibly easy. no racking the slide back and forth while holding the gun sideways to the right. Just pull the side back once and tip is slightly in either direction and you're done :) Brilliant design!
 
Every Beretta 92 series I've ever owned ran reliably right from the get-go. No break-in periods required.

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NAA.
 
if you've been to the factory you must've missed the part where the mating machine sits. After assembly the guns go into this machine and are machine cycled thousands of times to mate the parts, they are then cleaned, lubed and reassembled before test firing, then cleaned again (not always) and then shipped. there are other steps in there of course, and not all civilian guns are even test fired anymore. But all the guns hit the mating machine.
So yeah, no break in period required.
 
Zephram said:
The Winchester performed like s**t. In the 50 rounds I had of the stuff, I had 4 jams where the bullet was stuck entering the barrel at an angle (from the mag) and jammed, one failure to extract spent casing, and one kind of a half-load or something where the hammer was not properly cocked after the previous round. I could also easily see the bullet leave the muzzle and travel into the backstop over a distance of 10m, leading me to believe these are underpowered and low velocity loads. They do have a strangely shaped bullet tip, not rounded like the Blazer I was also shooting.

Thanks very much in advance for any assistance or advice.
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First: congrats on buying a beauty.

Got a question for you regarding the Winchester rounds, was the winchester the first box being shot? And is this your first pistol as well?
As for the Winchester rounds... does the box read reduced recoil or something?

for the failure to feed where it pipes, it could be due to a limp wrist.
*Just a note, this pistol has barely ANY felt recoil. I can shoot the 92 in rapid succession for the full 10 rounds at 10 meters and it'd still keep dead center.

So if you're letting the pistol jump after a shot, you need to hold on to it tighter.

By the way, about how you could actually "see" the round going into the backstop at 10 meters... (how far was your target?)
Yeah... unless it's going below 200 FPS which is weaker then a cheap $20 airgun, you won't be able to see it at a close distance and without good contrast.

Also about the tip of the ammo.
would it happen to look like it's flatten? Or shaped with a hollow in the center? got a picture?
 
Just clean it, shoot it, clean it, repeat. If its still jamming, despite it's good service record, return it or exchange it.

Just give all the parts a good coat of break free "or your favorite lube":adult:, let them sit for an hour, then wipe the parts down leaving a very thin layer of oil. Remember that at the beggining of the barrell you have the feed ramp, where the round slide up into the barrell, keep that clean and shinney/dry.

Keep in mind if you have too much lube it will probly jam, you just want a very very thin coat.

One more thing.. after you load your mags, slap the back of the mag against your hand to insure all the rounds in the mag are evenly seated against the back of the mag.

safety check her to stay safe and enjoy your 92.:)
 
Slavex said:
if you've been to the factory you must've missed the part where the mating machine sits. After assembly the guns go into this machine and are machine cycled thousands of times to mate the parts, they are then cleaned, lubed and reassembled before test firing, then cleaned again (not always) and then shipped. there are other steps in there of course, and not all civilian guns are even test fired anymore. But all the guns hit the mating machine.
So yeah, no break in period required.
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I must of being checking out one of the girls there and missed that lol. I honestly dont recall that part.
 
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