Beretta 92fs 10mm auto

Didnt the slides crack from the high pressure nato 9mm ammo? I dont think the platform would be strong enough. Wouldnt it need to be beefed up considerably? And whats wrong with Delta elites or Glocks? Both are fine guns.
 
Very few Beretta 92F slides failed. The US Army determined that the slides failed due the use of hot SMG ammunition. Beretta improved the design and re-designated the 92F as the 92FS. However, while robust and a great pistol, re-engineering it to handle the hot 10mm cartridge is probably a "pipe dream." Besides, if Beretta wanted to, they would have done it by now. Instead, a new 10mm platform would be a better idea.
There are many companies that make 10mm 1911 autos today, if you want one. Although my first choice would be the truly great Glock 20.
 
Dr.K said:
Didnt the slides crack from the high pressure nato 9mm ammo? I dont think the platform would be strong enough. Wouldnt it need to be beefed up considerably? And whats wrong with Delta elites or Glocks? Both are fine guns.
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I believe that was related to the M9 and 92SB model. It was found that the slides used were made in Italy and the weakness was due to the use of Tellurium in the metal. This was way back in the early 80's. It was found that the slides would begin to crack around the 30K rnd mark. I'd think they resolved that issue a while ago, or I'm gonna sell my 92FS at the 20K mark. lol
 
well, i'm not sure how widespread it was but i saw one have a catastrophic failure at my range... was a range gun of course, but the fellow was 2 bays down from me was shooting it and the slide blew off the frame and just rocketed back into his face. thank goodness for safety glasses but it still did a lot of damage, not pretty! i'm sure it's extremely rare but i have to admit that it put me off shooting a beretta for a while
 
Beretta 92/96 pistols are among the most fragile we run on the range. Lots of slides and locking blocks still cracking with much less use than the SIG, Glock, HK or 1911 pistols. I would not expect them to work well at all with more powerful cartridges. This does not mean that they are bad pistols, they are just not as robust as some of the other designs.
 
One thing is for sure if beretta made one I'd never trust it to last very long at all, with the end result being catastrophic failure. A Brigadier slide would barely help to handle such a rather powerful cartridge. Glock 20/S&W 10xx slides are very heavy relatively speaking. Not to mention they are one of few designs built from the ground up for the 10mm. Also some of the few that can handle a straight diet of max pressure loads without much ill effect.
 
It's really just a question of economics. There is a small, hard core group of 10mm lovers (and I do have a Glock 20) but they just aren't huge sellers, even in the U.S. so not enough to make it a viable project profit-wise. And that's assuming that the Beretta platform could stand the stress of full house 10mm loads (not saying it can't but no one knows for sure (unless Beretta has already tried it and didn't tell anyone).
 
The Walther style wedge locking system works well, but has some limitations. It is well suited to the 9mm with it's short tapered case.

Although I suspect it will be the last caliber he'd bother with, I would love to see Jaroslav come up with a 10mm version of the new larger framed Grand Power.

The rotary barrel lock up offers the 10mm two things it needs to be reliable while running at the origional Norma version pressures. The barrels cam cut allows it to remain locked up in recoil for a fair amount of travel. The rotation may help in extraction.
 
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