Hello everyone.
I am a beginner for firearms in general, especially when it comes to anything beyond a basic field strip/breakdown. I previously cleaned my Beretta 92fs (in addition to 2 other pistols). Today I went to the range and my 92fs basically refused to fire. Light primer strikes on repeated attempts ( mean like squeezing the trigger multiple times, ejecting the round to try another round).
The ammo is cheap bulk, but I would not blame the ammo too much as it had fired relatively reliably through the other 2 pistols (only 2 instances of light primer strike on those 2 other guns). The temperature was only about +5 celsius so nothing extreme. No humidity. Guns were all clean, atleast to my visual inspection. I have fired alot of this ammo before and it had not performed so poorly in the past.
The ammo is stored in room temperature + dry. I think from pulling the trigger of the 92fs about 12 times, across several different rounds I managed to have it fire twice (literally twice I was counting). No FTE or FTF. In total today I fired 100 rounds and all 3 guns had light primer strikes. However for the other 2 guns I simply ejected the round (after waiting a proper safety time) and then reload into the magazine and it fired on subsequent attempt.
My beginner visual inspection of the firing pin looks fine, nothing obviously broken. Total round count into the 92fs is approximately 1000-2000 (therefore I don't believe its wear and tear).
Manually pushing the "button" where the hammer strikes the firing pin made it seem like the pin didn't come out all the way? This is a complete beginner guess based on how much I imagine a firing pin would come out relative to where the bullet would sit in the chamber. The "button" area is a bit dirty (black residue) but not to the point where I would imagine it would cause this level of malfunction.
I am hopping an expert here is able to either recommend so additional advice or provide a reference for a gunsmith in Toronto who may help diagnose further.
Thank you all.
I am a beginner for firearms in general, especially when it comes to anything beyond a basic field strip/breakdown. I previously cleaned my Beretta 92fs (in addition to 2 other pistols). Today I went to the range and my 92fs basically refused to fire. Light primer strikes on repeated attempts ( mean like squeezing the trigger multiple times, ejecting the round to try another round).
The ammo is cheap bulk, but I would not blame the ammo too much as it had fired relatively reliably through the other 2 pistols (only 2 instances of light primer strike on those 2 other guns). The temperature was only about +5 celsius so nothing extreme. No humidity. Guns were all clean, atleast to my visual inspection. I have fired alot of this ammo before and it had not performed so poorly in the past.
The ammo is stored in room temperature + dry. I think from pulling the trigger of the 92fs about 12 times, across several different rounds I managed to have it fire twice (literally twice I was counting). No FTE or FTF. In total today I fired 100 rounds and all 3 guns had light primer strikes. However for the other 2 guns I simply ejected the round (after waiting a proper safety time) and then reload into the magazine and it fired on subsequent attempt.
My beginner visual inspection of the firing pin looks fine, nothing obviously broken. Total round count into the 92fs is approximately 1000-2000 (therefore I don't believe its wear and tear).
Manually pushing the "button" where the hammer strikes the firing pin made it seem like the pin didn't come out all the way? This is a complete beginner guess based on how much I imagine a firing pin would come out relative to where the bullet would sit in the chamber. The "button" area is a bit dirty (black residue) but not to the point where I would imagine it would cause this level of malfunction.
I am hopping an expert here is able to either recommend so additional advice or provide a reference for a gunsmith in Toronto who may help diagnose further.
Thank you all.
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