Beretta Cheetah Model 84F - Troubleshooting help

[NavalSniper]

Alright, here is the issue,

A family member who lives in a different country has a Beretta 85FS. They fired it the other night and the spent casing was not extracted. I don't own a beretta, therefore am not that familiar with them. I anticipate that there must be a problem with the extractor as the spent casing was left in the chamber.

Comments?

The other issue is with the amount of force it needs to #### the pistol. I've handled glocks, STI's, SIGS, Norinco's, Brownings to name a few, but this Beretta is about 10X harded to ####. I would guess that it would take approx 40-50 pounds of force to cycle this pistol. Is there a remedy to this? I would figure that leaving it stored with the slide to the rear would help compress the springs to make it a bit easier, but it still appears to be the same.

Comments?

Thanks in advance.

 

[v65magnafan]

How many rounds had it had through it?

Is it properly cleaned and lubricated? I'd start there.

 

[magicchip]

Probably time for a new spring.

 

[NavalSniper]

Round count - less than 100

Cleaned an lubricated - yes

 

[v65magnafan]

http://www.berettaforum.net/

Gunnutz is a great source of info, but you might get the answer you need by searching the Beretta Forum, or posting your question there.

I can tell you that my Elite II was stiff when new, and the first Snap Cap I chambered misfed. A good lube and and not being gentle with the slide--and it hasn't misfed since.