Beretta M9 A3

[pirate604]

Beretta 9x series of pistols have got to be one of the most relialbe out there but they do require a good lubrication. One are that goes over looked is the locking block, plunger, and the area the locking block fits into.
Glad to see you got it worked out.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Me too, its a nice gun but nice guns need to work.

While I had shot a number of Beretta 92 over the years I had never owned one.

 

[Bartok5]

Nice guns apparently do work, if you correctly and dilligently maintain them....

Me, I roll in the opposite direction these days. Having spent 3 1/2 decades in the Canadian Army over-cleaning my issued firearms to the point of creating excessive wear, I now adhere to a "shoot 'em til they stop" philosophy which simultaneously serves multiple purposes:

- It avoids aforementioned unnecessary and excessive wear to firearms,
- It appeals to my innate sense of abject laziness,
- It serves as an entertaining and (to me) amusing exploration of the ragged edge of individual firearms reliability,
- It saves on cleaning materials, which consist of Hoppes #9, Break-Free CLP, 4"x2" and 1"x2" flannel patches and elbow grease,
- It provides excellent practice in executing the Immediate Action Drill and applicable Stoppage Remedy Drill(s), as each cleaning session inexoriably approaches,
- Etc.

 

[alpining]

Finally got the M9 out again to see if a little oil would help the situation. Turns out it did. Gun ran without a hiccup on multiple types of ammo including light 147gr subsonic, medium 124gr cast and some commercial 124gr. I guess the key to an M9 is a little oil on all the parts.

Wife is happy and relieved as she was worried her last minute purchase of a $1400 M9 had been a bad choice. Happily it looks to have been not.

Glad you got it working - Have you got some dummy rounds? I use them a lot when doing diagnostic work on pistols.

 

[CosmiC10R]

I only got a chance to run 20 through the a4 full size but as you can tell i really like this handgun...

 

[Chuckbuster]

Nice guns apparently do work, if you correctly and dilligently maintain them....

Me, I roll in the opposite direction these days. Having spent 3 1/2 decades in the Canadian Army over-cleaning my issued firearms to the point of creating excessive wear, I now adhere to a "shoot 'em til they stop" philosophy which simultaneously serves multiple purposes:

- It avoids aforementioned unnecessary and excessive wear to firearms,
- It appeals to my innate sense of abject laziness,
- It serves as an entertaining and (to me) amusing exploration of the ragged edge of individual firearms reliability,
- It saves on cleaning materials, which consist of Hoppes #9, Break-Free CLP, 4"x2" and 1"x2" flannel patches and elbow grease,
- It provides excellent practice in executing the Immediate Action Drill and applicable Stoppage Remedy Drill(s), as each cleaning session inexoriably approaches,
- Etc.

I knew I was onto something with my cleaning regimen!

I only got a chance to run 20 through the a4 full size but as you can tell i really like this handgun...

If I was smart, I too would have bought a couple of inventory spares as End of Days descended upon us.

 

[Boltgun]

Nice guns apparently do work, if you correctly and dilligently maintain them....

Me, I roll in the opposite direction these days. Having spent 3 1/2 decades in the Canadian Army over-cleaning my issued firearms to the point of creating excessive wear, I now adhere to a "shoot 'em til they stop" philosophy which simultaneously serves multiple purposes:

- It avoids aforementioned unnecessary and excessive wear to firearms,
- It appeals to my innate sense of abject laziness,
- It serves as an entertaining and (to me) amusing exploration of the ragged edge of individual firearms reliability,
- It saves on cleaning materials, which consist of Hoppes #9, Break-Free CLP, 4"x2" and 1"x2" flannel patches and elbow grease,
- It provides excellent practice in executing the Immediate Action Drill and applicable Stoppage Remedy Drill(s), as each cleaning session inexoriably approaches,
- Etc.

agreed 100%....then I usually just add more lube.

 

[Boltgun]

I only got a chance to run 20 through the a4 full size but as you can tell i really like this handgun...

Nice

 

[pygmalion2020]

You know what they say Berettas are Italian so they love oil LOL

 

[easy]

You know what they say Berettas are Italian so they love oil LOL

LOL. You may have your nationalities mixed up. Italians are plenty lubed. If not, it’s an operator error.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Nice guns apparently do work, if you correctly and dilligently maintain them....

Me, I roll in the opposite direction these days. Having spent 3 1/2 decades in the Canadian Army over-cleaning my issued firearms to the point of creating excessive wear, I now adhere to a "shoot 'em til they stop" philosophy which simultaneously serves multiple purposes:

- It avoids aforementioned unnecessary and excessive wear to firearms,
- It appeals to my innate sense of abject laziness,
- It serves as an entertaining and (to me) amusing exploration of the ragged edge of individual firearms reliability,
- It saves on cleaning materials, which consist of Hoppes #9, Break-Free CLP, 4"x2" and 1"x2" flannel patches and elbow grease,
- It provides excellent practice in executing the Immediate Action Drill and applicable Stoppage Remedy Drill(s), as each cleaning session inexoriably approaches,
- Etc.

Military service and the ridiculous level of attention to cleaning guns with no care regarding damaging guns really changes one's attitude towards firearm cleaning. I have essentially the same attitude towards cleaning guns.

I have an AR that you'd love. It has endured a TON of abuse and hasn't really been properly cleaned in forever. Yet it keeps chugging along, with only a squirt of oil into the upper every once in a while.

WRT to the M9 that started this thread, it is nearly brand new. Hasn't had enough use to justify a cleaning.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Glad you got it working - Have you got some dummy rounds? I use them a lot when doing diagnostic work on pistols.

Dummies would not have shown up the issue as the thing seemed to cycle just fine by hand. It was just a bit stiff ... from being too dry. A good lubing cleared up the issue.

If I was smart, I too would have bought a couple of inventory spares as End of Days descended upon us.

This M9 was purchased as a spare, long term pistol, in the event her G17 wears out.

 

[thespen]

My M9A3 was an ex range gun. It looked like it had been dragged through a few tours of duty and maybe thrown out of a few moving vehicles... I didn't realize that when I bought it as the seller's website was using "stock" images for used guns and didn't describe it well enough. I got it for $1000 early 2020 and I would have expected it to be like new for that price then. I couldn't imagine paying $1400 for a used one even in mint condition... That being said, it still ran flawlessly. Likely had a minimum of 10k rounds through it. I never had a single issue in the few thousand rounds I put through it. They're fantastically reliable generally.
The only reason I sold that gun is I was able to get a new M9A4 the day after the ban was announced. I think that was $1400 well spent lol. They're one of the nicest handguns I've ever used.