The Achilles' heel of the Beretta (Broken locking block)

[David B.]

Beretta Rocks!!!

I received two locking block kits in the mail today. Of course the locking block kit also includes a recoil spring, locking block plunger and roll pin.

Eric sent me two free of charge. Cheers Beretta. Here is to another 15k rounds.



God Bless,
David

[fixer]

Way to go Beretta.

[Clyde from Carolina]

Good for them! I need to spend some more quality time with my good old 92FS. This thread makes it more likely.

[LSP972]

One wonders if I should acquire a couple of these for my two. One is like-new, the other has less than 2K rounds through it so far. They are my grandson's pistols, and will get shot regularly, though not "hard".

These cost, what... $30/$40 bucks for the "kit"?

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[David B.]

I have approximately 13k rounds on the replacement locking block and I noticed this chip on the left wing the other day.




I've decided to keep the locking block in a little longer since this is my training gun. Hopefully that won't prove to be catastrophically stupid. I don't want to damage my frame if the locking block block fails, but I'm curious to see how long it will go.

I've got 300 rounds through it since I noticed the chip. Let's see what happens.

God Bless,
David

[5pins]

I could be wrong but it looks like it’s already cracking.

[JV_]

Don't risk it, fit a new one.

[David B.]

I could be wrong but it looks like it’s already cracking.

I thought I'd better pop it out and take a closer look after you circled the "crack."



I cleaned it off and put it under a magnifying glass and I really can't discern anything abnormal other than the chip. I'm going to run three hundred more rounds through it tomorrow keeping a close eye on it.

God Bless,
David

[GJM]

Bill Rogers commented that the 92 is his favorite gun to shoot, but he wished it was more durable.

[Spr1]

I thought I'd better pop it out and take a closer look after you circled the "crack."



I cleaned it off and put it under a magnifying glass and I really can't discern anything abnormal other than the chip. I'm going to run three hundred more rounds through it tomorrow keeping a close eye on it.

God Bless,
David

That pic is the wrong direction to look for the start of a crack. The one circled by 5pins pretty clearly shows something suspicious.