Pistol: Beretta 92FS, US Manufactured
Caliber: 9mm
Ammo: Handload, 115gr Oregon Trail Lead Round Nose, WW231 powder
Dates: March 1, 2012 - July 15, 2012
Total Rounds Fired: 2700
Stoppages: 1
Malfunctions: 0
Parts Breakages: 0
Comments:
I did this test on this gun because it's a backup to my primary Beretta, a 92A1. I wanted to use up the rest of the unjacketed bullets I had in inventory. The total loaded up was 2740, but about 20 of them went through my Dad's Browning Hi-Power, so I'm counting the test as 2700. The only stoppage occurred around the 2300 round mark when I was loading the gun prior to holstering and it didn't fully go into battery. A smack on the back of the slide sent it the rest of the way home.
What impressed me the most about this was how filthy the gun got. I did the challenge last year on the A1 with jacketed ammo, and it got nowhere near as dirty as this gun did. There were thick, heavy deposits of the lube that had burned off the bullets throughout the area where the rear of the barrel and breechface met, as well as around the locking block and those associated areas. The gun truly did well in my opinion.