From: "Tony Jeeves", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am I missing something? Voluble praise for the Beretta 92 followed by
statements like "20,000 rounds before the frame started to look dubious" or
of a SIG "another 1,000 rds (total 13,000) and it will definitely be scrap
metal"
My beloved old Browning GP (pause while he wipes away a tear as he
remembers the hand-in) had between 20,000 and 25,000 rds put through it by
me by that dreadful time and, apart from a few 'dings' in the finish worked
and looked like new. Also, it was used (albeit only slightly) when I bought
it. I can count the number of jams and misfires on one hand and these were
usually through faulty reloading.
Now that is a good reliable gun and it absolutely loved hot surplus ammo.
Tony
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I forgot to mention the way I shoot guns. I.e. very, very quickly.
The only time I can remember off-hand was one course of fire
in which I had to fire 16 shots with a mandatory reload. I did
that in 4.9 seconds (no misses!)
Combine that with the amount of dry-firing that I do and the frame
wears out a lot faster than it would for your average copper or
soldier. The problem with my SIG is that I have worn out the
hole in the frame where the trigger bar spring fits, as I
have must have cycled the thing well into six figures.
Bearing in mind that US tanks in WW2 only fired 22 rounds on
average and frame durability for the pistol is an academic
issue. I'm sure .45s do last longer than Berettas, my point
is that the DoD made the best choice out of the 9mms available.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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