Used Beretta 92FS jamming

[TMan]

At the range today, I was shooting the Kimber in 9mm. The guy on my right was shooting a Glock that had an aftermarket steel frame (I held it, it weighed a ton). He was having occasional feeding problems.

The guy on my left was shooting a Beretta 92FS that he had just bought used. It was failing to feed on nearly every round. I couldn't believe it. Finally when we took a break for the rifle shooters to change targets, I took a close look at his pistol, thinking that it was probably a Taurus (not to dis Taurus, mine has never jammed, nor has either of my Berettas). It wasn't, it was a Beretta.

I was surprised because I thought the basic, open design of the Beretta would eliminate jamming problems. Guess it only eliminates stove-pipes.

This makes me even more leary of buying used guns. I'll never forget my Tanfoglio GT32. What a piece of crap that thing is. I don't even know where it is. I was looking in the sheet box the other day for something, and noticed it wasn't in there. It must be in the deep sheet box.

["DoubleAction"]

...TMan; There are Used, Pre-Owned, New In Box, and There is a lot of Junk on the Market Place of Firearms.....Apparently, You had the opportunity to encounter those that made Poor Choices ;D

[melgumby]

When I saw the 92's failing to feed rounds one of the things that caused it was a micro crack in the frames.

["DoubleAction"]

...I read that when the military first adopted the Beretta 92FS, has their sidearm , the Navy was having the slides crack after having fired less than 1,000. rds.

.....I usually don't go off of my own beaten path towards Handguns, if I do, it's to go up.

[MLB]

The first handgun I ever fired was a Beretta 92. That was years ago, and haven't fired one since. Worked just fine, but they never appealed to me.