Posted: 9/8/2011 11:18:14 AM EDT
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I've had my Beretta for a long time - almost 15 years. Last time at the range, my wife was shooting it and had several failure to feed issues. One mag is stock, the other she was using was aftermarket (I forget who).
Is this a spring issue? Is it possible due to her limp wristing it? She's only 5'2" and 120 lbs. |
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The type of aftermarket mag makes a difference. If was MDS or Mec-gar you should be gtg, if not, the mag should immediately be suspect. The recoil springs are cheap and as grin said, you should change it as needed. Without seeing your wife shoot, it's impossible to say if the limp wristing is causing it. It's not a known problem with the 92 afaik. Is she gripping it correctly? What type ammo? |
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The recoil spring should be changed every 3-5k.
As others said - is it a factory mag? I do keep some wolfe +10% Beretta 92 mag springs. I've had to change a few on mags I keep loaded fulltime. After a while, they stopped locking the slide back when empty. But, they always worked for feeding rounds.... Also, the rails and locking block need to be kept pretty wet with oil. |
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How many rounds through it, and have you ever changed the recoil spring? ~1500-2000 Quoted:
The type of aftermarket mag makes a difference. If was MDS or Mec-gar you should be gtg, if not, the mag should immediately be suspect. The recoil springs are cheap and as grin said, you should change it as needed. Without seeing your wife shoot, it's impossible to say if the limp wristing is causing it. It's not a known problem with the 92 afaik. Is she gripping it correctly? What type ammo? I don't recall who made the aftermarket mags - I got them at a gun show a decade and a half ago. 
Her grip is good and it fed pretty well at our pistol readiness class last year. A few failure to feeds, but last week it was like every 2-3 rounds. PMC standard ball ammo. |
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Go buy a factory mag from CDNN for $17.99 each. Then try it. I would clean and oil the gun again and try a new mag. #1 thing to try...
Wait and order on a weekend. About 2 weekends a month, they cut the shipping cost in 1/2. http://www.cdnninvestments.com/be92f9mm15it1.html |
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To see if it's a limp wristing issue, try shooting it yourself and see if it feeds reliably. I have some pretty well used 92 mags and haven't had a FTF problem. Make sure your barrel chamber is squeaky clean. FTF is usualy caused by the slide not going all the way back enough to strip a new round into the chamber |
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Most issues with the Beretta is related to magazines or lack of lubrication.
Beretta Magazine Tiers 1. Beretta, MDS, Mec-Gar 2. Post 02-2004 Checkmates & Airtronics 3. Pre 02-2004 Checkmates (when in a desert environment) 4. Everything else I'd buy a couple extra factory 92 magazines, and a Wolff +5% magazine spring for the factory magazine. (If the aftermarket is a Checkmate or Airtronics, add a Wolff spring as well). Go ahead and replace the recoil spring and trigger spring for $5 while you are at it. Be sure your Beretta is lubricated. They like be ran wet. |
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I have seen the Beretta ftf with limp wristing, so it is possible. I have also seen the same problem due to lack of lubrication, so that is possible. So one or the other or a combination of both may be at hand here..... I have never changed my mag springs and have not felt the need after many thusands of rounds......I would consider that a less likely culprit.
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