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1. A Beretta 92FS is NOT an M-9, no matter how much it looks like it.
2. The military was no longer procuring M-9s as of 2001 AFAIK, and we have to live with the older M-9s that Beretta sold the USG, with all of their defects. I would expect the version produced after 20 years of production to be better.
3. The hottest 9mm ammo I have ever seen was some steel jacketed SMG ammo. The Israeli TZZ was next. Nevertheless, the M882 Ball is what is issued, and what should have been shot.
4. I have personally handled broken parts from M-9s with less than 1,000 rounds of M882 Ball through them. To wit, broken slides and barrels with sheared locking lugs. Not heard from someone, not read, personally saw it and put my hands on them.
5. Finally, you will have to search hard to find an article in any way critical of a gun that appears in a gun mag with paid advertising. I had a Remington rep tell me recently that the gun rags would never say a bad word no matter how flawed the weapon or ammo. The article might get rewritten by the editor or tossed into the trash can, but would never make it to publication.
HTH.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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