92X Performance, not performing?

[Stony Lane]

Quote from JJ Racaza (picture with 4 92x Performance guns):

 

"Can you guess which gun now has over 35k rounds and around 4 years old?
I may finally have to respring some of these guns. I’ve left them basically stock from factory. People ask me all the time what my recoil spring or hammer spring I use. Whatever factory set up is! Honestly, I don’t really know."

[cyberiad]

On 7/21/2023 at 11:14 AM, Derpinpanda said:

Interesting... But is that really enough to crack the barrel in that specific spot (along the serial numbers that everyone has shared)

Apparently, yes. I tried a 9# recoil spring in a standard 92. It's ridiculously light. The gun shot 'flat' but felt like it was being battered. I would never want to use one in an all steel gun.

Edited July 23, 2023 by cyberiad

[Derpinpanda]

On 7/23/2023 at 1:25 PM, cyberiad said:

Apparently, yes. I tried a 9# recoil spring in a standard 92. It's ridiculously light. The gun shot 'flat' but felt like it was being battered. I would never want to use one in an all steel gun.

Thanks for the info! I don't really mess around with springs because I just don't know enough about how to fine tune everything to make it work. As long as it sets off the factory ammo I buy with and the trigger isn't a hot mess I'm typically happy

[gnappi]

After I got mine and it went back to Beretta TWICE. The slide would not come off. The second trip worked. They trimmed the frame inside where the bbl ramp was rubbing.

 

I ditched the 9mm slide and had a .40 caliber DAO Brigadier slide milled for the left side safety paddle and had a .357 Sig barrel made for it and had a stainless .40 barrel in my parts box.

 

The 9mm slide has not been on it since then.

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by gnappi

[Dacsoft]

I have 2 of the 92X Defensive pistols that I use in IDPA and USPSA.  I am very happy with the pistols, but did up putting a small shim under the extractor spring.  I used a 2mm flat washer that fit perfect.    Both my slides are difficult to remove, but work butter smooth during normal operation.  

 

I have had no issues at all since putting the shim under the extractor spring.  

 

[Abominator]

2 hours ago, Dacsoft said:

I have 2 of the 92X Defensive pistols that I use in IDPA and USPSA.  I am very happy with the pistols, but did up putting a small shim under the extractor spring.  I used a 2mm flat washer that fit perfect.    Both my slides are difficult to remove, but work butter smooth during normal operation.  

 

I have had no issues at all since putting the shim under the extractor spring.  

 

 

You have a link to the washer?

[Stony Lane]

If needed, I use the Wilson extra power extractor spring and I've even dropped one of these little parts in:

https://www.brownells.com/gun-parts/rifle-parts/rifle-bolt-parts/ar-15m16-extractor-buffer/

Usually, as the gun breaks in, the extraction problems work out.

[jgtr13]

This gun seems to have a lot problems between barrels, fitment, qc, extraction issues developing, is it worth it at this point to consider buying one to replace a LTT 92g for USPSA CO? Always been curious how the additional weight performs 

[FuzzyGreenHat]

We used to run 92s at work, and it was constant breakage with them. Ton of locking blocks cracked / split. I feel like the model is solid and shoot greats, but enough rounds through them the 92s just implodes on themselves. 

[Stony Lane]

Keep the locking block properly lubricated and change the recoil spring at proper intervals and there won't be a problem.  I've shot hundreds of thousands of rounds through Berettas and have never (knocks on wood) broken a locking block.  I've worn out an aluminum frame (chunks cracked off). 

[jgtr13]

On 3/5/2024 at 9:30 AM, FuzzyGreenHat said:

We used to run 92s at work, and it was constant breakage with them. Ton of locking blocks cracked / split. I feel like the model is solid and shoot greats, but enough rounds through them the 92s just implodes on themselves. 

Gen 3 locking blocks last somewhere around 20k, changing recoil spring every 5k will basically get you there, I am not really concerned with my 92 LTT, already have north of 20k on it.