Modern Beretta Firearms (1994)
Page 118; The M9 trials (1984) only tested/ shot 3 of each gun ( out of the 30 supplied) and required all three to shoot 5,000rds w/out "structural failure", no averaging ........ if one failed they all failed.
Two Sig suffered cracks at 6,523 and the other [when inspected] at the 7,000 rd mark .
page 119; "all three Beretta ....passed the endurance tests without difficulties." No numbers of rounds fired given in the book.
After the SEAL slide issues the Army .........(page 136) had the
"Army Laboratory tested 12 Berettas to "structural failure"
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