pedropcola
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I had this exact issue with one of my MS versions. It was crazy stiff out of the box so I fired it, dry fired it, manipulated the MS hundreds of times. It wore in nicely and was about perfect. Then it kept getting lighter and lighter to engage/disengage.
It got to the point I could engage the safety, slap the butt of the gun fairly lightly and the safety would move out of detent and the trigger could be pulled.
There is no home fix. I sent it in. It came back quickly with a new safety that was the correct amount of stiffness (imo) to begin with. It has been perfect since then.
To the guy above who bought the Cheetah instead. As a long time Beretta guy I have owned most of the Cheetah lineup. I love the looks, the metal, the feel, but I have to tell you, once you shoot the Cheetah next to the BG 2.0 the love will be lost. lol. Blowback 380's next to locked breech 380's (80X to BG 2.0) are significantly less enjoyable to shoot and objectively slower (use a timer if you don't believe me).
The new BG certainly has some teething issues. They all (I have access to 5) shoot left out of the box. I think this is a function of being tiny little sights and the factory hasn't quite got their machinery dialed in. The rear sight being wide is a common complaint. If you hate it you hate it. That being said I (or anyone) can stack rounds on top of one another out to any distance I can use irons (old eyes) well. For me that is roughly 15 yards. The sights aren't the limiting factor most of these complaints make them out to be. It's the shooter.
The RSA is a hot mess. The end of the spring comes out from under and makes reassembly a bear. I don't know the permanent fix but I can tell you once you recognize what is happening it is fairly easy to push the spring backwards and "push" the offending end back under the flange of the rod. Do this and reassembly is normal again. It took me awhile to discover this fix but once I found it I push the end under and reassembly is easy/normal 100% of the time.
The MS manual safety thing is a pain. The gun still works throughout but you have a safety that may not actually be a safety. The only fix is warranty repair. I have never heard of them failing twice so there is that.
This gun is light years better than the original BG (had one sold one) and nobody would run any course of fire objectively better with most of the bigger heavier blowback 380's out there. They are prettier but they don't run as fast, hold as many rounds, and are bigger and heavier. For pretty buy a 230, PPK, or a Cheetah. To actually carry, these are a great choice.
Yes, manufacturers are letting us beta test more than they should. At this point I think you know all the potential issues and I would buy with confidence. It is your money though.
It got to the point I could engage the safety, slap the butt of the gun fairly lightly and the safety would move out of detent and the trigger could be pulled.
There is no home fix. I sent it in. It came back quickly with a new safety that was the correct amount of stiffness (imo) to begin with. It has been perfect since then.
To the guy above who bought the Cheetah instead. As a long time Beretta guy I have owned most of the Cheetah lineup. I love the looks, the metal, the feel, but I have to tell you, once you shoot the Cheetah next to the BG 2.0 the love will be lost. lol. Blowback 380's next to locked breech 380's (80X to BG 2.0) are significantly less enjoyable to shoot and objectively slower (use a timer if you don't believe me).
The new BG certainly has some teething issues. They all (I have access to 5) shoot left out of the box. I think this is a function of being tiny little sights and the factory hasn't quite got their machinery dialed in. The rear sight being wide is a common complaint. If you hate it you hate it. That being said I (or anyone) can stack rounds on top of one another out to any distance I can use irons (old eyes) well. For me that is roughly 15 yards. The sights aren't the limiting factor most of these complaints make them out to be. It's the shooter.
The RSA is a hot mess. The end of the spring comes out from under and makes reassembly a bear. I don't know the permanent fix but I can tell you once you recognize what is happening it is fairly easy to push the spring backwards and "push" the offending end back under the flange of the rod. Do this and reassembly is normal again. It took me awhile to discover this fix but once I found it I push the end under and reassembly is easy/normal 100% of the time.
The MS manual safety thing is a pain. The gun still works throughout but you have a safety that may not actually be a safety. The only fix is warranty repair. I have never heard of them failing twice so there is that.
This gun is light years better than the original BG (had one sold one) and nobody would run any course of fire objectively better with most of the bigger heavier blowback 380's out there. They are prettier but they don't run as fast, hold as many rounds, and are bigger and heavier. For pretty buy a 230, PPK, or a Cheetah. To actually carry, these are a great choice.
Yes, manufacturers are letting us beta test more than they should. At this point I think you know all the potential issues and I would buy with confidence. It is your money though.
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