Another case of giving our men what is the cheapest , not the best . My son served in the Marine Corps for a number of years , served in the middle east . Don't get him started talking about the Beretta 92 , the air quickly turns " blue " from anger/distrust .
I have seen quite a few new glocks have fte, ftf issues . That is not hearsay , that is what I have personally witnessed , right out of the box .
I'm not a semi guy but do have a sig P320 . It started out as a subcompact 9mm . I bought , from sig the x-change kit and converted it to a compact sig 357 . The kit came right to my door , no ffl required . It's an easy swap . I love it love it love it and yes I do reload for it . It's an easy cartridge to reload .
Some will disagree ,but that's my take on the situation because what I have personally witnessed . I wish them ( the FBI ) , " Good luck " they're going to need it .
My son did three combat tours in Iraq, in the Army. Although he somewhat prefers the Browning MK III and SIG P-226 in 9mm's, he likes the Beretta M-9 and used it very effectively. No one he killed with it has ever risen from the dead, and they expired promptly on being shot. He'd prefer Speer Gold Dot or Federal HST ammo, but M882 NATO FMJ was all that was authorized and available. It worked. He did tend to fire in double taps, and a few men required a third shot. But one of those was dropped with a leg shot to put him down as he ran on the other side of a truck trailer. When he dropped, a couple of shots to the center mass area killed him. He never met a jihadist who had read that 9mm can't kill men well. Not knowing this "fact", they expired quickly. But the bullets need to be placed well. My son is admittedly a far better marksman than are most military personnel, other than Delta Force, SEALS, specialized MP SWAT teams, etc.
He killed additional enemy with a Browning MK III while a security ccontractor after leaving the Army. It, too, was fully effective, using the same ammo. Both guns always worked and shot well.
He did spend his own money for real Beretta and Meg-Gar mags and said that cheap aftermarket magazines caused most problems that he saw with the Beretta, or poor cleaning. Some guns had also been used a LOT, with improper maintainance.
The Beretta M-9 passed really grueling trials before being adopted and since the bugs were worked out to avoid broken slides, is an evolved design that performs well, provided that Gen. 3 locking blocks are used and are changed out before one endures too much shooting. Ditto springs, as with other autos.
My M-92FS is one of my most relied on pistols if I think I might have to use it soon. And I don't mean "use it" as a "range gun" or on jackrabbits. But it'll do well in those roles, too, although I don't think it's the best choice for a high round count routine range gun. That was never its intended role.
